§
Resolution reported:
That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to amend the enactments relating to the metropolitan police force in regard to the number of assistant commissioners of police, the age of compulsory retirement, membership of the Police Federation, and the appointment of constables for a fixed period of service; to adapt to the case of constables so appointed the enactments relating to police pensions and gratuities, National Health Insurance, and Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament of—
- (i) any additional expenses which the provisions of the said Act regulating the age of compulsory retirement may entail in respect of pensions to the commissioner and assistant commissioners of the metropolitan police force so far as the cost thereof is payable out of moneys provided by Parliament; and
- (ii) any additional expense which the provisions of the said Act extending the National Health Insurance Act, 1924, and the Widows'. Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act, 1925, to persons employed as short service constables in the metropolitan police force may entail—
- (a) in respect of benefits, and the administration of benefits, under the said Act of 1924, so far as the cost thereof is payable out of moneys provided by Parliament; and
- (b) in respect of old age pensions payable under the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1924."
§ Motion made, and Question put, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."
§ The House divided: Ayes, 167; Noes, 32.
1433| Division No. 198.] | AYES. | [12.10 a.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Essenhigh, Reginald Clare | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Fraser, Captain Ian | McCorquodale, M. S. |
| Albery, Irving James | Fuller, Captain A. G. | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) |
| Alexander, Sir William | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | McEwen, Captain J. H. F. |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Glossop, C. W. H. | McKie, John Hamilton |
| Bailey, Eric Alfred George | Gluckstein, Louis Halle | McLean, Major Sir Alan |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Goff, Sir Park | Macquisten, Frederick Alexander |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) | Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B. (Portsm'th.C.) | Gower, Sir Robert | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. |
| Bird, Ernest Roy (Yorks., Skipton) | Graham, Sir F. Fergus (C'mb'rl'd, N.) | Marsden, Commander Arthur |
| Bossom, A. C. | Graves, Marjorie | Martin, Thomas B. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Greene, William P. C. | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John |
| Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton | Grimston, R. V. | Nierriman, Sir F. Boyd |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Mitchell, Harold p.(Br tf'd & Chisw'k) |
| Braithwaite, J. G. (Hillsborough) | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Morris, John Patrick (Salford, N.) |
| Browne, Captain A. C. | Hales, Harold K. | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Hanley, Dennis A. | Morrison, William Shephard |
| Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Muirhead. Major A. J. |
| Campbell, Vice-Admiral G. (Burnley) | Hartington, Marquess of | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. |
| Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Hartland, George A. | North, Edward T. |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | O'Connor, Terence James |
| Carver, Major William H. | Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) | O'Donovan, Dr. William James |
| Castlereagh, viscount | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Ormiston, Thomas |
| Chapman, Col. R.(Houghton-le-Spring) | Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Palmer, Francis Noel |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Pearson, William G. |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. O. | Hepworth, Joseph | Penny, Sir George |
| Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Hope, Capt. Hon. A. O. J. (Aston) | Peto, Geoffrey K.(W'verh'pt'n, Bliston) |
| Conant, R. J. E. | Hope, Sydney (Chester, Stalybridge) | Pike, Cecil F. |
| Cooke, Douglas | Hore-Belisha, Lesile | Potter, John |
| Copeland, Ida | Hornby, Frank | Procter, Major Henry Adam |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir George L. | Horsbrugh, Florence | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) |
| Craven-Ellis, William | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Rankin, Robert |
| Crossley, A. C. | Hudson,Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Rea, Walter Russell |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas W. H. | Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) |
| Duckworth, George A. V. | Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Reid, William Allan (Derby) |
| Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Kerr, Hamilton W. | Renter, John R. |
| Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. |
| Elmley, Viscount | Leckie, J. A. | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) |
| Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Liddall, Walter S. | Robinson, John Roland |
| Erarys-Evans, P. V. | Lindsay, Noel Ker | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Entwistle, Cyril Fullard | Llewellin, Major John J. | Rosbotham, Sir Samuel |
| Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Lockwood, John C. (Hackney, C.) | Ross, Ronald D. |
| Erskine-Boist, Capt. C. C. (Blackpool) | Lockwood, Capt. J. H. (Shipley) | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) |
| Runge, Norah Cecil | Soper, Richard | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Russell, Albert (Kirkcaldy) | Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. | Wells, Sydney Richard |
| Rutherford, John (Edmonton) | Stevenson, James | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Livorp'l) | Stones, James | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Salmon, Sir Isidore | Strickland, Captain W. F. | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| salt, Edward w. | Sueter, Roar-Admiral Murray. F. | Wise, Alfred R. |
| Samuel, Samuel (W'dtworth, Putney) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart | Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount |
| Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart | Tate, Mavis Constance | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley |
| Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. | Thomson, Sir Frederick Charles | Wragg, Herbert |
| Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) | Touche, Gordon Cosmo | |
| Skelton, Archibald Noel | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Slater, John | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) | Mr. Blindell and Commander |
| Somervell, Donald Bradley | ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) | Southby. |
| NOES. | ||
| Banfield, John William | Hicks, Ernest George | Milner, Major James |
| Sevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Holdsworth, Herbert | Nathan, Major H. L. |
| Cape, Thomas | Janner, Barnett | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Jenkins, Sir William | Price, Gabriel |
| Daggar, George | John, William | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Dobble, William | Lawson, John James | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Edwards, Charles | Logan, David Gilbert | |
| Greenwood, HI. Hon. Arthur | Lunn, William | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.- |
| Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | McEntee, Valentine L. | Mr. Groves and Mr. Cordon |
| Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Maxton, James | Macdonald. |