HC Deb 25 July 1923 vol 167 cc655-9

"That a sum, not exceeding £30,933,150, be granted to His Majesty, 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 Navy Services, namely:

£
2. Victualling and Clothing for the Navy 4,742,500
3. Medical Establishments and Services 516,000
4. Civilians employed on Fleet Services 194,900
5. Educational Services 353,000

£
6. Scientific Services 435,800
7. Royal Naval Reserves 572,800
8. Sec. 1. Shipbuilding, Repairs, Maintenance, &c. Personnel 6,694,000
8. Sec. 2. Shipbuilding, Repairs, Maintenance, &c. Matériel 5,988,200
8. Sec. 3. Shipbuilding, Repairs, Maintenance, &c. Contract Work 5,031,450
9. Naval Armaments 5,344,900
11. Miscellaneous Effective Services 1,059,600
£30,933,150"

Question put.

The Committee divided: Ayes, 293; Noes, 145.

Division No. 324.] AYES. [12.43 a.m.
Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.)
Ainsworth, Captain Charles Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James Dawson, Sir Philip
Alexander, E. E. (Leyton, East) Burn, Colonel Sir Charles Rosdew Dixon, C. H. (Rutland)
Alexander, Col. M. (Southwark) Butcher, Sir John George Doyle, N. Grattan
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. Butler, H. M. (Leeds, North) Dudgeon, Major C. R
Apsley, Lord Butler, J. R. M. (Cambridge Univ.) Du Pre, Colonel William Baring
Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Col. Sir Martin Butt, Sir Alfred Edge, Captain Sir William
Ashley, Lt.-Col. Wilfrid W. Cadogan, Major Edward Edmondson, Major A. J.
Astor, J. J. (Kent, Dover) Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. Ednam, Viscount
Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence Cassels, J. D. Elliot, Capt, Walter E. (Lanark)
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Cautley, Henry Strother Ellis, R. G.
Banks, Mitchell Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) England, Lieut.-Colonel A
Barlow, Rt. Hon. Sir Montague Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare)
Barnett, Major Richard W. Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton Erskine-Bolst, Captain C.
Barnston, Major Harry Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) Evans, Capt. H. Arthur (Leicester, E.)
Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar (Banff) Chapman, Sir S. Evans, Ernest (Cardigan)
Becker, Harry Clarke, Sir E. C. Eyres-Monsell, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. M.
Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H. (Devizes) Chilcott, Sir Warden Falcon, Captain Michael
Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. Churchman, Sir Arthur Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray
Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) Clarry, Reginald George Fawkes, Major F. H.
Berry, Sir George Clayton, G. C. Flanagan, W. H.
Betterton, Henry B. Cobb, Sir Cyril Foreman, Sir Henry
Birchall, Major J. Dearman Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. Porestier-Walker, L.
Blades, Sir George Rowland Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot
Blundell, F. N. Collie, Sir John Fraser, Major Sir Keith
Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E.
Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. Cope, Major William Furness, G. J.
Brass, Captain W. Cotts, Sir William Dingwall Mitchell Galbraith, J. F. W.
Bridgeman, Rt. Hon William Clive Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) Ganzoni, Sir John
Brittain, Sir Harry Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page Garland, C. S.
Brown, Major D. C. (Hexham) Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) Gaunt, Rear-Admiral Sir Guy R.
Brown, Brig.-Gen. Clifton (Newbury) Curzon, Captain Viscount George, Major G. L. (Pembroke)
Brown, J. W. (Middlesbrough, E.) Davidson, J. C. C. (Hemel Hempstead) Gilbert, James Daniel
Bruford, R. Davies, Alfred Thomas (Lincoln) Goff, Sir R. Park
Bruton, Sir James Davies, J. C. (Denbigh, Denbigh) Gould, James C.
Buckingham, Sir H. Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) Gray, Harold (Cambridge)
Gretton, Colonel John Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth)
Guest, Hon. C. H. (Bristol, N.) Manville, Edward Russell, William (Bolton)
Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. Margesson, H. D. R. Russell-Wells, Sir Sydney
Guthrie, Thomas Maule Marks, Sir George Croydon Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham)
Gwynne, Rupert S. Mason, Lieut.-Colonel C. K. Sanders, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert A.
Hacking, Captain Douglas H. Mercer, Colonel H. Sanderson, Sir Frank B.
Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) Milne, J. S. Wardlaw Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'1, Exchange)
Hall, Rr-Adml. Sir W. (Liv'p'l,W. D'by) Mitchell, W. F. (Saffron Walden) Shepperson, E. W.
Halstead, Major D. Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down)
Hamilton, Sir George C. (Altrincham) Molloy, Major L. G. S. Simpson-Hinchliffe, W. A.
Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry Morden, Col. W. Grant Sinclair, Sir A.
Harbord, Arthur Morris, Harold Singleton, J. E.
Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) Morrison, Hugh (Wilts, Salisbury) Skelton, A. N.
Harrison, F. C. Morrison-Bell, Major Sir A. C. (Honiton) Smith, Sir Allan M. (Croydon, South)
Harvey, Major S. E. Murchison, C. K. Smith, Sir Harold (Wavertree)
Hawke, John Anthony Nall, Major Joseph Somerville, A. A. (Windsor)
Hay, Major T. W. (Norfolk, South) Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) Somerville, Daniel (Barrow-in-Furness)
Henderson, Sir T. (Roxburgh) Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) Spears, Brig.-Gen. E. L.
Hennessy, Major J. R. G. Newson, Sir Percy Wilson Spender-Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H.
Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) Stanley, Lord
Herbert, S. (Scarborough) Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster) Steel, Major S. Strang
Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) Stewart, Gershom (Wirral)
Hiley, Sir Ernest Norman, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Stockton, Sir Edwin Forsyth
