§
Motion made, and Question proposed,
That a number of Land Forces, not exceeding 185,700, all ranks, be maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom at home and abroad, exclusive of India and Burma, during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1940.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That a number, not exceeding 185,600, all ranks, be maintained for the said Service."—[Mr. Lawson.]
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 66; Noes, 141.
2303| Division No. 60.] | AYES. | [12.40 a.m. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Henderson, A. (Kingswlnfard) | Quibell, D. J. K. |
| Barr, J. | Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | Ridley, G. |
| Bellanger, F. J. | Hills, A. (Pontefract) | Silverman, S. S. |
| Benn, Rt. Han. W. W. | Jenkins, A. (Pentycool) | Simpson, F. B. |
| Benson, G. | Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) |
| Burks, W. A. | John, W. | Smith, E. (Stoke) |
| Cooks, F. S. | Kirby, B. V. | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly) |
| Daggar, G. | Lawson, J. J. | Smith, T. (Normanton) |
| Dalton, H. | Leach, W. | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) | Leonard, W. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) |
| Day, H. | Logan, D. G. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Dobbie, W. | Lunn, W. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Ede, J. C. | Macdonald, G. (Inca) | Tomlinson, G. |
| Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | McEntes, V. La T. | Watkim, F. C. |
| Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Marshall, F. | Watson, W. McL. |
| Frankel, D, | Morgan, J. (York, W.R., Doneaster) | Westwood, J. |
| Gallacher, W. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) | Wilkinson, Ellen |
| Garro Jones, G. M. | Nathan, Colonel H. L. | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Graham, D. M. (Hamilton) | Parker, J. | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Grenfell, D. R. | Parkinson, J. A. | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. | |
| Hall, J. H. (Whiteshapel) | Price, M. P. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Hayday, A. | Pritt, D. N. | Mr. Mathers and, Mr. Anderson |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) | Clarke, Colonel R. S. (E. Grinstead) | Fremantle, Sir F. E. |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) | Furness, S. N. |
| Allen, Col. J. Sandeman (B'knhead) | Colman, N. C. D. | Gluckstein, L. H. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir W. J. (Armagh) | Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Graham, Captain A. C. (Wlrral) |
| Aske, Sir R. W. | Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S. G'gs) | Greene, W. P. C. (Worcester) |
| Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) | Cross R. H. | Gridley, Sir A. B. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T P. H. | Cruddas, Col. B. | Griffith, F- Kingsley (M ddl'sbro, W.) |
| Beauchamp, Sir B. C. | Culverwell, C. T. | Grimston, R. V. |
| Bernays, R. H. | De la Bère, R. | Guest, Lieut.-Colonel H. (Drake) |
| Bossom, A. C. | Dodd, J. S | Hambro, A. V. |
| Beulton, W. W. | Dower, Lieut.-Col. A. V. G. | Hannon, Sir P. J. H. |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Duggan, H. J. | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. |
| Braithwaite, J. G. (Holderness) | Duncan, J. A. L. | Higgs, W. F. |
| Brass, Sir W. | Dunglass, Lord | Holdsworth, H. |
| Brisce[...], Capt R. G. | Edmondson, Major Sir J. | Holmes, J. S. |
| Broadbridge, Sir G. T. | Emery, J. F. | Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. |
| Brooke, H. (Lewisham, W.) | Errington, E. | Hore-Belisha, Rt. Hon. L. |
| Brawns, A. C. (Ballast, W.) | Erskine-Hill, A. G. | Hutchinson, G. C. |
| Bull, B. B. | Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose) |
| Channon, H. | Fildes, Sir H. | Kerr, J. Graham (Soottish Univs.) |
| Chapman, A. (Ruthirglen) | Fox, Sir G. W G. | Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet Sir R. |
| Kimball, L. | Ponson by, Col. C. E. | Southby, Commander Sir A. R. J. |
| Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. | Porritt, R. W. | Spent. W. P. |
| Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Rankin, Sir R. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd) |
| Latham, Sir P. | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) | Storey, S. |
| Leech, Sir J. W. | Rayner, Major R. H. | Strauss, H. C. (Norwich) |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Reed, A. C. (Exeter) | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Lyons, A. M. | Reed, Sir H. S. (Aylesbury) | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) | Reid, W. Allan (Derby) | Touche, G. C. |
| MaCorquodala, M. S. | Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) | Tree, A. R. L. F. |
| Maodonald. Capt. P. (lsle of Wight) | Ropner, Colonel L. | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. | Ron Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) | Turton, R. H. |
| McKie, J. H. | Rothschild, J. A. de | Wakefieid, W. W. |
| Maonamara, Lieut.- Colonel J. R. J. | Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. | Walker-Smith, Sir J. |
| Maitland, Sir Adam | Russell, Sir Alexander | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Makins, Brigadier-General Sir Ernest | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Salmon, Sir I. | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Markham, S. F. | Samuel, M. R. A. | Watt, Major G. S. Harvie |
| Maxwell, Hon. S. A. | Sanderson, Sir F. B. | Wells, Sir Sydney |
| Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. | Sandys, E. D. | Whiteley, Major J. P. (Buckingham) |
| Medlicott, F. | Scott, Lord William | Williams. H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Seely, Sir H. M. | Wise, A. R. |
| Mills, Major J. D. (Naw Forast) | Shaw, Captain W. T. (Forfar) | Wood, Hon. C. I. C. |
| Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. | Shepperson, Sir E. W. | York, C. |
| Munro, P. | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Nicolson, Hon. H. G. | Smith, Sir Louis (Hallam) | |
| Palmer, G. E. H. | Smithers, Sir W. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES— |
| Petherick, M. | Somervell, Rt. Hon. Sir Donald | Captain Waterhouse and Major |
| Herbert. |
Original Question put, and agreed to.