§ "That a sum, not exceeding £25,831,796, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1923, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class VII of the Estimates for Civil Services, namely:
| £ | |
| 1. Ministry of Health (National Health Insurance, Joint Committee) | 13,512,562 |
| 3. Ministry of Labour (including a Supplementary sum of £3,552,844) | 12,010,604 |
| 4. National Insurance, Audit Department | 123,180 |
| 5. Friendly Societies' Deficiency | 5,450 |
| 6. Grants 10 Voluntary Hospitals | 180,000 |
| £25,831,796" |
§ Question put.
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 263; Noes, 113.
615| Division No. 247.] | AYES. | [11.2 p.m. |
| Adkins, Sir William Ryland Dent | Armitage, Robert | Baird, Sir John Lawrence |
| Agg-Gardner, sir James Tynte | Armstrong, Henry Bruce | Barker, Major Robert H. |
| Ainsworth, Captain Charles | Astbury, Lieut.-Com. Frederick W. | Barnett, Major Richard W. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Atkey, A. R. | Barnston, Major Harry |
| Barrand, A. R. | Harris, Sir Henry Percy | Philipps, Sir Owen C. (Chester, City) |
| Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar (Banff) | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Pilditch, Sir Philip |
| Beckett, Hon. Sir Gervase | Herbert, Col. Hon. A. (Yeovil) | Pollock, Rt. Hon. Sir Ernest Murray |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Hinds, John | Pratt, John William |
| Bonn, Capt. Sir I. H., Bart. (Gr'nw'h) | Hood, Sir Joseph | Prescott, Major Sir W. H. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Hope, Sir H.(Stirling & Cl'ckm'nn, W.) | Pretyman, Rt. Hon. Ernest G. |
| Bigland, Alfred | Hope, Lt.-Col. sir J- A. (Midlothian) | Purchase, H. G. |
| Birchall, J. Dearman | Hopkins, John W. W. | Rae, Sir Henry N. |
| Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith- | Home, Edgar (Surrey, Guildford) | Raeburn, Sir William H. |
| Bowles, Colonel H. F, | Horne, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) | Ramsden, G. T. |
| Bowyer, Captain G. W. E. | Howard, Major S. G. | Randies, Sir John Scurrah |
| Breese, Major Charles E. | Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster) | Ratcliffe, Henry Butler |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Hurst, Lieut.-Colonel Gerald B. | Rees, Capt. J. Tudor- {Barnstaple) |
| Briggs, Harold | Inskip, Thomas Walker H. | Reid, D. D. |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Remer, J. R. |
| Broad, Thomas Tucker | Jameson, John Gordon | Renwick, Sir George |
| Brown, Major D. C. | Jephcott, A. R. | Richardson, Sir Alex. (Gravesend) |
| Bruton, Sir James | Jesson, C, | Richardson, Lt.-Col. Sir p. (Chertsey) |
| Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Johnson, Sir Stanley | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Johnstone, Joseph | Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) |
| Burgoyne, Lt.-Col. Sir Alan Hughes | Jones, Sir Edgar R. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Robinson, S. (Brecon and Radnor) |
| Butcher, Sir John George | Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Rodger, A. K. |
| Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. | Kellaway, Rt. Hon. Fredk. George | Rutherford, Colonel Sir J. (Darwen) |
| Carr, W. Theodore | Kelley, Major Fred (Rotherham) | Rutherford, Sir W. W. (Edge Hill) |
| Casey, T. W. | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Cautley, Henry Strother | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Sanders, Colonel Sir Robert Arthur |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Larmor, Sir Joseph | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustavo D. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J. A. (Birm., W.) | Law, Alfred J. (Rochdale) | Scott, A. M. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S, | Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) | Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange) |
| Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Spender | Lewis, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Univ., Wales) | Seager, Sir William |
| Clough, Sir Robert | Lindsay, William Arthur | Seddon, J. A. |
| Coats, Sir Stuart | Lister, Sir R. Ashton | Seely, Major-General Rt. Hon. John |
| Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Lloyd, George Butler | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) |
| Cope, Major William | Locker-Lampson, Com. 0. (H'tingd'n) | Shaw, William T. (Forfar) |
| Cory, Sir J. H. (Cardiff, South) | Lorden, John William | Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-on-T.) |
| Courthope, Lieut.-Col. George L. | Lort-Williams, J, | Simm, M. T. (Wallsend) |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Loseby, Captain C. E. | Simms, Dr. John M. (North Down) |
| Cowan, Sir H. (Aberdeen and Kinc.) | Lowe, Sir Francis William | Sprot, Colonel Sir Alexander |
| Dalziel, Sir D. (Lambeth, Brixton) | Lowther, Major C. (Cumberland, N.> | Stanley, Major Hon. G. (Preston) |
| Davidson, Major-General Sir J. H. | Lowther, Maj.-Gen. Sir C. (Penrith) | Starkey, Captain John Ralph |
| Davies, Alfred Thomas (Lincoln) | Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) | Steel, Major S. Strang |
| Davies, Sir David Sanders (Denbigh) | M'Curdy, Rt. Hon. Charles A. | Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K. |
| Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) | M Donald, Dr. Bouverie F. P. | Stevens, Marshall |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Stewart, Gershom |
| Denison-Pender, John C. | McLaren, Hon, H. D. (Leicester) | Surtees, Brigadier-General H. C. |
| Dewhurst, Lieut.-Commander Harry | McLaren, Robert (Lanark. Northern] | Sutherland, Sir William |
| Doyle, N. Grattan | McMlcking, Major Gilbert | Taylor, J. |
| Du Pre, Colonel William Baring | Macnaghten, Sir Malcolm | Terrell, George, (Wilts, Chippenham) |
| Edgar, Clifford B. | Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Thomas, Sir Robert J. (Wrexham) |
| Edge, Captain Sir William | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James 1. | Thomson, F. c. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Ednam, Viscount | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell- (Maryhill) |
| Edwards, Hugh (Glam., Neath) | Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) | Thorpe, Captain John Henry |
| Elveden, Viscount | Manville, Edward | Townley, Maximilian G. |
