HC Deb 25 July 1923 vol 167 cc613-9

"That a sum, not exceeding £10,121,528,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 V of the Estimates for Civil Services, namely:

£
1. Diplomatic and Consular Services 631,965
2. Colonial Services 943,223
£
2. Colonial Services (Supplementary sum) 3,750,000
3. Overseas Settlement 776,650
4. Middle Eastern Services 3,968,500
4. Middle Eastern Services (Supplementary sum) 5,000
5. Telegraph Subsidies 4,000
6. League of Nations 42,190
£10,121,528

Question put.

The Committee divided: Ayes, 290; Noes, 202.

Divison Ayes [10.55p.m.
Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte Dixon, C. H. (Rutland) Lorden, John William
Ainsworth, Captain Charles Doyle, N. Grattan Lorimer, H. D.
Alexander, E. E. (Leyton, East) Du Pre, Colonel William Baring Lougher, L.
Alexander, Col. M. (Southwark) Edmondson, Major A. J. Lowe, Sir Francis William
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. Ednam, Viscount Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon)
Apsley, Lord Elliot, Capt. Waiter E. (Lanark) Lumley, L. R.
Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Col. Sir Martin Ellis, R. G. Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm
Ashley, Lt.-Col. Wilfrid W. England, Lieut.-Colonel A. McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury)
Astor, J. J. (Kent, Dover) Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith Maddocks, Sir Henry
Astor, Viscountess Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel-
Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence Erskine-Bolst, Captain C. Makins, Brigadier-General E.
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley Evans, Capt. H. Arthur (Leicester, E.) Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.)
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Eyres-Monsell, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. M. Manville, Edward
Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. Falcon, Captain Michael Margesson, H. D. R.
Banks, Mitchell Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray Mason, Lieut.-Col. C. K.
Barlow, Rt. Hon. Sir Montague Fawkes, Major F. H. Mercer, Colonel H.
Barnett, Major Richard W. Fermor-Hesketh, Major T. Milne, J. S. Wardlaw
Barnston, Major Harry Foreman, Sir Henry Mitchell, W. F. (Saffron Walden)
Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar (Banff) Forestier-Walker, L. Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham)
Becker, Harry Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot Molloy, Major L. G. S.
Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H. (Devizes) Fraser, Major Sir Keith Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C.
Bellairs, Commander Carryon W. Frece, Sir Walter de Mordent, Col. W. Grant
Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. Morelng, Captain Algernon H.
Berry, Sir George Furness, G. J. Morrison, Hugh (Wilts, Salisbury)
Betterton, Henry B. Galbraith, J. F. W. Morrison-Bell, Major Sir A. C. (Honition)
Birchall, Major J. Dearman Ganzoni, Sir John Murchison, C. K.
Bird, Sir William B. M. (Chichester) Garland, C. S. Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley)
Blades, Sir George Rowland Gaunt, Rear-Admiral Sir Guy R. Newson, Sir Percy Wilson
Blundell, F. N. Gibbs, Col. Rt. Hon. George Abraham Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge)
Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster)
Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. Goff, Sir R. Park Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield)
Brass, Captain W. Gray, Harold (Cambridge) Nield, Sir Herbert
Brassey, Sir Leonard Grenfell, Edward C. (City of London) O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Hugh
Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive Gretton, Colonel John Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William
Brittain, Sir Harry Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. Paget, T. G.
Brown, Major D. C. (Hexham) Gwynne, Rupert S. Parker, Owen (Kettering)
Brown, Brig.-Gen. Clifton (Newbury) Hacking, Captain Douglas H. Pease, William Edwin
Bruford, R. Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) Pennetather, De Fonblanque
Bruton, Sir James Hall, Rr-Adml Sir W. (Liv'p'l,W.D'by) Penny, Frederick George
Buckingham, Sir H. Halstead, Major D. Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings)
Buckley, Lieut..Colonel A. Hamilton, Sir George C. (Altrincham) Perkins, Colonel E. K.
Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) Perring, William George
Burn, Colonel Sir Charles Rosdew Harrison, F. C. Peto, Basil E.
Burney, Com. (Middx., Uxbridge) Harvey, Major S. E. Philipson, Mabel
Butcher, Sir John George Hawke, John Anthony Pielou, D. P.
Butler, H. M. (Leeds, North) Hay, Major T. W. (Norfolk, South) Pilditch, Sir Philip
Butler, J. R. M. (Cambridge Univ.) Henn, Sir Sydney H. Pollock, Rt. Hon. Sir Ernest Murray
Butt, Sir Alfred Herbert, Col. Hon. A (Yeovil) Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Asaheton
Button, H. S. Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) Rae, Sir Henry N.
