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Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on the National Health Service Bill be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[The Prime Minister.]
The House divided: Ayes, 288; Noes, 260.
| Davidson, Viscountess | Kerr, H. W. (Cambridge) | Price, Henry (Lewisham, W.) |
| Deedes, W. F. | Lambert, Hon. G. | Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. L. |
| Digby, S. Wingfield | Lambton, Viscount | Profumo, J. D. |
| Dodds-Parker, A. D. | Lancaster, Col. C. G. | Raikes, H. V. |
| Donaldson, Comdr. C. E. McA. | Langford-Holt, J. A. | Rayner, Brig. R. |
| Donner, P. W. | Leather, E. H. C. | Redmayne, M. |
| Doughty, C. J. A. | Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H. | Remnant, Hon. P. |
| Drewe, C. | Legh, P. R. (Petersfield) | Roberts, Maj. Peter (Heeley) |
| Dugdale, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir I. (Richmond) | Lennox-Boyd, Rt. Hon. A. T. | Robertson, Sir David |
| Duncan, Capt. J. A. L. | Lindsay, Martin | Robinson, Roland (Blackpool, S.) |
| Duthie, W. S. | Linstead, H. N. | Robson-Brown, W. |
| Eccles, Rt. Hon. D. M. | Llewellyn, D. T. | Rodgers, John (Sevenoaks) |
| Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. G. (King's Norton) | Roper, Sir Harold |
| Erroll, F. J. | Lloyd, Maj. Guy (Renfrew, E.) | Ropner, Col. Sir Leonard |
| Fell, A. | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. Selwyn (Wirral) | Russell, R. S. |
| Finlay, Graeme | Lockwood, Lt.-Col. J. C. | Ryder, Capt. R. E. D. |
| Fisher, Nigel | Longden, Gilbert (Harts, S.W.) | Salter, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Fleetwood-Hesketh, R. F. | Low, A. R. W. | Sandys, Rt. Hon. D. |
| Fletcher-Cooke, C. | Lucas, Sir Jocelyn (Portsmouth, S.) | Schofield, Lt.-Col. W. (Rochdale) |
| Fort, R. | Lucas, P. B. (Brentford) | Scott, R. Donald |
| Foster, John | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh | Scott-Miller, Cmdr. R. |
| Fraser, Hon. Hugh (Stone) | Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. O. | Shepherd, William |
| Fraser, Sir Ian (Morecambe & Lonsdale) | McAdden, S. J. | Smiles, Lt.-Col. Sir Walter |
| Galbraith, T. G. D. (Hillhead) | McCallum, Major D. | Smithers, Peter (Winchester) |
| Gammons, L. D. | McCorquodale, Rt. Hon. M. S. | Smithers, Sir Waldron (Orpington) |
| Garner-Evans, E. H. | Macdonald, Sir Peter (I. of Wight) | Smyth, Brig. J. G. (Norwood) |
| George, Rt. Hon. Maj. G. Lloyd | Mackeson, Brig. H. R. | Snadden, W. McN. |
| Glyn, Sir Ralph | McKibbin, A. J. | Soames, Capt. C. |
| Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. | McKie, J. H. (Galloway) | Spearman, A. C. M. |
| Gough, C. F. H. | Maclay, Hon. John | Speir, R. M. |
| Gower, H. R. | Maclean, Fitzroy | Spence, H. R. (Aberdeenshire, W.) |
| Graham, Sir Fergus | MacLeod, Iain (Enfield, W.) | Spens, Sir Patrick (Kensington, S.) |
| Gridley, Sir Arnold | MacLeod, John (Ross and Cromarty) | Stanley, Capt. Hon. Richard |
| Grimond, J. | Macmillan, Rt. Hon. Harold (Bromley) | Stevens, G. P. |
| Grimston, Hon. John (St. Albans) | Macpherson, Maj. Niall (Dumfries) | Steward, W. A. (Woolwich, W.) |
| Grimston, Sir Robert (Westbury) | Maitland, Comdr. J. F. W. (Horncastle) | Stewart, Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Harden, J. R. E. | Maitland, Patrick (Lanark) | Stoddart-Scott, Col. M. |
| Hare, Hon. J. H. | Manningham-Buller, Sir R. E. | Storey, S. |
