HC Deb 25 July 1923 vol 167 cc594-9

"That a sum, not exceeding £3,587,660, 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 I of the Estimates for Civil Services, namely:

£
1. Royal Palaces 64,965
2. Osborne 10,925
3. Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens 122,600
4. Houses of Parliament Buildings 54,875
5. Miscellaneous Legal Buildings, Great Britain 49,450
6. Art and Science Buildings, Great Britain 189,550
7 Diplomatic and Consular Buildings 168,050
9. Labour and Health Buildings, Great Britain 385,575
10. Public Buildings, Great Britain 1,281,100

£
10A. House Building 5
10B. Housing Schemes ,23,650
10c. Memorials 11,340
10D. Mall Approach Improvement 500
11. Surveys of Great Britain 97,110
12. Peterhead Harbour 17,000
13. Rates on Government Property 1,003,785
14. Works and Buildings in Ireland 107,180
£3,587,660"

Question put,

The Committe divided: Ayes, 300; Noes, 198.

Division No. 311.] AYES. [10.10 p.m.
Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John
Ainsworth, Captain Charles Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) Goff, Sir R. Park
Alexander, E. E. (Leyton, East) Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Hitching) Gould, James C.
Alexander, Col. M. (Southwark) Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton Gray, Harold (Cambridge)
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N.(Ladywood) Grenfell, Edward C. (City of London)
Apsley, Lord Chapman, Sir S. Gretton, Colonel John
Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Col. Sir Martin Chilcott, Sir Warden Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E.
Ashley, Lt.-Col. Wilfrid W. Churchman, Sir Arthur Gwynne, Rupert S.
Astor, J. J. (Kent, Dover) Clarry, Reginald George Hacking, Captain Douglas H.
Astor, Viscountess Clayton, G. C. Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich)
Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence Cobb, Sir Cyril Hall, Rr-Admi Sir W. (Liv'p'1,W.D'by)
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. Halstead, Major D.
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Cohen, Major J. Brunel Hamilton, Sir George C. (Altrincham)
Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. Colfax, Major Wm. Phillips Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry
Banks, Mitchell Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent)
Barlow, Rt. Hon. Sir Montague Cope, Major William Harrison, F. C.
Barnett, Major Richard W. Cory, Sir J. H. (Cardiff, South) Harvey, Major S. E.
Barnston, Major Harry Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) Hawke, John Anthony
Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar (Banff) Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Hay, Major T. W. (Norfolk, South)
Becker, Harry Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page Henn, Sir Sydney H.
Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C H. (Devizes) Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) Hennessy, Major J. R. G.
Bellairs, Commander Canyon W. Curzon, Captain Viscount Herbert, Col. Hon. A. (Yeovil)
Bonn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) Dalziel, Sir D. (Lambeth, Brixton) Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford)
Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- Davidson, J. C. C. (Hemel Hempstead) Herbert, S. (Scarborough)
Berry, Sir George Davidson, Major-General Sir J. H. Hewett, Sir J. P.
Betterton, Henry B. Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank
Birchall, Major J. Dearman Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) Halley, Sir Ernest
Bird, Sir William B. M. (Chichester) Dawson, Sir Philip Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G.
Blades, Sir George Rowland Dixon, C. H. (Rutland) Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Maryiebone)
Blundell, F. N. Doyle, N. Grattan Hohler, Gerald Fitzroy
Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. Du Pre, Colonel William Baring Hood, Sir Joseph
Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. Edmondson, Major A. J. Hopkins, John W. W.
Brass, Captain W. Ednam, Viscount Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley)
Brassey, Sir Leonard Elliot, Capt. Waiter E. (Lanark) Horne, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead)
Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive Ellis, R. G. Houfton, John Plowright
Britain, Sir Harry Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith Howard, Capt. D. (Cumberland, N.)
Brown, Major D. C. (Hexham) Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Col. C. K.
Brown, Brig.-Gen. Clifton (Newbury) Erskine, Bolst, Captain C. Hudson, Capt. A.
Brown, J. W. (Middlesbrough, E.) Evans, Capt. H. Arthur (Leicester, E.) Hume, G. H.
Bruford, R. Eyres-Monsell, Com. t. Hon. Sir B. M. Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer
Bruton, Sir James Falcon, Captain Michael Hurd, Percy A
Buckingham, Sir H. Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray Hurst, Gerald B.
Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. Fawkes, Major F. H. Hutchison, G. A. C. (Midlothian, N.)
Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James Fermor-Hesketh, Major T. Hutchison, W. (Kelvingrove)
Burn, Colonel Sir Charles Rosdew Flanagan, W. H. Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H.
Burney, Com. (Middx., Uxbridge) Foreman, Sir Henry Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S.
