§ "That a sum, not exceeding £10,343,849, 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 VII of the Estimates for Civil Services, namely:
| £ | ||
| 3. | Ministry of Labour | 10,187,005 |
| 4. | National Insurance, Audit Department | 116,590 |
| 5. | Friendly Societies' Deficiency | 6,254 |
| 6. | Grants to Voluntary Hospitals | 34,000 |
| £10,343,849" |
§ Question put.
§ The Committe divided: Ayes, 326; Noes, 177.
623| Division No. 316.] | AYES. | [11.8p.m |
| Adkins, Sir William Ryland Dent | Betterton, Henry B. | Cadogan, Major Edward |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. |
| Ainsworth, Captain Charles | Blades, Sir George Rowland | Cassels, J. D. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton, East) | Blundell, F. N. | Cautley, Henry Strother |
| Alexander, Col. M. (Southwark) | Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) |
| Apsley, Lord | Brass, Captain W. | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) |
| Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Col. Sir Martin | Brassey, Sir Leonard | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Hitchin) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Wilfrid W. | Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton |
| Astor, J. J. (Kent, Dover) | Brittain, Sir Harry | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) |
| Astor, Viscountess | Brown, Brig.-Gen. Clifton (Newbury) | Chapman, Sir S. |
| Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence | Brown, Major D. C. (Hexham) | Chilcott, Sir Warden |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Brown, J. W. (Middlesbrough, E.) | Churchman, Sir Arthur |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Bruford, R. | Clarry, Reginald George |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Bruton, Sir James | Clayton, G. C. |
| Banks, Mitchell | Buckingham, Sir H. | Cobb, Sir Cyril |
| Barlow, Rt. Hon. Sir Montague | Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. |
| Barnett, Major Richard W. | Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Cohen, Major J. Brunel |
| Barnston, Major Harry | Burn, Colonel Sir Charles Rosdew | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips |
| Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar (Banff) | Burney, Corn. (Middx., Uxbridge) | Collie, Sir John |
| Becker, Harry | Butcher, Sir John George | Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale |
| Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H. (Devizes) | Butler, H. M. (Leeds, North) | Cope, Major William |
| Bellairs, Commander Carryon W. | Butler, J. R. M. (Cambridge Univ.) | Cory, Sir J. H. (Cardiff, South) |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Butt, Sir Alfred | Cotts, Sir William Dingwall Mitchell |
| Berry, Sir George | Button, H. S. | Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Hurd, Percy A. | Remer, J. R. |
| Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page | Hurst, Gerald B. | Remnant, Sir James |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Hutchison, G. A. C. (Midlothian, N.) | Reynolds, W. G. W. |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Hutchison, Sir R. (Kirkcaldy) | Rhodes, Lieut.-Col. J. P. |
| Dalziel, Sir D. (Lambeth, Brixton) | Hutchison, W. (Kelvingrove) | Richardson, Sir Alex. (Gravesend) |
| Davidson, J. C. C. (Hemel Hempstead) | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Richardson, Lt.-Col. Sir P. (Chertsey) |
| Davidson, Major-General Sir J. H. | Jackson. Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Norwich) |
| Davies, Alfred Thomas (Lincoln) | Jodrell, Sir Neville Paul | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) |
| Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) | Johnson, Sir L. (Waithamstow, E.) | Robertson-Despencer, Major (Islgtn,W) |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs., Stretford) |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Kelley, Major Sir Frederick A. | Rogerson, Capt. J. E. |
| Dixon, C. H. (Rutland) | Kennedy, Captain M. S. Nigel | Rothschild, Lionel de |
| Doyle, N. Grattan | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Roundell, Colonel R. F. |
| Dudgeon, Major C. R. | Lamb, J. Q. | Ruggies-Brise, Major E. |
| Du Pre, Colonel William Baring | Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Colonel G. R. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Edge, Captain Sir William | Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) | Russell, William (Bolton) |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Russell-Wells, Sir Sydney |
| Ednam, Viscount | Lloyd-Greame, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Elliot, Capt. Waiter E. (Lanark) | Locker-Lampoon, Com. O. (Handsw'th) | Sanders, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert A. |
| Ellis, R. G. | Lorden, John William | Sanderson, Sir Frank B. |
| England, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Loimer, H. D. | Sandon, Lord |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Lougher, L. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Lowe, Sir Francis William | Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'1, Exchange) |
| Erskine-Bolst, Captain C. | Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Evans, Capt H. Arthur (Leicester, E.) | Lumley, L. R. | Shepperson, E. W. |
