HC Deb 25 July 1923 vol 167 cc648-51

"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.

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.

Mr. SCRMGEOUR

rose—[Interruption]. I want to protest—[Interuption]

THE DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN (Caption Fitzroy)

The hon. Member must obey the Standing Order of the House