HC Deb 25 July 1923 vol 167 cc599-604

"That a sum, not exceeding £5,122,370,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, 1924,for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class II of the Estimates for Civil Services, namely:

£
1. House of Lords Offices 28,970
2. House of Commons 210,783
3. Treasury and Subordinate Departments 204,952
5. Foreign Office 113,707
8. Privy Council Office 6,877
10. Department of Overseas Trade 199,960
11. Mercantile Marine Services 203,552
12. Bankruptcy Department of the Board of Trade 5
13. Mines Department of the Board of Trade 102,727
14. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 1,064,451
15. Forestry Commission 63,000
16. Ministry of Transport 63,355
17. Charity Commission 28,666
18. Government Chemist 32,405
19. Civil Service Commission 45,521
20. Exchequer and Audit Department 98,100
21. Friendly Societies Registry 29,445

£
22. Government Actuary 22,746
23. Board of Control, England 254,396
24. The Mint 550,000
25. National Debt Office 12,035
26. Public Record Office 25,001
27. Public Works Loan Corn-mission 5
28. Registrar-General's Office, England 67,385
29. State Management Districts 90
30. Stationery and Printing 944,592
31. Office of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues 20,075
32. Office of Works and Public Buildings 374,580
33. Secret Service 120,000
Scotland.
34. Secretary for Scotland's Office 116,821
37. General Board of Control 29,274
38. Registrar-General's Office 13,179
Ireland.
39. Irish Department, etc. 40,945
40. Northern Ireland Services 32,042
41. Privy Seal Office 4,025
£5,122,370"

Question put.

The Committee divided: Ayes, 304; Noes, 201.