| Harris, Reader (Heston) | Markham, Major S. F. | Strauss, Henry (Norwich, S.) |
| Harrison, Col. J. H. (Eye) | Marlowe, A. A. H. | Stuart, Rt. Hon. James (Moray) |
| Harvey, Air Cdre A. V. (Macclesfield) | Marples, A. E. | Studholme, H. G. |
| Harvey, Ian (Harrow, E.) | Marshall, Douglas (Bodmin) | Summers, G. S. |
| Harvie-Watt, Sir George | Marshall, Sidney (Sutton) | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Hay, John | Maude, Angus | Taylor, Charles (Eastbourne) |
| Head, Rt. Hon. A. H. | Maudling, R. | Taylor, William (Bradford, N.) |
| Heald, Sir Lionel | Maydon, Lt.-Cmdr. S. L. C. | Teeling, W. |
| Heath, Edward | Medlicott, Brig. F. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. P. L. (Hereford) |
| Henderson, John (Cathcart) | Mellor, Sir John | Thomas, P. J. M. (Conway) |
| Higgs, J. M. C. | Molson, A. H. E. | Thompson, Kenneth (Walton) |
| Hill, Dr. Charles (Luton) | Monckton, Rt. Hon. Sir Walter | Thompson, Lt.-Cdr. R. (Croydon, W.) |
| Hill, Mrs. E. (Wythenshawe) | Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir Thomas | Thorneycroft, R. Hn. Peter (Monmouth) |
| Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Morrison, John (Salisbury) | Thornton-Kemsley, Col. C. N. |
| Hirst, Geoffrey | Mott-Radclyffe, C. E. | Tilney, John |
| Holland-Martin, C. J. | Nabarro, G. D. N. | Touche, G. C. |
| Holmes, Sir Stanley (Harwich) | Nicholls, Harmar | Turner, H. F. L. |
| Hope, Lord John | Nicholson, Godfrey (Farnham) | Turton, R. H. |
| Hopkinson, Henry | Nicolson, Nigel (Bournemouth, E.) | Tweedsmuir, Lady |
| Hornsby-Smith, Miss M. P. | Noble, Cmdr. A. H. P. | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Horobin, I. M. | Nugent, G. R. H. | Vaughan-Morgan. J. K. |
| Horsbrugh, Rt. Hon. Florence | Nutting, Anthony | Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W.) |
| Howard, Greville (St. Ives) | Oakshott, H. D. | Ward, Miss I. (Tynemouth) |
| Hudson, Sir Austin (Lewisham, N.) | Odey, G. W. | Waterhouse, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. |
| Hudson, W. R. A. (Hull, N.) | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Antrim, N.) | Watkinson, H. A. |
| Hulbert, Wing Cmdr. N. J. | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. W. D. | Webbe, Sir H. (London & Westminster) |
| Hurd, A. R. | Orr, Capt. L. P. S. | Wellwood, W. |
| Hutchison, Lt.-Com. Clark (E'b'rgh W.) | Orr-Ewing, Charles Ian (Hendon, N.) | White, Baker (Canterbury) |
| Hutchison, James (Scotstoun) | Orr-Ewing, Ian L. (Weston-super-Mare) | Williams, Rt. Hon. Charles (Torquay) |
| Hyde, Lt.-Col. H. M. | Osborne, C. | Williams, Gerald (Tonbridge) |
| Hylton-Foster, H. B. H. | Partridge, E. | Williams, Sir Herbert (Croydon, E.) |
| Jenkins, R. C. D. (Dulwich) | Peake, Rt. Hon. O. | Williams, R. Dudley (Exeter) |
| Jennings, R. | Perkins, W. R. D. | Wills, G. |
| Johnson, Eric (Blackley) | Peto, Brig C. H. M. | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) |
| Johnson, Howard (Kemptown) | Peyton, J. W. W. | York, C. |
| Joynson-Hicks, Hon. L. W. | Pilkington, Capt. R. A. | |
| Kaberry, D. | Pitman, I. J. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Keeling, Sir Edward | Powell, J. Enoch | Major Conant and Mr. Vosper. |
NOES
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| Acland, Sir Richard | Awbery, S. S. | Benn, Wedgwood |
| Adams, Richard | Bacon, Miss Alice | Benson, G. |
| Albu, A. H. | Baird, J. | Beswick, F. |
| Allen, Arthur (Bosworth) | Balfour, A. | Bevan, Rt. Hon. A. (Ebbw Vale) |