Cadogan, Major Edward Herbert, S. (Scarborough) Raeburn, Sir William H.
Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank Raine, W.
Cassels, J. D. Hiley, Sir Ernest Rankin, Captain James Stuart
Cautley, Henry Strother Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. Rawlinson, Rt. Hon. John Fredk. Peel
Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) Rawson, Lieut.-Com. A. C.
Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) Hohler, Gerald Fitzroy Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington)
Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) Hood, Sir Joseph Reid, D. D. (County Down)
Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Hitchin) Hopkins, John W. W. Remer, J. R.
Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) Remnant, Sir James
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) Horne, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) Reynolds, W. G. W.
Chapman, Sir S. Houfton, John Plowright Richardson, Sir Alex. (Gravesend)
Chilcott, Sir Warden Howard, Capt. D. (Cumberland, N.) Richardson, Lt.-Col. Sir P. (Chertsey)
Churchman, Sir Arthur Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Col. C. K. Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Norwich)
Clarry, Reginald George Hudson, Capt. A. Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford)
Clayton, G. C. Hume, G. H. Robertson-Despencer,Major (Isigtn,W)
Cobb, Sir Cyril Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer Rogerson, Capt. J. E.
Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. Hurd, Percy A. Rothschild, Lionel de
Cohen, Major J. Brunel Hurst, Gerald B. Roundell, Colonel R. F.
Calfox, Major Wm. Phillips Hutchison, G. A. C. (Midlothian, N.) Ruggles-Brise, Major E.
Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale Hutchison, W. (Kelvingrove) Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth)
Cope, Major William Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. Russell, William (Bolton)
Cory, Sir J. H. (Cardiff, South) Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. Russell-Wells, Sir Sydney
Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) Jodrell, Sir Neville Paul Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham)
Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Johnson, Sir L. (Waithamstow, E.) Sanders, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert A.
Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) Sanderson, Sir Frank B.
Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) Kelley, Major Sir Frederick A. Sandon, Lord
Curzon, Captain Viscount Kennedy, Captain M. S. Nigel Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D.
Daiziel, Sir D. (Lambeth, Brixton) Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange)
Davidson, J. C. C. (Hemel Hempstead) Lamb, J. Q. Sheffield, Sir Berkeley
Davidson, Major-General Sir J. H. Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Colonel G. R. Shepperson, E. W.
Davies, Alfred Thomas (Lincoln) Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down)
Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) Simpson-Hinchliffe, W. A.
Davison,Sir W. H.(Kensington, S.) Locker-Lampson, G.(Wood Green) Singleton, J.E.
Dawson,Sir Phillip Locker-Lampson, Com. O.(Handsw'th) Skelton, A. N.
Smith, Sir Allan M. (Croydon, South) Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) White, Lt.-Col. G. D. (Southport)
Smith, Sir Harold (Wavertree) Thorpe, Captain John Henry Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond)
Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) Titchfield, Marquess of Wilson, Lt.-Col. Leslie O. (P'tsm'th, S.)
Somerville, Daniel (Barrow-in-Furness) Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George
Spender-Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Tubbs, S. W. Winterton, Earl
Stanley, Lord Tutton, Edmund Russborough Wise, Frederick
Steel, Major S. Strang Wallace, Captain E. Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West)
Stewart, Gershom (Wirral) Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) Wood, Major Sir S. Hill- (High Peak)
Stockton, Sir Edwin Forsyth Ward, Col. J. (Stoke-upon-Trent) Woodcock, Colonel H. C.
Stott, Lt.-Col. W. H. Waring, Major Walter Yale, Colonel Sir Charles Edward
Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- Warner, Sir T. Courtenay T. Yerburgh, R. D. T.
Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser Watts, Dr. T. (Man., Withington)
Sugden, Sir Wilfrid H. Wells, S. R. TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Captain Douglas King and Major Hennessy.
Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. Weston, Colonel John Wakefield
Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) Wheler, Col. Granville C. H.
NOES
Adams, D. Guest, Hon. C. H. (Bristol, N.) O'Grady, Captain James
Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) Guthrie, Thomas Maule Oliver, George Harold
Adamson, Rt. Hon. William Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) Paling, W.
Adkins, Sir William Ryland Dent Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) Parker, H. (Hanley)
Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hilisbro') Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan)
Ammon, Charles George Hancock, John George Pattinson, R. (Grantham)
Attlee, C. R. Harbord, Arthur Pattinson, S. (Horncastle)
Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) Hardie, George D. Phillipps, Vivian
Barnes, A. Harney, E. A. Ponsonby, Arthur
Batey, Joseph Harris, Percy A. Potts, John S.
Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) Hartshorn, Vernon Preston, Sir W. R.
Berkeley, Captain Reginald Hastings, Patrick Pringle, W. M. R.
Bonwick, A. Hay, Captain J. P. (Cathcart) Rees, Sir Beddoe
Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. Hayday, Arthur Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring)
Briant, Frank Henderson, Sir T. (Roxburgh) Ritson, J.
Broad, F. A. Henderson, T. (Glasgow) Roberts, C. H. (Derby)
Bromfield, William Herriotts, J. Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich)
Brotherton, J. Hill, A. Robertson, J. (Lanark, Bothwell)
Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) Hinds, John Robinson, W. C. (York, Elland)
Buckle, J. Hirst, G. H. Rose, Frank H.
Burgess, S. Hodge, Rt. Hon. John Royce, William Stapleton
Burnie, Major J. (Bootle) Hodge, Lieut.-Col. J. P. (Preston) Saklatvala, S.
Buxton, Charles (Accrington) Hutchison, Sir R. (Kirkcaldy) Salter, Dr. A.
Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) Irving, Dan Scrymgeour, E.
Cape, Thomas Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) Sexton, James
Chapple, W. A. John, William (Rhondda, West) Shaw, Thomas (Preston)
Charleton, H. C. Johnston, Thomas (Stirling) Shinwell, Emanuel
Clarke, Sir E. C. Johnstone, Harcourt (Willesden, East) Short, Alfred (Wedneebury)
Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) Simpson, J. Hope
Collie, Sir John Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) Sinclair, Sir A.
Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Sitch, Charles H.
Collison, Levi Jones, R. T. (Carnarvon) Smillie, Robert
Cotts, Sir William Dingwall Mitchell Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) Smith, T. (Pontefract)
Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) Jowett, F. W. (Bradford, East) Snell, Harry
Darbishire, C. W. Jowett, W. A. (The Hartlepools) Snowden, Philip
Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) Kenyon, Barnet Spencer, H. H. (Bradford, S.)
Davies, J. C. (Denbigh, Denbigh) Kirkwood, D. Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K.
Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) Lambert, Rt. Hon. George Stewart, J. (St. Rollox)
Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) Lansbury, George Strauss, Edward Anthony
Dudgeon, Major C. R. Lawson, John James Sturrock, J. Leng
Duffy, T. Gavan Leach, W. Sullivan, J.
Duncan, C. Lee, F. Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby)
Donnico, H. Lees-Smith, H. B. (Keighley) Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey)
Ede, James Chuter Linfield, F. C. Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West)
Edge, Captain Sir William Lowth, T. Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.)
Edmonds, G. Lunn, William Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow)
Edwards, C (Monmouth, Bedwellty) MacDonald, J. R. (Aberavon) Tillett, Benjamin
Emlyn-Jones, J. E. (Dorset, N.) Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) Tout, W. J.
Entwistle, Major C. F. M'Entee, V. L. Trevelyan, C. P.
Evans, Ernest (Cardigan) McLaren, Andrew Turner, Ben
Fairbairn, R. R. Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) Wallhead, Richard C.
Falconer, J. March, S. Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, Ince)
Foot, Isaac Marks, Sir George Croydon Warne, G. H.
Gardiner, James Marshall, Sir Arthur H. Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline)
George, Major G. L. (Pembroke) Martin, F. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, E.) Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda)
Gilbert, James Daniel Middleton, G. Webb, Sidney
Gosling, Harry Millar, J. D. Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C.
Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred Moritz Weir, L. M.
Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) Morris, Harold Westwood, J.
Gray, Frank (Oxford) Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) White, Charles F. (Derby, Western)
Greenall, T. Muir, John W. White, H. G (Birkenhead, E.)
Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) Murnin, H. Whiteley, W.
Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) Murray, Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) Williams, David (Swansea, E.)
Groves, T. Murray, R. (Renfrew, Western) Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly)
Grundy, T. W. Newbold, J. T. W. Williams, T. (York, Don Valley)
Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) Wright, W. TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Mr. Arthur Henderson and Mr. Spoor.
Wintringham, Margaret Young, Rt. Hon. E. H. (Norwhich)
Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton)
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