§ "That a sum, not exceeding £1,483,000, 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 expenditure in respect of the Air Force Services, namely:
| £ | ||
| 5. | Air Ministry | 648,000 |
| 6. | Meteorological and Miscellaneous effective services | 179,000 |
| £ | ||
| 7. | Auxiliary and Reserve Forces | 238,000 |
| 8. | Civil Aviation | 287,000 |
| 9. | Half-Pay, Pensions, and other Non-effective Services | 131,000 |
| £1,483,000" |
§ Question put.
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 277; Noes, 134.
667| Division No. 326.] | AYES. | [1.10 a.m. |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Butt, Sir Alfred | Ellis, R. G. |
| Ainsworth, Captain Charles | Cadogan, Major Edward | England, Lieut.-Colonel A. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton, East) | Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith |
| Alexander, Col. M. (Southwark) | Cassels, J. D. | Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Cautley, Henry Strother | Erskine-Bolst, Captain C. |
| Apsley, Lord | Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Evans, Capt. H. Arthur (Leicester, E.) |
| Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Col. Sir Martin | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Evans, Ernest (Cardigan) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Wilfrid W. | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Eyres-Monsell, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. M. |
| Astor, J. J. (Kent, Dover) | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Falcon, Captain Michael |
| Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence | Chapman, Sir S. | Falls, Major Sir Bertram Godfray |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Chilcott, Sir Warden | Fawkes, Major F. H. |
| Banks, Mitchell | Churchman, Sir Arthur | Flanagan, W. H. |
| Barlow, Rt. Hon. Sir Montague | Clarry, Reginald George | Foreman, Sir Henry |
| Barnett, Major Richard W. | Clayton, G. C. | Forestier-Walker, L. |
| Barnston, Major Harry | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot |
| Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar (Banff) | Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Fraser, Major Sir Keith |
| Becker, Harry | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. |
| Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H. (Devizes) | Collie, Sir John | Furness, G. J. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Galbraith, J. F. W. |
| Berry, Sir George | Cope, Major William | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Cotts, Sir William Dingwall Mitchell | Garland, C. S. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) | Gaunt, Rear-Admiral Sir Guy R. |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page | George, Major G. L. (Pembroke) |
| Blundell, F. N. | Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Gibbs. Col. Rt. Hon. George Abraham |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Gilbert, James Daniel |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Davidson, J. C. C. (Hemel Hempstead) | Goff, Sir R. Park |
| Brass, Captain W. | Davies, J. C. (Denbigh, Denbigh) | Gray, Harold (Cambridge) |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) | Gretton, Colonel John |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. |
| Brown, Major D. C. (Hexham) | Dawson, Sir Philin | Guthrie, Thomas Maule |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. Clifton (Newbury) | Dixon, C. H. (Rutland) | Gwynne, Rupert S. |
| Bruford, R. | Doyle, N. Grattan | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Bruton, Sir James | Dudgeon, Major C. R. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Du Pre, Colonel William Baring | Hall, Rr-Adml. Sir W. (Liv'pl,W. D'by) |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Edge, Captain Sir William | Halstead, Major D. |
| Butcher, Sir John George | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Hamilton, Sir George C. (Altrincham) |
| Butler, H. M. (Leeds, North) | Ednam, Viscount | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Butler, J. R. M. (Cambridge Univ.) | Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) | Harbord, Arthur |
| Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Morden, Col. W. Grant | Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange) |
| Harrison, F. C. | Morris, Harold | Shepperson, E. W. |
| Harvey, Major S. E. | Morrison, Hugh (Wilts, Salisbury) | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Hawke, John Anthony | Morrison-Bell, Major Sir A.C. (Honiton) | Simpson-Hinchliffe, W. A. |
| Hay, Major T. W. (Norfolk, South) | Murchison, C. K. | Sinclair, Sir A. |
| Henderson, Sir T. (Roxburgh) | Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) | Singleton, J. E. |
| Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Skelton, A. N. |
| Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Newson, Sir Percy Wilson | Smith, Sir Allan M. (Croydon, South) |
| Herbert, S. (Scarborough) | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Smith, Sir Harold (Wavertree) |
| Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank | Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Hiley, Sir Ernest | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Somerville, Daniel (Barrow-in-Furness) |
| Hinds, John | Norman, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Spears, Brig.-Gen. E. L. |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Hugh | Spender-Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. |
| Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Stanley, Lord |
| Hohler, Gerald Fitzroy | Paget, T. G. | Steel, Major S. Strang |
| Hood, Sir Joseph | Parker, Owen (Kettering) | Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K. |
| Hopkins, John W. W. | Pattinson, R. (Grantham) | Stewart, Gershom (Wirral) |
| Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Pease, William Edwin | Stockton, Sir Edwin Forsyth |
| Houfton, John Plowright | Pennefather, De Fonblanque | Stott, Lt.-Col. W. H. |
| Howard, Capt. D. (Cumberland, N.) | Penny, Frederick George | Strauss, Edward Anthony |
| Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Col. C. K. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Hudson, Capt. A. | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer | Peto, Basil E. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid H. |
| Hutchison, G. A. C. (Midlothian, N.) | Philipson, Mabel | Sutherland, Rt. Hon. Sir William |