Butcher, Sir John George Forestier-Walker, L. James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert
Butler, H. M. (Leeds, North) Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot Jodrell, Sir Neville Paul
Butler, J. R. M. (Cambridge Univ.) Fraser, Major Sir Keith Johnson, Sir L. (Waithamstow, E.)
Butt, Sir Alfred Frece, Sir Walter de Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington)
Button, H. S. Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. Kelley, Major Sir Frederick A.
Cadogan, Major Edward Furness, G. J. Kennedy, Captain M. S. Nigel
Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. Galbraith, J. F. W. King, Captain Henry Douglas
Cassels, J. D. Ganzoni, Sir John Kinjoch-Cooke, Sir Clement
Cautley, Henry Strother Garland, C. S. Lamb, J. Q.
Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) Gaunt, Rear-Admiral Sir Guy R. Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Colonel G. R.
Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) Smith, Sir Allan M. (Croydon, South)
Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) Perkins, Colonel E. K. Smith, Sir Harold (Wavertree)
Lloyd-Greame, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Perring, William George Somerville, A. A. (Windsor)
Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) Peto, Basil E. Somerville, Daniel (Barrow-In-Furness)
Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) Philipson, Mabel Spender-Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H.
Lorden, John William Pielou, D. P. Stanley, Lord
Lorimer, H. D. Pilditch, Sir Philip Stewart, Gershom (Wirral)
Lougher, L. Pollock, t. Hon. Sir Ernest Murray Stockton, Sir Edwin Forsyth
Lowe, Sir Francis William Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton Stott, Lt.-Col. W. H.
Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) Privett, F. J. Stuart, Lord C. Crichton-
Lumley, L. R. Raeburn, Sir William H. Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser
Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm Rains, W. Sugden, Sir Wilfrid H.
McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) Rankin, Captain James Stuart Sutherland, Rt. Hon. Sir William
Maddocks, Sir Henry Rawlinnon, Rt. Hon. John Frodk. Peel Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H.
Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- Rawson, Lieut.-Com. A. C. Thompson, Luke (Sunderland)
Makings, Brigadier-General E. Rees, Sir Beddoe Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South)
Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) Thorpe, Captain John Henry
Manville, Edward Reid, D. D. (County Down) Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement
Margesson, H. D. R. Remer, J. R. Tubbs, S. W.
Mason, Lieut.-Col. C. K. Remnant, Sir James Turton, Edmund Russborough
Mercer, Colonel H. Reynolds, W. G. W. Wallace, Captain E.
Milne, J. S. Wardlaw Rhodes, Lieut.-Col. J. P. Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull)
Mitchell, W. F. (Saffron Walden) Richardson, Sir Alex. (Gravesend) Ward, Col. J. (Stoke-upon-Trent)
Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) Richardson, Lt.-Col. Sir P. (Chertsey) Waring, Major Walter
Molloy, Major L. G. S. Roberts, Samuel (Hereford. Hereford) Warner, Sir T. Courtenay T.
Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. Robertson-Despencer, Major(Islgtn,W) Watts, Dr. T. (Man., Withington)
Morden, Col. W. Grant Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs, Stretford) Wells, S. R.
Moreing, Captain Algernon H. Rogerson, Capt. J. E. Weston, Colonel John Wakefield
Morrison, Hugh (Wilts, Salisbury) Rothschild, Lionel de Wheler, Col. Granville C. H.
Morrison-Bell, Major Sir A. C. (Monition) Roundell, Colonel R. F. White, Lt.-Col. G. D. (Southport)
Murchison, C. K. Ruggles-Brise, Major E. Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond)
Nall, Major Joseph Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George
Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) Russell, William (Bolton) Winterton, Earl
Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) Russell-Wells, Sir Sydney Wise, Frederick
Newson, Sir Percy Wilson Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) Wolmer, Viscount
Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) Sanders, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert A. Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West)
Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J.(Westminster) Sanderson, Sir Frank B. Wood, Major Sir S. Hill- (High Peak)
Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) Sandon, Lord Woodcock, Colonel H. C.
Nield, Sir Herbert Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'1, Exchange) Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L.
Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John Sheffield, Sir Berkeley Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward
O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Hugh Shepperson, E. W. Yerburgh, R. D. T.
Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down)
Paget, T. G. Simpson-Hinchliffe, W. A. TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Colonel Leslie Wilson and Colonel the Rt. Hon. G. A. Gibbs.
Parker, Owen (Kettering) Singleton, J. E.
Pennefather, De Fonblanque Skelton, A. N.
Penny, Frederick George
NOES.