| Anderson, Alexander (Motherwell) | Barnes, Rt. Hon. A. J. | Bing, G. H. C. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Bence, C. R. | Blackburn, F. |
| Blenkinsop, A. | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Rowley Regis) | Plummer, Sir Leslie |
| Blyton, W. R. | Herbison, Miss M. | Porter, G. |
| Boardman, H. | Hewitson, Capt. M. | Price, Joseph T. (Westhoughton) |
| Bottomley, Rt. Hon. A. G. | Hobson, C. R. | Price, Philips, (Gloucestershire, W.) |
| Bowden, H. W. | Holman, P. | Proctor, W. T. |
| Bowles, F. G. | Holmes, Horace (Hemsworth) | Pryde, D. J. |
| Braddock, Mrs. Elizabeth | Houghton, Douglas | Pursey, Cmdr. H. |
| Brockway, A. F. | Hoy, J. H. | Rankin, John |
| Brook, Dryden (Halifax) | Hubbard, T. F. | Reeves, J. |
| Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Hudson, James (Ealing, N.) | Reid, Thomas (Swindon) |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. George (Belper) | Hughes, Cledwyn (Anglesey) | Reid, William (Camlachie) |
| Brown, Thomas (Ince) | Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Rhodes, H. |
| Burke, W. A. | Hynd, H. (Accrington) | Robens, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Burton, Miss F. E. | Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe) | Roberts, Albert (Normanton) |
| Butler, Herbert (Hackney, S.) | Irvine, A. J. (Edge Hill) | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvonshire) |
| Callaghan, L. J. | Irving, W. J. (Wood Green) | Rogers, George (Kensington, N.) |
| Carmichael, J. | Isaacs, Rt. Hon. G. A. | Ross, William |
| Castle, Mrs. B. A. | Janner, B. | Royle, C. |
| Champion, A. J. | Jay, Rt. Hon. D. P. T. | Schofield, S. (Barnsley) |
| Chapman, W. D. | Jeger, George (Goole) | Shackleton, E. A. A. |
| Chetwynd, G. R. | Jeger, Dr. Santo (St. Pancras, S.) | Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Clunie, J. | Jenkins, R. H. (Stechford) | Short, E. W. |
| Cocks, F. S. | Johnson, James (Rugby) | Silverman, Julius (Erdington) |
| Coldrick, W. | Johnston, Douglas (Paisley) | Simmons, C. J. (Brierley Hill) |
| Collick, P. H. | Jones, David (Hartlepool) | Slater, J. |
| Cook, T. F. | Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) | Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) |
| Cove, W. G. | Keenan, W. | Smith, Norman (Nottingham, S.) |
| Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) | Kenyon, C. | Snow, J. W. |
| Crosland, C. A. R. | Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Crossman, R. H. S. | King, Dr. H. M. | Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir Frank |
| Cullen, Mrs. A. | Kinley, J. | Sparks, J. A. |
| Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. | Lee, Frederick (Newton) | Steele, T. |
| Darling, George (Hillsborough) | Lee, Miss Jennie (Cannock) | Stewart, Michael (Fulham, E.) |
| Davies, A. Edward (Stoke, N.) | Lever, Leslie (Ardwick) | Stokes, Rt. Hon. R. R. |
| Davies, Ernest (Enfield, E.) | Lewis, Arthur | Strachey, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Davies, Stephen (Merthyr) | Lindgren, G. S. | Strauss, Rt. Hon. George (Vauxhall) |
| de Freitas, Geoffrey | Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. | Stross, Dr. Barnett |
| Deer, G. | Logan, D. G. | Summerskill, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Dodds, N. N. | MacColl, J. E. | Swingler, S. T. |
| Donnelly, D. L. | McGhee, H. G. | Sylvester, G. O. |
| Driberg, T. E. N. | McInnes, J. | Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) |
