§
Motion made, and Question proposed,
That an additional number of Air Forces, not exceeding 10,000, all ranks, be maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland at Home and Abroad, exclusive of those serving in India, during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1922.
§ Mr. HOGGE rose—
§ Question put.
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 197; Noes 46.
1667| Division No. 77.] | AYES. | [10.50 p.m. |
| Adair, Rear-Admiral Thomas B. S. | Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquay) | Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. C. | Carr, W. Theodore | France, Gerald Ashburner |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Casey, T. W. | Fraser, Major Sir Keith |
| Ainsworth, Captain Charles | Cayzer, Major Herbert Robin | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. |
| Allen, Lieut.-Colonel William James | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Evelyn (Birm., Aston) | Gange, E. Stanley |
| Amery, Lieut.-Col. Leopold C. M. S. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. J. A. (Birm., W.) | Ganzoni, Captain Sir F. J. C. |
| Austin, Sir Herbert | Chamberlain, N. (Birm., Ladywood) | Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham |
| Baird, Sir John Lawrence | Chilcot, Lieut.-Com. Harry W. | Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel Sir John |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Child, Brigadier-General Sir Hill | Glyn, Major Ralph |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Goff, Sir R. Park |
| Barlow, Sir Montague | Coote, Colin Reith (Isle of Ely) | Gould, James C. |
| Barnett, Major R. W. | Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Gray, Major Ernest (Accrington) |
| Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H. (Devizes) | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Greene, Lt.-Col. Sir W. (Hack'y, N.) |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Davidson, J. C. C. (Hemel Hempstead) | Gregory, Holman |
| Benn, Capt. Sir I. H., Bart. (Gr'nw'h) | Davidson, Major-General Sir J. H. | Gretton, Colonel John |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Gritten, W. G. Howard |
| Bigland, Alfred | Dean, Lieut.-Commander P. T. | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. Frederick E. |
| Borwick, Major G. O. | Elveden, viscount | Gwynne, Rupert S. |
| Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith- | Evans, Ernest | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Falcon, Captain Michael | Hamilton, Major C. G. C. |
| Brassey, Major H. L. C. | Falle, Major Sir Bertram G. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Fell, Sir Arthur | Harmsworth, C. B. (Bedford, Luton) |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) |
| Bruton, Sir James | Flannery, Sir James Fortescue | Henderson, Major V. L. (Tradeston) |
| Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Ford, Patrick Johnston | Henry, Denis S. (Londonderry, S.) |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Forrest, Walter | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) |
| Hewart, Rt. Hon. Sir Gordon | Morden, Lieut.-Col. W. Grant | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) |
| Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank | Moreing, Captain Algernon H. | Shaw, William T. (Forfar) |
| Hills, Major John Waller | Morison, Rt. Hon. Thomas Brash | Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-on-T.) |
| Hinds, John | Morris, Richard | Smith, Sir Allan M. (Croydon, South) |
| Hoare, Lieut.-Colonel Sir S. J. G. | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. | Stanier, Captain Sir Beville |
| Hohler, Gerald Fitzroy | Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert | Steel, Major S. Strang |
| Hood, Joseph | Murray, John (Leeds, West) | Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K. |
| Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Neal, Arthur | Stewart, Gershom |
| Horne, Edgar (Surrey, Guildford) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Strauss, Edward Anthony |
| Horne, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) | Nicholson, Reginald (Doncaster) | Sturrock, J. Leng |
| Hotchkin, Captain Stafford Vere | Norris, Colonel Sir Henry G. | Sugden, W. H. |
| Hume-Williams, Sir W. Ellis | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. W. | Sutherland, Sir William |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Parry, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Henry | Thomas, Sir Robert J. (Wrexham) |
| Inskip, Thomas Walker H. | Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike | Thomas-Stanford, Charles |
| James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Peel, Col. Hon. S. (Uxbridge, Mddx.) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Jameson, J. Gordon | Pennefather, De Fonblanque | Thorpe, Captain John Henry |
| Jodrell, Neville Paul | Philipps, Sir Owen C. (Chester, City) | Townley, Maximilian G. |
| Johnson, Sir Stanley | Pickering, Lieut.-Colonel Emil W. | Tryon, Major George Clement |
| Johnstone, Joseph | Pinkham, Lieut.-Colonel Charles | Wallace, J. |
| Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Pollock, Sir Ernest M. | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Jones, J. T. (Carmarthen, Lianelly) | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Ward, William Dudley (Southampton) |
| Kidd, James | Pratt, John William | Waring, Major Walter |
| King, Captain Henry Douglas | Rae, H. Norman | Warner, Sir T. Courtenay T. |
| Lane-Fox, G. R. | Raeburn, Sir William H. | Watson, Captain John Bertrand |
| Lewis, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Univ., Wales) | Raw, Lieutenant-Colonel N. | White, Lieut.-Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Lindsay, William Arthur | Rees, Sir J. D. (Nottingham, East) | Whitla, Sir William |
| Lloyd, George Butler | Reid, D. D. | Wild, Sir Ernest Edward |
| Lloyd-Greame, Sir P. | Richardson, Alexander (Gravesend) | Williams, Col. Sir R. (Dorset, W.) |
| Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'tingd'n) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Norwich) | Wills, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Gilbert |
| Lorden, John William | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) | Wise, Frederick |
| Lynn, R. J. | Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) | Wood, Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| Mackinder, Sir H. J. (Camlachie) | Robinson, S. (Brecon and Radnor) | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| McLaren, Robert (Lanark, Northern) | Roundell, Colonel R. F. | Worsfold, Dr. T. Cato |
| M'Lean, Lieut.-Col. Charles W. W. | Royds, Lieut.-Colonel Edmund | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| McMicking, Major Gilbert | Rutherford, Sir W. W. (Edge Hill) | Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward |
| Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Young, Lieut.-Com. E. H. (Norwich) |
| Maddocks, Henry | Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney) | Younger, Sir George |
| Mallalieu, F. W. | Sanders, Colonel Sir Robert A. | |
| Middlebrook, Sir William | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Molson, Major John Elsdale | Scott. A. M. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) | Colonel Leslie Wilson and Mr. |
| Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred M. | Seddon, J. A. | McCurdy. |
| NOES. | ||
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Widnes) | Smith, W. R. (Wellingborough) |
| Barnes, Major H. (Newcastle, E.) | Hirst, G. H. | Swan, J. E. |
| Bell, James (Lancaster, Ormskirk) | Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | Thomas, Brig.-Gen. Sir O. (Anglesey) |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Hogge, James Myles | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) |
| Cairns, John | Irving, Dan | Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, Ince) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Kennedy, Thomas | Waterson, A. E. |
| Davies, A. (Lancaster, Clitheroe) | Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. | Wedgwood, Colonel J. C. |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Kenyon, Barnet | White, Charles F. (Derby, Western) |
| Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) | Lawson, John J. | Wignall, James |
| Edwards, G. (Norfolk, South) | Lunn, William | Wilson, W. Tyson (Westhoughton) |
| Galbraith, Samuel | Mills, John Edmund | Wintringham, T. |
| Graham, R. (Nelson and Colne) | Morgan, Major D. Watts | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Myers, Thomas | |
| Guest, J. (York, W.R., Hemsworth) | O'Grady, Captain James | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Mr. T. Griffiths and Mr. Nell |
| Hartshorn, Vernon | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Maclean. |
| Hayward, Major Evan | Royce, William Stapleton |