HC Deb 25 July 1923 vol 167 cc659-63

"That a sum, not exceeding £32,000,100, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charges for Army Services, including Army (Ordnance Factories), which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1924, in respect of an esti-

mated net total cost of £52,510,000, and of liabilities outstanding on the first day of the year."

Question put.

The Committee divided: Ayes, 282; Noes, 149.

Division No. 325.] AYES. [1.0 a.m.
Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte Butcher, Sir John George Edmondson, Major A. J.
Ainsworth, Captain Charles Butler, H. M. (Leeds, North) Ednam, Viscount
Alexander, E. E. (Leyton, East) Butler, J. R. M. (Cambridge Univ.) Elliot, Capt. Waiter E. (Lanark)
Alexander, Col. M. (Southwark) Butt, Sir Alfred Ellis, R. G.
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. Cadogan, Major Edward England, Lieut.-Colonel A.
Apsley, Lord Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare)
Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Col. Sir Martin Cassels, J. D. Erskine-Bolst, Captain C.
Ashley, Lt.-Col. Wilfrid W. Cautley, Henry Strother Evans, Capt. H. Arthur (Leicester, E.)
Astor, J. J. (Kent, Dover) Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) Evans, Ernest (Cardigan)
Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) Eyres-Monsell, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. M.
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton Falcon, Captain Michael
Banks, Mitchell Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray
Barlow, Rt. Hon. Sir Montague Chapman, Sir S. Fawkes, Major F. H.
Barnett, Major Richard W. Chilcott, Sir Warden Flanagan, W. H.
Barnston, Major Harry Churchman, Sir Arthur Foreman, Sir Henry
Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar (Banff) Clarry, Reginald George Forestier-Walker, L.
Becker, Harry Clayton, G. C. Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot
Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H. (Devizes) Cobb, Sir Cyril Fraser, Major Sir Keith
Bellairs, Commander Canyon W. Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. Fremantle, Lieut.Colonel Francis E.
Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips Furness, G. J.
Berry, Sir George Collie, Sir John Galbraith, J. F. W.
Betterton, Henry B. Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale Ganzoni, Sir John
Birchall, Major J. Dearman Cope, Major William Garland, C. S.
Blades, Sir George Rowland Cotts, Sir William Dingwall Mitchell Gaunt, Rear-Admiral Sir Guy R.
Blundell, F. N. Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) George, Major G. L. (Pembroke)
Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page Gibbs, Col. Rt. Hon. George Abraham
Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) Gilbert, James Daniel
Brass, Captain W. Curzon, Captain Viscount Goff, Sir R. Park
Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive Davidson, J. C. C. (Hemel Hempstead) Gray, Harold (Cambridge)
Brittain, Sir Harry Davies, J. C. (Denbigh, Denbigh) Gretton, Colonel John
Brown, Major D. C. (Hexham) Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) Guest, Hon. C. H. (Bristol, N.)
Brown, Brig.-Gen. Clifton (Newbury) Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E.
Bruford, R. Dawson, Sir Philip Guthrie, Thomas Mauls
Bruton, Sir James Dixon, C. H. (Rutland) Gwynne, Rupert S.
Buckingham, Sir H. Doyle, N. Grattan Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich)
Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. Dudgeon, Major C. R. Hall, Rr-Adml Sir W. (Liv'p'l, W. D'by)
Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James Du Pre, Colonel William Baring Halstead, Major D.
Burn, Colonel Sir Charles Rosdew Edge, Captain Sir William Hamilton, Sir George C. (Altrincham)
Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry Morris, Harold Sanderson, Sir Frank B.
Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) Morrison, Hugh (Wilts, Salisbury) Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange)
Harrison, F. C. Morrison-Bell, Major Sir A. C. (Honiton) Shepperson, E. W.
Harvey, Major S. E. Murchison, C. K. Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down)
Hawke, John Anthony Nall, Major Joseph Simpson-Hinchliffe, W. A.
Hay, Major T. W. (Norfolk, South) Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) Singleton, J. E.
Henderson, Sir T. (Roxburgh) 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)
Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. Norman, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Spears, Brig.-Gen. E. L.
Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Hugh Spender-Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H.
Hohler, Gerald Fitzroy Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William Stanley, Lord
Hood, Sir Joseph Paget, T. G. Steel, Major S. Strang
Hopkins, John W. W. Parker, Owen (Kettering) Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K.
Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) Pattinson, R. (Grantham) Stewart, Gershom (Wirral)
Houfton, John Plowright Pattinson, S. (Horncastle) Stockton, Sir Edwin Forsyth
Howard, Capt. D. (Cumberland, N.) Pease, William Edwin Stott, Lt.-Col. W. H.
Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Col. C. K. Pennefather, De Fonblanque Strauss, Edward Anthony
Hudson, Capt. A. Penny, Frederick George Stuart, Lord C. Crichton-
Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser
Hurst, Gerald B. Perkins, Colonel E. K. Sugden, Sir Wilfrid H.
Hutchison, G. A. C. (Midlothian, N.) Peto, Basil E. Sutherland, Rt. Hon. Sir William
Hutchison, W. (Kelvingrove) Philipson, Mabel Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H.
Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. Pielou, D. P. Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey)
Jodrell, Sir Neville Paul Pollock, Rt. Hon. Sir Ernest Murray Thompson, Luke (Sunderland)
Johnson, Sir L. (Waithamstow, E.) Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South)
Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) Pretyman, Rt. Hon. Ernest G. Titchfield, Marquess of
Kelley, Major Sir Frederick A. Price, E. G. Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement
Kennedy, Captain M. S. Nigel Privett, F. J. Tubbs, S. W
King, Capt. Henry Douglas Rae, Sir Henry N. Turton, Edmund Russborough
Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement Raine, W. Wallace, Captain E.
Lamb, J. Q. Rankin, Captain James Stuart Ward, Col. L. (Kinston-upon-Hull)
Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Colonel G. R. Rawlinson, Rt. Hon. John Fredk. Peel Ward, Col. J. (Stoke-upon-Trent)
Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) Rawson, Lieut.-Com. A. C. Waring, Major Walter
Lloyd-Greame, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Rees, Sir Beddoe Watson, Capt. J. (Stockton-on-Tees)
Lorden, John William Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) Watts, Dr. T. (Man., Withington)
Lorimer, H. D. Remer, J. R. Wells, S. R.
Lougher, L. Remnant, Sir James Weston, Colonel John Wakefield
Lowe, Sir Francis William Reynolds, W. G. W. Wheler, Col. Granville C. H.
Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) Rhodes, Lieut.-Col. J. P. White, Lt.-Col. G. D. (Southport)
Lumley, L. R. Richardson, Sir Alex. (Gravesend) Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond)
Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) Richardson, Lt.-Col. Sir P. (Chertsey) Wilson, Lt.-Col. Leslie O. (P'tsm'th, S.)
Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Norwich) Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George
McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) Winterton, Earl
Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. Robertson-Despencer, Major (Isigtn,W) Wise, Frederick
Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs., Stretford) Wolmer, Viscount
Manville, Edward Rogerson, Capt. J. E. Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West)
Margesson, H. D. R. Rothschild, Lionel de Wood, Maj. Sir S. Hill- (High Peak)
Marks, Sir George Croydon Roundell, Colonel R. F. Woodcock, Colonel H. C.
Mason, Lieut.-Colonel C. K. Ruggles-Brise, Major E. Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L.
Mercer, Colonel H. Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) Yerburgh, R. D. T.
Milne, J. S. Wardlaw Russell, William (Bolton)
Mitchell, W. F. (Saffron Walden) Russell-Wells, Sir Sydney TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Captain Hacking and Major Hennessy.
Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham)
Molloy, Major L. G. S. Sanders, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert A.
Morden, Col. W. Grant
NOES.
Adamson, Rt. Hon. William Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) Hancock, John George
Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) Harbord, Arthur
Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) Hardle, George D.
Attlee, C. R. Duffy, T. Gavan Harney, E. A.
Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) Duncan, C. Harris, Percy A.
Barnes, A. Dunnico, H. Hartshorn, Vernon
Batey, Joseph Ede, James Chuter Hastings, Patrick
Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) Edmonds, G. Hay, Captain J. P. (Cathcart)
Bonwick, A. Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) Hayday, Arthur
Briant, Frank Emlyn-Jones, J. E. (Dorset, N.) Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (N'castle, E.)
Broad, F. A. Entwistle, Major C. F. Henderson, T. (Glasgow)
Bromfield, William Fairbairn, R. R. Herriotts, J.
Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) Falconer, J. Hill, A.
Buckle, J. Foot, Isaac Hinds, John
Burgess, S. Gosling, Harry Hirst, G. H.
Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) Hodge, Rt. Hon. John
Cape, Thomas Gray, Frank (Oxford) Hodge, Lieut.-Col. J. P. (Preston)
Chapple, W. A. Greenall, T. Hutchison, Sir R. (Kirkcaldy)
Charleton, H. C. Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath)
Clarke, Sir E. C. Groves, T. John, William (Rhondda, West)
Collison, Levi Grundy, T. W. Johnston, Thomas (Stirling)
Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth)
Darbishire, C. W. Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown)-
Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Paling, W. Sullivan, J.
Jones, R. T. (Carnarvon) Parker, H. (Hanley) Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby)
Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West)
Jowitt, W. A. (The Hartlepools) Phillipps, Vivian Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow)
Kirkwood, D. Ponsonby, Arthur Tout, W. J.
Lambert, Rt. Hon. George Potts, John S. Trevelyan, C. P.
Lansbury, George Pringle, W. M. R. Turner, Ben
Lawson, John James Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, Ince)
Leach, W. Ritson, J. Warne, G. H.
Lees-Smith, H. B. (Keighley) Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich) Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline)
Linfield, F. C. Robertson, J. (Lanark, Bothwell) Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda)
MacDonald, J. R. (Aberavon) Robinson, W. C. (York, Elland) Webb, Sidney
M'Entee, V. L. Rose, Frank H. Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C.
McLaren, Andrew Royce, William Stapleton Weir, L. M.
Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) Saklatvala, S. Westwood, J.
March, S. Salter, Dr. A. White, H. G. (Birkenhead, E.)
Marshall, Sir Arthur H. Scrymgeour, E. Whiteley, W.
Martin, F. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, E.) Sexton, James Williams, David (Swansea, E.)
Middleton, G. Shinwell, Emanuel Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly)
Millar, J. D. Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) Williams, T. (York, Don Valley)
Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) Sinclair, Sir A. Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe)
Mosley, Oswald Sitch, Charles H. Wintringham, Margaret
Murnin, H. Smith, T. (Pontefract) Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.)
Murray, Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) Snowden, Philip Wright, W.
Murray, R. (Renfrew, Western) Spencer, H. H. (Bradford, S.)
Newbold, J. T. W. Spoor, B. G. TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Mr. Ammon and Mr. Lunn
O'Grady, Captain James Stewart, J. (St. Rollox)
Oliver, George Harold Sturrock, J. Leng