Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 21 February 1940.
| MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. | Radford, E. A. | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) |
| McCorquodale, M. S. | Raikes, H. V. A. M. | Storey, S. |
| McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. | Ramsbotham, Rt. Hon. H. | Strauss, H. G. (Norwich) |
| McKie, J. H. | Rathbone, Eleanor (English Univ's.) | Stuart, Rt. Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Magnay, T. | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Maitland, Sir Adam | Rawson, Sir Cooper | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Makins, Brigadier-General Sir Ernest | Read, Sir H. S. (Aylesbury) | Taskar, Sir R. I. |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir M. | Reith, Rt. Hon. Sir J. C. W. | Tate, Mavis C. |
| Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) |
| Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. | Robertson, D. | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| Medlicott, Captain F. | Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) | Train, Sir J. |
| Meller, Sir R. J. (Mitcham) | Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) | True, A. R. L. F. |
| Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Rowlands, G. | Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C. |
| Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel Sir E. A. | Wakefield, W. W. |
| Mitchell, Col. H. (Brentf'd & Chisw'k) | Russell, Sir Alexander | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Moore, Lieut.-Colonel Sir T. C. R. | Salmon, Sir I. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Moore-Brabazon, Lt.-Col. J. T. C. | Salt, E. W. | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Morgan, R. H. (Worcester, Stourbridge) | Salter, Sir J. Arthur (Oxford U.) | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir J. S. |
| Morris, J. P. (Salford, N.) | Samuel, M. R. A. | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Morris-Jones, Sir Henry | Sandeman, Sir N. S. | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) | Sanderson, Sir F. B. | Watt, Lt.-Col. G. S. Harvie |
| Morrison, Rt. Hon W. S. (Cirencester) | Schuster, Sir G. E. | Wayland, Sir W. A. |
| Nall, Sir J. | Selley, H. R. | Webbe, Sir W. Harold |
| Neven-Spence, Major B. H. H. | Shakespeare, G. H. | Wells, Sir Sydney |
| Nicholson, G. (Farnham) | Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) | White, Sir Dymoke (Fareham) |
| O'Connor, Sir Terence J. | Shaw, Captain W. T. (Forfar) | Wickham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R. |
| O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Shepperson, Sir E. W. | Williams, C. (Torquay) |
| Orr-Ewing, I. L. | Shute, Colonel Sir J. J. | Wilson, Sir Arnold (Hitchin) |
| Palmar, G. E. H. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel G. |
| Peake, O. | Smiles, Lieut.-Colonel Sir W. D. | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Peters, Dr. S. J. | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) | Wright, Wing Commander J. A. C. |
| Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Somervell, Rt. Hon. Sir Donald | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Plugge, Capt. L. F. | Somerville, Sir A. A. (Windsor) | |
| Ponsonby, Col. C. E. | Spens, W. P. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Porritt, R. W. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd) | Lieut.-Colonel Kerr and Mr. Munro. |
| Pym, L. R. | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) |