| Evans, Ernest (Cardigan) | Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Eyres-Monsell, Com. Rt. Hon.Sir B. M. | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Simpson-Hinchiiffe, W. A. |
| Falcon, Captain Michael | McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) | Sinclair, Sir A. |
| Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Singleton, J. E. |
| Fawkes, Major F. H. | Maddocks, Sir Henry | Skelton, A. N. |
| Fermor-Hesketh, Major T. | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Smith, Sir Allan M. (Croydon, South) |
| Flanagan, W. H. | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Smith, Sir Harold (Wavertree) |
| Foreman, Sir Henry | Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Forestier-Walker, L. | Manville, Edward | Somerville, Daniel (Barrow-in-Furness) |
| Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot | Margesson, H. D. R. | Spears, Brig.-Gen. E. L. |
| Fraser, Major Sir Keith | Marks, Sir George Croydon | Spender-Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. |
| Frece, Sir Walter de | Mason, Lieut.-Col. C. K. | Stanley, Lord |
| Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Mercer, Colonel H. | Steel, Major. S. Strang |
| Furness, G. J. | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw | Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K. |
| Galbraith, J. F. W. | Mitchell, W. F. (Saffron Walden) | Stewart, Gershom (Wirral) |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Stockton, Sir Edwin Forsyth |
| Gardiner, James | Molloy, Major L. G. S. | Stott, Lt.-Col. W. H. |
| Garland, C. S. | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Strauss, Edward Anthony |
| Gaunt. Rear-Admiral Sir Guy R. | Morden, Col. W. Grant | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| George, Major G. L. (Pembroke) | Moreing, Captain Algernon H. | Sturrock, J. Leng |
| Gibbs, Col. Rt. Hon. George Abraham | Morris, Harold | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Gilbert, James Daniel | Morrison, Hugh (Wilts, Salisbury) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid H. |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Morrison-Bell,Major Sir A. C. (Honiton) | Sutherland, Rt. Hon. Sir William |
| Goff, Sir R. Park | Murchison, C. K. | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Gray, Harold (Cambridge) | Nall, Major Joseph | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Gretton, Colonel John | Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Guest, Hon. C. H. (Bristol, N.) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Thorpe, Captain John Henry |
| Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. | Newson, Sir Percy Wilson | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| Guthrie, Thomas Maule | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Gwynne, Rupert S. | Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster) | Tubbs, S. W. |
| Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Nield, Sir Herbert | Wallace, Captain E. |
| Hall, Rr-Adml Sir W. (Liv'p'1,W.D'by) | Norman, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Halstead, Major D. | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Hugh | Ward, Col. J. (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| Hamilton, Sir George C. (Altrincham) | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Waring, Major Walter |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Paget, T. G. | Warner, Sir T. Courtenay T. |
| Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Parker, Owen (Kettering) | Watson, Capt. J. (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Harrison, F. C. | Pease, William Edwin | Watts, Dr. T. (Man., Withington) |
| Harvey, Major S. E. | Pennefather, De Fonblanque | Wells, S. R. |
| Hawke, John Anthony | Penny, Frederick George | Weston, Colonel John Wakefield |
| Hay, Major T. W. (Norfolk, South) | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Wheler, Col. Granville C. H. |
| Henderson, Sir T. (Roxburgh) | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | White, Lt.-Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Perring, William George | Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond) |
| Herbert, Col. Hon. A. (Yeovil) | Peto, Basil E. | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Leslie O. (P'tsm'th, S.) |
| Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Philipson, Mabel | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Herbert, S. (Scarborough) | Pielou, D. P. | Winterton, Earl |
| Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank | Pilditch, Sir Philip | Wise, Frederick |
| Hiley, Sir Ernest | Pollock, Rt. Hon. Sir Ernest Murray | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Price, E. G. | Wood, Major Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Hohler, Gerald Fitzroy | Privett, F. J. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Hood, Sir Joseph | Rae, Sir Henry N. | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Hopkins, John W. W. | Raeburn, Sir William H. | Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward |
| Horne, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) | Raine, W. | Yerburgh, R. D. T. |