| Evans, Ernest | Marks, Sir George Croydon | Tryon. Major George Clement |
| Eyres-Monsell, Com. Botton M. | Mason, Robert | Vickers, Douglas |
| Falcon, Captain Michael | Matthews, David | Wallace, J. |
| Falle, Major Sir Bertram God fray | Meysey-Thomson, Lieut.-Col. E. C. | Walters, Rt. Hon. Sir John Tudor |
| Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | Middlebrook, Sir William | Walton, J. (York, W. R., Don Valley) |
| FitzRoy, Captain Hon. Edward A. | Mitchell, Sir William Lane | Ward, Col. J. (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| Ford, Patrick Johnston | Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred Morltz | Waring, Major Walter |
| Foreman, Sir Henry | Moore, Major-General Sir Newton J. | Warner, Sir T. Courtenay T. |
| Forestler-Walker, L. | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Watson, Captain John Bertrand |
| Forrest, Walter | Morden, Col. W. Grant | Weston, Colonel John Wakefield |
| Fraser, Major Sir Keith | Moreing, Captain Algernon H. | Wheler, Col. Granville C. H. |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | Morrison, Hugh | White, Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Gardner, Ernest | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. | Whitla, Sir William |
| Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham | Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert | Williams, C. (Tavistock) |
| Gilbert, James Daniel | Murchison, C. K. | Williams, Lt.-Col. Sir R. (Banbury) |
| Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel Sir John | Murray, Rt. Hon. C. D. (Edinburgh) | Wills, Lt.-Col. Sir Gilbert Alan H |
| Glyn, Major Ralph | Murray, John (Leeds, West) | Winfrey, Sir Richard |
| Goff, Sir R. Park | Neal, Arthur | Winterton, Earl |
| Gould, James C. | Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) | wise, Frederick |
| Gray, Major Ernest (Accrington) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Wood, Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| Green, Joseph F. (Leicester, W.) | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Wood, Sir J. (Stalybridge & Hyde) |
| Greene, Lt.-Col. Sir W. (Hack'y, N.) | Norman, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Wood, Major Sir S. Hill-(High Peak) |
| Gregory, Holman | Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John | Worsfold, T. Cato |
| Greig, Colonel Sir James William | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Hugh | Yeo, Sir Alfred William |
| Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. Frederick E. | Pain, Brig.-Gen. Sir W. Hacket | Young, E. H (Norwich) |
| Guthrie, Thomas Maule | Parker, James | Young, Sir Frederick W. (Swindon) |
| Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Parry, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Henry j | Younger. Sir George |
| Hallwood, Augustine | Pearce, Sir William | |
| Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Hamilton, Sir George C. | Perring, William George | Colonel Leslie Wilson and Mr. |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Philipps, Gen. Sir I. (Southampton) | Dudley Ward. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Francis D. | Gretton, Colonel John | Norris, Colonel Sir Henry G. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. William | Gritten, W. G. Howard | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Grundy, T. W. | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) |
| Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Colonel Martin | Guest, J. (York, W. R., Hemsworth) | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. | Poison, Sir Thomas A. |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Hall, Rr-Adml Sir W. (Liv'p'l, W. D'by) | Rattan, Peter Wilson |
| Banton, George | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hartshorn, Vernon | Remnant, Sir James |
| Barnes, Major H. (Newcastle, E.) | Hayday, Arthur | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Barton, Sir William (Oldham) | Hayward, Evan | Rose, Frank H. |
| Bell, James (Lancaster, Ormskirk) | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Widnes) | Roundell, Colonel R. F. |
| Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H. (Devizes) | Hirst, G. H. | Shaw, Thomas (Preston) |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Hoare, Lieut.-Colonel Sir S. J. G. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Bramsdon, Sir Thomas | Holmes, J. Stanley | Smith, W. R. (Wellingborough) |
| Briant, Frank | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Spencer, George A. |
| Bromfield, William | Houston, Sir Robert Patterson | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquay) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Sutton, John Edward |
| Cairns, John | Kenyon, Barnet | Swan, J. E. |
| Cape, Thomas | Kiley, James Daniel | Terrell, Captain R. (Oxford, Henley) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Thomas, Brig.-Gen. Sir O. (Anglesey) |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Lawson, John James | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Lunn, William | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) | M'Connell, Thomas Edward | Tillett, Benjamin |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, Ince) |
| Davies, A. (Lancaster, Clitheroe) | Maclean, Rt. Hn. Sir D. (Midlothian) | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | MacVeagh, Jeremiah | Waterson, A. E. |
| Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) | M alone, C. L. (Leyton, E.) | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Marriott, John Arthur Ransoms | White, Charles F. (Derby, Western) |
| Edwards, G. (Norfolk, South) | Mills, John Edmund | Wilson, James (Dudley) |
| Entwistle, Major C. F. | Moles, Thomas | Wilson, Rt. Hon. J. W. (Stourbridge) |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Mosley, Oswald | Windsor, Viscount. |
| Finney, Samuel | Murray, Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) | Wintringham, Margaret |
| Foot, Isaac | Murray, Hon. Gideon (St. Rollox) | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot | Myers, Thomas | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Galbraith, Samuel | Nail, Major Joseph | |
| Gillis, William | Naylor, Thomas Ellis | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Newbould, Alfred Ernest | Mr. Hogge and Mr. Kennedy. |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster) |
Question put, and agreed to.