| Hutchison, Sir R. (Kirkcaldy) | Pielou, D. P. | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Hutchison, W. (Kelvingrove) | Pollock, Rt. Hon. Sir Ernest Murray | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Jodrell, Sir Neville Paul | Pretyman, Rt. Hon. Ernest G. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Johnson, Sir L. (Walthamstow, E.) | Price, E. G. | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Privett, F. J. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Rae, Sir Henry N. | Tubbs, S. W. |
| Kelley, Major Sir Frederick A. | Raine, W. | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Kennedy, Captain M. S. Nigel | Rankin, Captain James Stuart | Wallace, Captain E. |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Rawlinson, Rt. Hon. John Fredk. Peel | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Lamb, J. Q. | Rawson, Lieut.-Com. A. C. | Ward, Col. J. (Stoke upon Trent) |
| Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Colonel G. R. | Rees, Sir Beddoe | Waring, Major Waiter |
| Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | Watson, Capt. J. (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Lloyd-Greame, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Remer, J. R. | Watts, Dr. T. (Man., Withington) |
| Lorden, John William | Remnant, Sir James | Wells, S. R. |
| Lorimer, H. D. | Reynolds, W. G. W. | Weston, Colonel John Wakefield |
| Laugher, L. | Rhodes, Lieut.-Col. J. P. | Wheler, Col. Granville C. H. |
| Lowe, Sir Francis William | Richardson, Sir Alex. (Gravesend) | White, Lt.-Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) | Richardson, Lt.-Col. Sir P. (Chertsey) | Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond) |
| Lumley, L. R. | Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Norwich) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) | Winterton, Earl |
| Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Robertson-Despencer, Major (Isigtn, W) | Wise, Frederick |
| McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) | Rogerson, Capt. J. E. | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Rothschild, Lionel de | Wood, Maj. Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Roundell, Colonel R. F. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Manville, Edward | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Margesson, H. D. R. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Yerburgh, R. D. T. |
| Mason, Lieut.-Colonel C. K. | Russell, William (Bolton) | |
| Mercer, Colonel H. | Russell-Wells, Sir Sydney | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Colonel Leslie Wilson and Captain Douglas King. |
| Milne, J. S. Wardlaw | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | |
| Mitchell, W. F. (Saffron Walden) | Sanders, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert A. | |
| Molloy, Major L. G. S. | Sanderson, Sir Frank B. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. William | Entwistle, Major C. F. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Fairbairn, R. R. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) |
| Attlee, C. R. | Foot, Isaac | Jones, R. T. (Carnarvon) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Gosling, Harry | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) |
| Barnes, A. | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Kirkwood, D. |
| Batey, Joseph | Gray, Frank (Oxford) | Lansbury, George |
| Bonwick, A. | Greenall, T. | Lawson, John James |
| Briant, Frank | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Leach, W. |
| Broad, F. A. | Groves, T. | Lees-Smith, H. B. (Keighley) |
| Bromfield, William | Grundy, T. W. | Linfield, F. C. |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | MacDonald, J. R. (Aberavon) |
| Buckle, J. | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | M'Entee, V. L. |
| Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) | Hancock, John George | McLaren, Andrew |
| Cape, Thomas | Hardie, George D. | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Chapple, W. A. | Harney, E. A. | March, S. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Harris, Percy A. | Marshall, Sir Arthur H. |
| Clarke, Sir E. C. | Hartshorn, Vernon | Martin, F. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, E.) |
| Collison, Levi | Hay, Captain J. P. (Cathcart) | Middleton, G. |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Hayday, Arthur | Millar, J. D. |
| Darbishire, C. W. | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (N'castle, E.) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Mosley, Oswald |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Herriotts, J. | Murnin, H. |
| Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) | Hill, A. | Murray, R. (Renfrew, Western) |
| Duffy, T. Gavan | Hirst, G. H. | Newbold, J. T. W. |
| Duncan, C. | Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | O'Grady, Captain James |
| Dunnico, H. | Hodge, Lieut.-Col. J. P. (Preston) | Oliver, George Harold |
| Ede, James Chuter | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Paling, W. |
| Edmonds, G. | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Parker, H. (Hanley) |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Johnston, Thomas (Stirling) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) |
| Pattinson, S. (Horncastle) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | Webb, Sidney |
| Phillipps, Vivian | Sitch, Charles H. | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. |
| Ponsonby, Arthur | Smith, T. (Pontefract) | Weir, L. M. |
| Potts, John S. | Spencer, H. H. (Bradford, S.) | Westwood, J |
| Pringle, W. M. R. | Spoor, B. G. | White, H. G. (Birkenhead, E.) |
| Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) | Whiteley, W. |
| Ritson, J. | Sturrock, J. Leng | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich) | Sullivan, J. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Robertson, J. (Lanark, Bothwell) | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Robinson, W. C. (York, Elland) | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Rose, Frank H. | Tout, W. J. | Wintringham, Margaret |
| Royce, William Stapleton | Trevelyan, C. P. | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Saklatvala, S. | Turner, Ben | Wright, W. |
| Salter, Dr. A. | Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, Ince) | |
| Scrymgeour, E. | Warne, G. H. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Mr. Lunn and Mr. Ammon. |
| Sexton, James | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) | |
| Shinwell, Emanuel | Watts Morgan Lt. Col. D.(Rhondda) |
Resolution agreed to.
§ Resolutions to be reported To-morrow.