| Houfton, John Plowright | Rankin, Captain James Stuart | Young, Rt. Hon. E. H. (Norwich) |
| Howard, Capt. D. (Cumberland, N.) | Rawlinson, Rt. Hon. John Fredk. Peel | |
| Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Col. C. K. | Rawson, Lieut.-Com. A. C. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Hudson, Capt. A. | Rees, Sir Beddoe | Captain Douglas King and Major Hennessy. |
| Hume, G. H. | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | |
| Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer | Reid, D. D. (County Down) |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D | Harney, E. A. | Ponsonby, Arthur |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Harris, Percy A. | Potts, John S. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. William | Hartshorn, Vernon | Pringle, W. M. R. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hastings, Patrick | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hay, Captain J. P. (Cathcart) | Ritson, J. |
| Attlee, C. R. | Hayday, Arthur | Roberts, C. H. (Derby) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich) |
| Barnes, A. | Herriotts, J. | Robertson, J. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Batey, Joseph | Hill, A. | Robinson, W. C. (York, Elland) |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Hinds, John | Rose, Frank H. |
| Berkeley, Captain Reginald | Hirst, G. H. | Royce, William Stapleton |
| Bonwick, A. | Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | Saklatvala, S. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Hodge, Lieut.-Col. J. P. (Preston) | Salter, Dr. A. |
| Briant, Frank | Irving, Dan | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Broad, F. A. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Sexton, James |
| Bromfield, William | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Shaw, Thomas (Preston) |
| Brotherton, J. | Johnston, Thomas (Stirling) | Shinwell, Emanuel |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Johnstone, Harcourt (Willesden, East) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Buckle, J. | Jones, Henry Haydn, (Merioneth) | Simpson, J. Hope |
| Burgess, S. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Burnie, Major J. (Bootle) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Smillie, Robert |
| Buxton, Charles (Accrington) | Jones, R. T. (Carnarvon) | Smith, T. (Pontefract) |
| Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Snell, Harry |
| Cape, Thomas | Jowett, F. W. (Bradford, East) | Snowden, Philip |
| Chapple, W. A. | Jowitt W. A. (The Hartlepools) | Spencer, H. H. (Bradford, S.) |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kenyon, Barnet | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Clarke, Sir E. C. | Kirkwood, D. | Sullivan, J. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Lansbury, George | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Collison, Levi | Lawson, John James | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Leach, W. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Darbishire, C. W. | Lee, F. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Lees-Smith, H. B. (Kelghley) | Tillett, Benjamin |
| Davies, J. C. (Denbigh, Denbigh) | Linfield, F. C. | Tout, W. J. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lowth, T. | Trevelyan, C. P. |
| Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) | Lunn, William | Turner, Ben |
| Duffy, T. Gavan | MacDonald, J. R. (Aberavon) | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Duncan, C. | M'Entee, V. L. | Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, Ince) |
| Dunnico, H. | McLaren, Andrew | Warne, G. H. |
| Ede, James Chuter | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Edmonds, G. | March, S. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Marshall, Sir Arthur H. | Webb, Sidney |
| Emlyn-Jones, J. E. (Dorset, N.) | Martin, F. (Aberd'n & Kincard'ne, E.) | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. |
| Entwistle, Major C. F. | Middleton, G. | Weir, L. M. |
| Fairbairn, R. R. | Millar, J. D. | Westwood, J. |
| Falconer, J. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | White, Charles F. (Derby, Western) |
| Foot, Isaac | Mosley, Oswald | White, H. G. (Birkenhead, E.) |
| Gosling, Harry | Muir, John W. | Whiteley, W. |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Murnin, H. | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) | Murray, Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Greenall, T. | Murray, R. (Renfrew, Western) | Williams, T.,(York, Don Valley) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Newbold, J. T. W. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | O'Grady, Captain James | Wintringham, Margaret |
| Groves, T. | Oliver, George Harold | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Paling, W. | Wright, W. |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Parker, H. (Hanley) | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Pattinson, R. (Grantham) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Mr. Arthur Henderson and Mr. Spoor. |
| Hancock, John George | Pattinson, S. (Horncastle) | |
| Harbord, Arthur | Phillipps, Vivian | |
| Hardie, George D. |
Question put, and agreed to.