Hinds, John O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Hugh Stott, Lt.-Col. W. H.
Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William Strauss, Edward Anthony
Hogg, Rt. H on. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) Paget, T. G. Stuart, Lord C. Crichton-
Hohler, Gerald Fitzroy Parker, Owen (Kettering) Sturrock, J. Leng
Hood, Sir Joseph Pattinson, R. (Grantham) Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser
Hopkins, John W. W. Pease, William Edwin Sugden, Sir Wilfrid H.
Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) Pennefather, De Fonblanque Sutherland, Rt. Hon. Sir William
Houfton, John Plowright Penny, Frederick George Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H.
Howard, Capt. D. (Cumberland, N.) Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey)
Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Col. C. K. Perkins, Colonel E. K. Thompson, Luke (Sunderland)
Hudson, Capt. A. Peto, Basil E. Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South)
Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer Philipson, Mabel Titchfield, Marquess of
Hurst, Gerald B. Pielou, D. P. Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement
Hutchison, G. A. C. (Midlothian, N.) Pilditch, Sir Philip Tubbs, S. W.
Hutchison, Sir R. (Kirkcaldy) Pollock, t. Hon. Sir Ernest Murray Turton, Edmund Russborough
Hutchison, W. (Kelvingrove) Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton Wallace, Captain E.
Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. Pretyman, Rt. Hon. Ernest G. Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull)
Jodrell, Sir Neville Paul Price, E. G. Ward, Col. J. (Stoke-upon-Trent)
Johnson, Sir L. (Walthamstow, E.) Privett, F. J. Waring, Major Waiter
Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) Rae, Sir Henry N. Watson, Capt. J. (Stockton-on-Tees)
Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) Raine, W. Watts, Dr. T. (Man., Withington)
Kelley, Major Sir Frederick A. Rankin, Captain James Stuart Wells, S. R.
Kennedy, Captain M. S. Nigel Rawlinson, Rt. Hon. John Fredk. Peel Weston, Colonel John Wakefield
Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement Rawson, Lieut.-Com. A. C. Wheler, Col. Granville C. H.
Lamb, J. Q. Rees, Sir Beddoe White, Lt.-Col. G. D. (Southport)
Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Colonel G. R. Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond)
Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) Remer, J. R. Wilson, Lt.-Col. Leslie O. (P'tsm'th, S.)
Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) Remnant, Sir James Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George
Lloyd-Greame, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Reynolds, W. G. W. Winterton, Earl
Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) Rhodes, Lieut.-Col. J. P. Wise, Frederick
Lorden, John William Richardson, Sir Alex. (Gravesend) Wolmer, Viscount
Lorimer, H. D. Richardson, Lt.-Col. Sir P. (Chertsey) Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West)
Lougher, L. Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Norwich) Wood, Maj. Sir S. Hill- (High Peak)
Lowe, Sir Francis William Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) Woodcock, Colonel H. C.
Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) Robertson-Despencer, Major (Isigtn,W) Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L.
Lumley, L. R. Robinson, Sir T. (Lanes, Stretford)
Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) Rogerson, Capt. J. E. TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Colonel the Rt. Hon. G. A. Gibbs and Captain Douglas King.
Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm Rothschild, Lionel de
Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- Roundell, Colonel R. F.
McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) Ruggles-Brise, Major E.
NOES.
Adamson, Rt. Hon. William Chapple, W. A. Falconer, J.
Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) Charleton, H. C. Foot, Isaac
Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) Gosling, Harry
Ammon, Charles George Collison, Levi Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton)
Attlee, C. R. Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) Gray, Frank (Oxford)
Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) Darbishire, C. W. Greenall, T.
Barnes, A. Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan)
Batey, Joseph Davies, Rhys John (Westhouqhton) Groves, T.
Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) Grundy, T. W.
Bonwick, A. Duffy, T. Gavan Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton)
Briant, Frank Duncan, C. Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil)
Broad, F. A. Dunnico, H. Hancock, John George
Bromfield, William Ede, James Chuter Hardie, George D.
Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) Edmonds, G. Harney, E. A.
Buckle, J. Edwards. C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) Harris, Percy A.
Burgess, S. Emlyn-Jones, J. E. (Dorset, N.) Hartshorn, Vernon
Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) Entwistle, Major C. F. Hastings, Patrick
Cape, Thomas Fairbairn, R. R. Hay, Captain J. P. (Cathcart)
Hayday, Arthur Mosley, Oswald Spencer, H. H. (Bradford, S.)
Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (N'castle, E.) Murnin, H. Spoor, B. G.
Henderson, T. (Glasgow) Murray, Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K.
Herriotts, J. Murray, R. (Renfrew, Western) Stewart, J. (St. Rollox)
Hill, A. Newbold, J. T. W. Sullivan, J.
Hirst, G. H. O'Grady, Captain James Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby)
Hodge, Rt. Hon. John Oliver, George Harold Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West)
Hodge, Lieut.-Col. J. P. (Preston) Paling, W. Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow)
Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) Parker, H. (Hanley) Tout, W. J.
John, William (Rhondda, West) Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) Trevelyan, C. P.
Johnston, Thomas (Stirling) Pattinson, S. (Horncastle) