§ "That a sum, not exceeding £500,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1924, for a Grant in Aid of Agricultural Credits."
§ Question put.
§ The Committee proceeded to a Division—
§ Mr. PRINGLE(seated and covered): The last Question was distinctly challenged. It should have been put. You had no right to declare it carried without putting it. This was not done on an earlier Vote which was challenged by only one Member. Several Members challenged the last Vote.
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 299; Noes, 120.
651| Division No. 322.] | AYES. | [12.22 a.m. |
| Adkins, Sir William Ryland Dent | Butt, Sir Alfred | Eyres-Monsell, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. M. |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Cadogan, Major Edward | Falcon, Captain Michael |
| Ainsworth, Captain Charles | Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. | Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton, East) | Cassels, J. D. | Flanagan, W. H. |
| Alexander, Col. M. (Southwark) | Cautley, Henry Strother | Foreman, Sir Henry |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester. City) | Forestler-Walker, L. |
| Apsley, Lord | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot |
| Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Col. Sir Martin | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Fraser, Major Sir Keith |
| Ashley, Lt.?Col. Wilfrid W. | Chapman, Sir S. | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. |
| Astor, J. J. (Kent, Dover) | Chapple, W. A. | Furness, G. J. |
| Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence | Clarke. Sir E. C. | Galbraith, J. F. W. |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Chilcott, Sir Warden | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Banks, Mitchell | Clarry, Reginald George | Garland, C. S. |
| Barlow, Rt. Hon. Sir Montague | Clayton, G. C. | Gaunt, Rear-Admiral Sir Guy R. |
| Barnett, Major Richard W. | Cobb, Sir Cyril | George, Major G. L. (Pembroke) |
| Barnston, Major Harry | Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Gibbs. Col.Rt. Hon. George Abraham |
| Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar (Banff) | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Gilbert, James Daniel |
| Becker, Harry | Collie, Sir John | Goff, Sir R. Park |
| Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H. (Devizes) | Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Gray, Harold (Cambridge) |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Cope, Major William | Gretton, Colonel John |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Cotts, Sir William Dingwall Mitchell | Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) | Guthrie, Thomas Maule |
| Berry, Sir George | Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page | Gwynne, Rupert S. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Hall, Rr-Adml Sir W. (Liv'p'l, W. D'by) |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Davidson, J. C. C. (Hemel Hempstead) | Halstead, Major D. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Davies, Alfred Thomas (Lincoln) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Bonwick, A. | Davies, J. C. (Denbigh, Denbigh) | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) | Harvey, Major S. E. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) | Hawke, John Anthony |
| Brass, Captain W. | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Hay, Major T. W. (Norfolk, South) |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Dawson, Sir Philip | Henderson, Sir T. (Roxburgh) |
| Britain, Sir Harry | Dixon, C. H. (Rutland) | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) |
| Broad, F. A. | Doyle, N. Grattan | Herbert, S. (Scarborough) |
| Brown, Major D. C. (Hexham) | Dudgeon, Major C. R. | Hiley, Sir Ernest |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. Clifton (Newbury) | Du Pre, Colonel William Baring | Hinds, John |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Edge, Captain Sir William | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Bruford, R. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) |
| Bruton, Sir James | Ednam, Viscount | Hohier, Gerald Fitzroy |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Elliot, Capt. Waiter E. (Lanark) | Hopkins, John W. W. |
| Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Ellis, R. G. | Horne, Sir R. S.(Glasgow, Hillhead) |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Emlyn-Jones, J. E. (Dorset, N.) | Houfton, John Plowright |
| Burn, Colonel Sir Charles Rosdew | England, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Howard, Capt. D. (Cumberland, N) |
| Burney, Com. (Middx., Uxbridge) | Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Col. C. K. |
| Butcher, Sir John George | Erskine-Bolst, Captain C. | Hudson, Capt. A. |
| Butler, H. M. (Leeds, North) | Evans, Capt. H. Arthur (Leicester, E.) | Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer |
| Butler, J. R. M. (Cambridge Univ.) | Evans, Ernest (Cardigan) | Hurst, Gerald B. |
| Hutchison, G. A. C. (Midlothian, N.) | Parker, Owen (Kettering) | Smith, Sir Allan M. (Croydon, South) |
| Hutchison, Sir R. (Kirkcaldy) | Pattinson, R. (Grantham) | Smith, Sir Harold (Wavertree) |
| Hutchison, W. (Kelvingrove) | Pattinson, S. (Horncastle) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Pease, William Edwin | Somerville, Daniel (Barrow-in-Furness) |
| Jodrell, Sir Neville Paul | Pennefather, De Fonblanque | Spears, Brig.-Gen. E. L. |
| Johnson, Sir L. (Waithamstow, E.) | Penny, Frederick George | Spender-Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. |
| Johnston, Thomas (Stirling) | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Stanley, Lord |
| Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Steel, Major, S. Strang |
| Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Purring, William George | Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K. |
| Kelley, Major Sir Frederick A. | Peto, Basil E. | Stewart, Gershom (Wirral) |
| Kennedy, Captain M. S. Nigel | Philipson, Mabel | Stockton, Sir Edwin Forsyth |
| King, Captain Henry Douglas | Pielou, D. P. | Stott, Lt.-Col. W. H. |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Pilditch, Sir Philip | Strauss, Edward Anthony |
| Lamb, J. Q. | Pollock, Rt. Hon. Sir Ernest Murray | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Colonel G. R. | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Linfieid, F. C. | Pretyman, Rt. Hon. Ernest G. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid H. |
| Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Price, E. G. | Sutherland, Rt. Hon. Sir William |
| Lloyd-Greame, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Privett, F. J. | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) | Rae, Sir Henry N. | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Lorden, John William | Raeburn, Sir William H. | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Lorimer, H. D. | Raine, W. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Lougher, L. | Rankin, Captain James Stuart | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| Lowe, Sir Francis William | Rawlinson, Rt. Hon. John Fredk. Peel | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) | Rawson, Lieut.-Com. A. C. | Tubbs, S. W. |
| Lumley, L. R. | Rees, Sir Beddoe | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | Wallace, Captain E. |
| Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Remer, J. R. | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) | Remnant, Sir James | Ward, Col. J. (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Rhodes, Lieut.-Col. J. P. | Waring, Major Waiter |
| Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Richardson, Sir Alex. (Gravesend) | Watson, Capt. J. (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Manville, Edward | Richardson, Lt-Col. Sir P. (Chertsey) | Watts, Dr. T. (Man., Withington) |
| Margesson, H. D. R. | Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Norwich) | Weir, L. M. |
| Marks, Sir George Croydon | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) | Wells, S. R. |
| Martin, F. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, E.) | Robertson-Despencer, Major (Isigtn,W) | Weston, Colonel John Wakefield |
| Mason, Lieut.-Colonel C. K. | Rogerson. Capt. J. E. | Westwood, J. |
| Mercer, Colonel H. | Rothschild, Lionel de | Wheler, Col. Granville C. H. |
| Milne, J. S. Wardlaw | Roundell, Colonel R. F. | White, Lt.-Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Mitchell, W. F. (Saffron Walden) | Royce, William Stapleton | Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond) |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Leslie 0. (P'tsm'th, S.) |
| Molloy, Major L. G. S. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Morden, Col. W. Grant | Russell, William (Bolton) | Winterton, Earl |
| Morrison, Hugh (Wilts, Salisbury) | Russell-Wells, Sir Sydney | Wintringham, Margaret |
| Morrison-Bell, Major Sir A.C. (Honiton) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Wise, Frederick |
| Murchison, C. K. | Sanders, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert A. | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Murray, Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) | Sanderson, Sir Frank B. | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Nall, Major Joseph | Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange) | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) | Scrymgeour, E. | Wood, Major Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Shepperson, E. W. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Newton, Sir Percy Wilson | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Simpson-Hinchliffe, W. A. | Yerburgh, R. D. T. |
| Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster) | Sinclair, Sir A. | |
| Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Singleton, J. E. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Captain Hacking and Major Hennessy. |
| O'Neill, Rt. Hon Hugh | Sitch, Charles H. | |
| Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Skelton, A. N. | |
| Paget, T. G. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. | Fairbairn, R. R. | Jones, R. T. (Carnarvon) |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. William | Gosling, Harry | Jones, T. I. Hardy (Pontypridd) |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Jowitt, W. A. (The Hartlepools) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Gray, Frank (Oxford) | Kirkwood, D. |
| Attlee, C. R. | Greenall, T. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Groves, T. | Lansbury, George |
| Barnett, A. | Grundy, T. W. | Lawson, John James |
| Batey, Joseph | Guest, Hon. C. H. (Bristol, N.) | Leach, W. |
| Briant, Frank | Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) | Lee, F. |
| Buckle, J. | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Lees-Smith, H. B. (Keighley) |
| Burgess, S. | Hancock, John George | MacDonald, J. R. (Aberavon) |
| Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) | Harbord, Arthur | M'Entee, V. L. |
| Cape, Thomas | Hardie, George D. | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Charleton, H. C. | Harney, E. A. | March, S. |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Harris, Percy A. | Marshall, Sir Arthur H. |
| Collison, Levi | Hartshorn, Vernon | Middleton, G. |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Hastings, Patrick | Morris, Harold |
| Darbishire, C. W. | Hay, Captain J. P. (Cathcart) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Hayday, Arthur | Mosley, Oswald |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (N'castle, E.) | Murnin, H. |
| Duffy, T. Govan | Hill, A. | Murray, Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) |
| Duncan. C. | Hirst, G. H. | Murray, R. (Renfrew, Western) |
| Dunnico, H. | Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | O'Grady, Captain James |
| Ede, James Chuter | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Paling, W. |
| Edmonds, G. | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Parker, H. (Hanley) |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedweilty) | Johnston, Thomas (Stirling) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) |
| Entwistle, Major C. F. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Phillipps, Vivian |
| Ponsonby, Arthur | Snowden, Philip | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Potts, John S. | Spencer, H. H. (Bradford, S.) | Webb, Sidney |
| Pringle, W. M. R. | Spoor, B. G. | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. |
| Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) | White, H. G. (Birkenhead, E.) |
| Ritson, J. | Sullivan, J. | Whiteley, W. |
| Robinson, W. C. (York, Elland) | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Royce, William Stapleton | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Saklatvala, S. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Salter, Dr. A. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Sexton, James | Tout, W. J. | Wintringham, Margaret |
| Shinwell, Emanuel | Trevelyan, C. P. | Wright, W. |
| Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | Turner, Ben | |
| Skelton, A. N. | Warne, G. H. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Mr. Lunn and Mr. Morgan Jones. |
| Smith, T. (Pontefract) | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
Question put, and agreed to.
§ THE DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN (Caption Fitzroy)The hon. Member must obey the Standing Order of the House