Adams, D. Dudgeon, Major C. R. Harris, Percy A.
Adamson, Rt. Hon. William Duffy, T. Gavan Hartshorn, Vernon
Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) Duncan, C. Hastings, Patrick
Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hilisbre') Dunnico, H. Hay, Captain J. P. (Cathcart)
Ammon, Charles George Ede, James Chuter Hayday, Arthur
Attlee, C. R. Edge, Captain Sir William Hammered, E. G.
Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) Edmonds, G. Henderson, Sir T. (Roxburgh)
Barnes, A. Edwards, C (Monmouth, Bedwellty) Henderson, T. (Glasgow)
Batey, Joseph Emlyn-Jones, J. E. (Dorset, N.) Herriotts, J.
Berkeley, Captain Reginald England, Lieut.-Colonel A. Hill, A.
Bonwick, A. Entwistle, Major C. F. Hinds, John
Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. Evans, Ernest (Cardigan) Hirst, G. H.
Briant, Frank Fairbairn, R. R. Hodge, Rt. Hon. John
Broad, F. A. Falconer, J. Hodge, Lieut.-Colonel J. P. (Preston)
Bromfield, William Foot, Isaac Hutchison, Sir R. (Kirkcaldy)
Brotherton, J. Gardiner, James Irving, Dan
Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) George, Major G. L. (Pembroke) Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath)
Buckle, J. Gilbert, James Daniel John, William (Rhondda, West)
Burgess, S. Gosling, Harry Johnston, Thomas (Stirling)
Burnie, Major J. (Bootie) Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) Johnstone, Harcourt (Willesden, East)
Buxton, Charles (Accrington) Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth)
Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) Gray, Frank (Oxford) Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown)
Cape, Thomas Greenall, T. Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly)
Chapple, W. A. Grenfeil, D. R. (Glamorgan) Jones, R. T. (Carnarvon)
Charieton, H. C. Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd)
Clarke, Sir E. C. Groves, T. Jowett, F. W. (Bradford, East)
Clynes, t. Hon. John R. Grundy, T. W. Jowitt, W. A. (The Hartiepools)
Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) Guest, Hon. C. H. (Bristol, N.) Kenyon, Barnet
Collision, Levi Guthrie, Thomas Maule Kirkwood, D.
Cotts, Sir William Dingwall Mitchell Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) Lanubury, George
Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) Lawson, John James
Darbishire, C. W. Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) Leach, W.
Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) Hancock, John George Lee, F.
Davies, J. C. (Denbigh, Denbigh) Harbord, Arthur Lees-Smith, H. B. (Keighley)
Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) Hardie, George D. Linfield, F. C.
Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) Harney, E. A. Lowth, T.
Lunn, William Price, E. G. Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West)
McCurdy, Rt. Hon. Charles A. Pringle, W. M. R. Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.)
MacDonald, J. R. (Aberavon) Rae, Sir Henry N. Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow)
Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) Richardson, R. (Houghton-)e-Spring) Tout, W. J.
M'Entee, V. L. Ritson, J. Treveiyan, C. P.
McLaren, Andrew Roberts, C. H. (Derby) Turner, Ben
Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich) Walihead, Richard C.
Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. Robertson, J. (Lanark, Bothwell) Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, Ince)
March, S. Robinson, W. C. (York, Elland) Warne, G. H.
Marks, Sir George Croydon Royce, William Stapleton Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline)
Marshall, Sir Arthur H. Saklatvala, S. Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda)
Martin, F. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, E.) Salter, Dr. A. Webb, Sidney
Middleton, G. Scrymgeour, E. Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C.
Millar, J. D. Sexton, James Weir, L. M.
Morel, E. D. Shaw, Thomas (Preston) Westwood, J.
Morris, Harold Shinwell, Emanuel White, Charles F. (Derby, Western)
Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) White, H. G. (Birkenhead, E.)
Mosley, Oswald Simpson, J. Hope Whiteley, W.
Muir, John W. Sinclair, Sir A. Williams, David (Swansea, E.)
Murnin, H. Sitch, Charles H. Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly)
Murray, Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) Smillie, Robert Williams, T. (York, Don Valley)
Murray, R. (Renfrew, Western) Smith, T. (Pontefract) Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Atterciliffe)
O'Grady, Captain James Snell, Harry Wintringham, Margaret
Oliver, George Harold Snowden, Philip Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.)
Paling, W. Spencer, H. H. (Bradford, S.) Wright, W.
Parker, H. (Hanley) Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) Young, Rt. Hon. E. H. (Norwich)
Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) Strauss, Edward Anthony Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton)
Pattinson, R. (Grantham) Sturrock, J. Leng
Parttinson, S. (Horncastle) Sullivan, J. TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Mr. Arthur Henderson and Mr. Spoor.
Philipps, Vivian Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby)
Ponsonby, Arthur Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey)
Potts, John S.
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