Division No. 312.] AYES. [10.20 p.m.
Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte Astor, J. J. (Kent, Dover) Barnett, Major Richard W.
Ainsworth, Captain Charles Astor, Viscountess Barnston, Major Harry
Alexander, E. E. (Leyton, East) Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence Becker, Harry
Alexander, Col. M. (Southwark) Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H. (Devizes)
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. Balfour, George (Hampstead) Bellairs, Commander Cariyon W.
Apsley, Lord Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake)
Archer-Shoe, Lieut.-Col. Sir Martin Banks, Mitchell Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish-
Ashley, Lt.-Col. Wilfrid W. Barlow, t. Hon. Sir Montague Berry, Sir George
Betterton, Henry B. Garland, C. S. Moreing, Captain Algernon H.
Birchan, Major J. Dearman Gaunt, Rear-Admiral Sir Guy R. Morrison, Hugh (Wilts, Salisbury)
Bird, Sir William B. M. (Chichester) Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John Morrison-Bell, Major Sir A.C.(Honiton)
Blades, Sir George Rowland Goff, Sir R. Park Murchison, C. K.
Blundell, F. N. Gould, James C. Nall, Major Joseph
Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W Gray, Harold (Cambridge) Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley)
Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. Grenfeil, Edward C. (City of London) Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter)
Brass, Captain W. Gretton, Colonel John Newtown, Sir Percy Wilson
Brassey, Sir Leonard Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge)
Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive Gwynne, Rupert S. Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster)
Brittain, Sir Harry Hacking, Captain Douglas H. Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield)
Brown, Major D. C. (Hexham) Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) Nield, Sir Herbert
Brown, Brig.-Gen. Clifton (Newbury) Hall, Rr-Admi Sir W. (Liv'peel,W.D'by) Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John
Bruford, R. Halstead, Major D. O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Hugh
Bruton, Sir James Hamilton, Sir George C. (Altrincham) Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William
Buckingham, Sir H. Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry Paget, T. G.
Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) Parker, Owen (Kettering)
Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James Harrison, F. C. Pease, William Edwin
Burn, Colonel Sir Charles Rosdew Harvey, Major S. E. Pennefather, De Fonbianque
Burney, Com. (Middx., Uxbridge) Hawke, John Anthony Penny, Frederick George
Butcher, Sir John George Hay, Major T. W. (Norfolk, South) Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings)
Butler, H. M. (Leeds, North) Henn, Sir Sydney H. Perkins, Colonel E. K.
Butler, J. R. M. (Cambridge Univ.) Hennessy, Major J. R. G. Perring, William George
Butt, Sir Alfred Herbert, Col. Hon. A. (Yeovil) Peto, Basil E
Button, H. S. Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) Phillips, Mabel
Cadogan, Major Edward Herbert, S. (Scarborough) Pieiou, D. P.
Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. Hewett, Sir J. P. Pilditch, Sir Philip
Cassels, J. D. Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank Pollock, Rt. Hon. Sir Ernest Murray
Cautley, Henry Strother Hiley, Sir Ernest Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Asshoton
Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. price, E. G.
Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Maryiebone) Privett, F. J.
Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) Hohler, Gerald Fitzroy Rae, Sir Henry N.
Cecil, t. Hon. Lord R. (Hitchin) Hood, Sir Joseph Raeburn, Sir William H.
Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton Hopkins, John W. W. Rapine, W.
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N.(Ladywood) Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) Rankin, Captain James Stuart
Chapman, Sir S Horne, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) Rawlinson, Rt. Hon. John Fredk Peel
Chilcott, Sir Warden Houfton, John Playwright Rawson, Lieut.-Com. A. C.
Churchman, Sir Arthur Howard, Capt. D. (Cumberland, N.) Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington)
Clarry, Reginald George Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Col. C. K. Reid, D. D. (County Down)
Clayton, G. C. Hudson, Capt. A. Remer, J. R.
Cobb, Sir Cyril Hume, G. H. Remnant, Sir James
Cockerili, Brigadier-General G. K. Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer Reynolds, W. G. W.
Cohen, Major J. Brunel Hurd, Percy A. Rhodes, Lieut.-Col. J. P.
Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips Hurst, Gerald B. Richardson, Sir Alex. (Gravesend)
Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale Hutchison, G. A. C. (Midlothian, N.) Richardson, Lt.-Col. Sir P. (Chertsey)
Cope, Major William Hutchison, W. (Kelvingrove) Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford)
Cory, Sir J. H. (Cardiff, South) Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. Robertson-Despencer, Major(isigtn, W)
Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs., Stretford)
Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert Rogerson, Capt. J. E.
Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page Jodrell, Sir Neville Paul Rothschild, Lionel de
Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) Johnson, Sir L. (Walthamstow, E.) Roundell, Colonel R. F.
Curzon, Captain Viscount Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) Ruggles-Brise, Major E.
Dalziel, Sir D. (Lambeth, Brixton) Kelley, Major Sir Frederick A. Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth)
Davidson, J. C. C. (Hemel Hempstead) Kennedy, Captain M. S. Nigel Russell, William (Bolton)
Davidson, Major-General Sir J. H. Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement Russell-Wells, Sir Sydney
Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) Lamb, J. Q. Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham)
Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Colonel G. R. Sanders, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert A.
Dawson, Sir Philip Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) Sanderson, Sir Frank B.
Dixon, C. H. (Rutland) Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) Sandon, Lord
Doyle, N. Grattan Lloyd-Greame, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D.
Du Pre, Colonel William Baring Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) Scott, Sir Leslie (Llverp'l, Exchange)
Edmondson, Major A. J. Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) Sheffield, Sir Berkeley
Ednam, Viscount Lordon, John William Shepperson, E. W.
Elliot, Captain Walter E. (Lanark) Lorimer, H. D. Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down)
Ellis, R. G. Lougher, L. Simpson-Hinchliffe, W. A.
Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith Lowe, Sir Francis William Singleton, J. E.
Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) Skelton, A. N.
Erskine-Bolst, Captain C. Lumley, L. R. Smith, Sir Allan M. (Croydon, South)
Evans, Capt. H. Arthur (Leicester, E.) Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) Smith, Sir Harold (Wavertree)
Eyres-M resell, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. M. Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm Somerville, A. A. (Windsor)
Falcon, Captain Michael McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) Somerville, Daniel (Barrow-in-Furness)
Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray Maddocks, Sir Henry Spender-Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H.