| Dugdale, Rt. Hon. John (W. Bromwich) | McKay, John (Wallsend) | Taylor, John (West Lothian) |
| Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. | McLeavy, F. | Taylor, Rt. Hon. Robert (Morpeth) |
| Edelman, M. | MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) | Thomas, David (Aberdare) |
| Edwards, John (Brighouse) | McNeil, Rt. Hon. H. | Thomas, Iorwerth (Rhondda, W.) |
| Edwards, Rt. Hon. Ness (Caerphilly) | MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) | Thorneycroft, Harry (Clayton) |
| Edwards, W. J. (Stepney) | Mainwaring, W. H. | Timmons, J. |
| Evans, Albert (Islington, S.W.) | Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) | Tomlinson, Rt. Hon. G. |
| Evans, Edward (Lowestoft) | Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield, E.) | Tomney, F. |
| Evans, Stanley (Wednesbury) | Mann, Mrs. Jean | Ungoed-Thomas, Sir Lynn |
| Ewart, R. | Manuel, A. C. | Viant, S. P. |
| Fernyhough, E. | Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. | Wallace, H. W. |
| Field, W. J. | Mayhew, C. P. | Watkins, T. E. |
| Fienburgh, W. | Mellish, R. J. | Webb, Rt. Hon. M. (Bradford C.) |
| Finch, H. J. | Messer, F. | Weitzman, D. |
| Fletcher, Eric (Islington, E.) | Mikardo, Ian | Wells, Percy (Faversham) |
| Follick, M. | Mitchison, G. R. | Wells, William (Walsall) |
| Foot, M. M. | Monslow, W. | West, D. G. |
| Forman, J. C. | Moody, A. S. | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. John |
| Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) | Morley, R. | White, Mrs. Eirene (E. Flint) |
| Freeman, Peter (Newport) | Morris, Percy (Swansea, W.) | White, Henry (Derbyshire, N.E.) |
| Gaitskell, Rt. Hon. H. T. N. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. (Lewisham, S.) | Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W. |
| Glanville, James | Mort, D. L. | Wigg, George |
| Gooch, E. G. | Moyle A. | Wilcock, Group Capt. C. A. B. |
| Gordon-Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. | Murray, J. D. | Wilkins, W. A. |
| Greenwood, Anthony (Rossendale) | Nally, W. | Willey, Frederick (Sunderland, N.) |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur (Wakefield) | Neal Harold (Bolsover) | Willey, Octavius (Cleveland) |
| Grenfell Rt. Hon. D. R. | Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P. J. | Williams, David (Neath) |
| Grey, C. F. | Oldfield, W. H. | Williams, Rev. Llywelyn (Abertillery) |
| Griffiths, David (Rother Valley) | Oliver, G. H. | Williams, Ronald (Wigan) |
| Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) | Orbach, M. | Williams, W. R. (Droylsden) |
| Griffiths, William (Exchange) | Oswald, T. | Williams, W. T. (Hammersmith, S.) |
| Hale, Leslie (Oldham, W.) | Padley, W. E. | Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton) |
| Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil (Colne Valley) | Paget, R. T. | Winterbottom, Richard (Brightside) |
| Hall, John (Gateshead, W.) | Paling, Rt. Hon. W. (Dearne Valley) | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Hamilton, W. W. | Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) | Wyatt, W. L. |
| Hardy, E. A. | Pannell, Charles | Yates, V. F. |
| Hargreaves, A. | Pargiter, G. A. | Younger, Rt. Hon. K. |
| Harrison, J. (Nottingham, E.) | Parker, J. | |
| Hastings, S. | Paton, J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Hayman, F. H. | Pearson, A. | Mr. Popplewell and Mr. Hannan |
| Healey, Denis (Leeds, S.E.) | Peart, T. F. |