Fawkes, Major F. H. Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steels- Stanley, Lord
Fermor-Hesketh, Major T. Makins, Brigadier-General E. Stewart, Gershom (Wirral)
Flanagan, W. H. Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) Stockton, Sir Edwin Forsyth
Foreman, Sir Henry Manville, Edward Stott, Lt.-Col. W. H.
Forestier-Walker, L. Margesson, H. D. R. Stuart, Lord C. Crichton
Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot Mason, Lieut.-Col. C. K. Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser
Fraser, Major Sir Keith Mercer, Colonel H. Sugden, Sir Wilfrid H.
Frece, Sir Waiter de Milne, J. S. Wardlaw Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H.
Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. Mitchell, W. F. (Saffron Walden) Thompson, Luke (Sunderland)
Furness, G. J. Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South)
Galbraith, J. F. W. Molloy, Major L. G. S Thorpe, Captain John Henry
Ganzoni, Sir John. Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. Titchfield, Marquess of
Gardiner, James Morden, Col. W. Grant Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement
Tubbs, S. W. Weston, Colonel John Wakefield Wood, Maj. Sir S. Hill- (High Peak)
Turton, Edmund Russborough Wheeler, Col. Granville C. H. Woodcock, Colonel H. C.
Wallace, Captain E. White, Lt.-Col. G. D. (Southport) Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L.
Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond) Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward
Ward, Col. J. (Stoke-upon-Trent) Wilson, Lt.-Col. Leslie O. (P'tsm'th, S.) Yerburgh, R. D. T.
Waring, Major Walter Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George
Warner, Sir T. Courtenay T. Winterton, Earl TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Colonel the Rt. Hon. G. A. Gibbs and Captain Douglas King.
Watson, Capt. J. (Stockton-on-Tees) Wise, Frederick
Watts, Dr. T. (Man., Withington) Wolmer, Viscount
Wells, S. R. Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West)
NOES.
Adams, D. Hancock, John George Pattinson, R. (Grantham)
Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) Harbord, Arthur Pattinson, S. (Horncastle)
Adamson, Rt. Hon. William Hardie, George D. Philiipps, Vivian
Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') Harney, E. A. Ponsonby, Arthur
Ammon, Charles George Harris, Percy A. Potts, John S.
Attlee, C. R. Hartshorn, Vernon Pringle, W. M. R.
Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) Hastings, Patrick Rees, Sir Beddoe
Barnes, A. Hay, Captain J. P. (Cathcart) Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring)
Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar (Banff) Hayday, Arthur Ritson, J.
Batey, Joseph Hemmerde, E. G. Roberts, C. H. (Derby)
Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) Henderson, Sir T. (Roxburgh) Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich)
Berkeley, Captain Reginald Henderson, T. (Glasgow) Robertson-Despencer, Major(isigtn, W)
Bonwick, A. Herriotts, J. Robinson, W. C. (York, Elland)
Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. Hill, A. Royce, William Stapleton
Briant, Frank Hinds, John Saklatvala, S.
Broad, F. A. Hirst, G. H. Salter, Dr. A.
Bromfield, William Hodge, Rt. Hon. John Scrymgeour, E.
Brotherton, J. Hodge, Lieut.-Col. J. P. (Preston) Sexton, James
Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) Hutchison, Sir R. (Kirkcaldy) Shaw, Thomas (Preston)
Buckle, J. Irving, Dan Shinwell, Emanuel
Burgess, S. Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) Short, Alfred (Wednesbury)
Burnie, Major J. (Bootle) John, William (Rhondda, West) Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John
Buxton, Charles (Accrington) Johnston, Thomas (Stirling) Simpson, J. Hope
Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) Johnstone, Harcourt (Willesden, East) Sinclair, Sir A.
Cape, Thomas Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) Sitch, Charles H.
Chapple, W. A. Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Slivertown) Smillie, Robert
Charleton, H. C. Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Smith, T. (Pontefract)
Clarke, Sir E. C. Jones, R. T. (Carnarvon) Snell, Harry
Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) Snowden, Philip
Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) Jowett, F. W. (Bradford, East) Spencer, H. H. (Bradford, S.)
Collison, Levi Jowett, W. A. (The Hartlepools) Stewart, J. (St. Rollox)
Cotts, Sir William Dingwall Mitchell Kenyon, Barnet Strauss, Edward Anthony
Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) Kirkwood, D. Sturrock, J. Leng
Darbishire, C. W. Lambert, Rt. Hon. George Sullivan, J.
Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) Lansbury, George Sutherland, Rt. Hon. Sir William
Davies, J. C. (Denbigh, Denbigh) Lawson, John James Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby)
Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) Leach, W. Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey)
Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) Lee, F. Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West)
Dudgeon, Major C. R. Lees-Smith, H. B. (Keighley) Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.)
Duffy, T. Gavan Linfield, F. C. Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow)
Duncan, C. Lowth, T. Tout, W. J.
Dunnico, H. Lunn, William Trevelyan, C. P.
Ede, James Chuter McCurdy, Rt. Hon. Charles A. Turner, Ben
Edge, Captain Sir William MacDonald, J. R. (Aberavon) Wailhead, Richard C.
Edmonds, G. M'Entee, V. L. Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, Ince)
Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) McLaren, Andrew Warne, G. H.
Emlyn-Jones, J. E. (Dorset, N.) Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline)
England, Lieut.-Colonel A. Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda)
Entwistle, Major C. F. March, S. Webb, Sidney
Evans, Ernest (Cardigan) Marks, Sir George Croydon Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C.
Fairbairn, R. R. Marshall, Sir Arthur H. Weir, L. M.
Falconer, J. Martin, F. (Aberdeen & Kinc'd'ne, E.) Westwood, J.
Foot, Isaac Middleton, G. White, Charles F. (Derby, Western)
George, Major G. L. (Pembroke) Millar, J. D. White, H. G. (Birkenhead, E.)
Gilbert, James Daniel Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred Moritz Whiteley, W.
Gosling, Harry Morel, E. D. Williams, David (Swansea, E.)
Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) Morris, Harold Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly)
Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) Williams, T. (York, Don Valley)
Gray, Frank (Oxford) Mosley, Oswald Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe)
Greenall, T. Muir, John W. Wintringham, Margaret
Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) Murnin, H. Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.)
Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) Murray, Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) Wright, W.
Groves, T. Murray, R. (Renfrew, Western) Young, Rt. Hon. E. H. (Norwich)
Grundy, T. W. O'Grady, Captain James Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton)
Guest, Hon. C. H. (Bristol, N.) Oliver, George Harold
Guthrie, Thomas Maule Paling, W. TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Mr. Arthur Henderson and Mr. Spoor.
Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) Parker, H. (Hanley)
Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvll) Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan)
Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland)
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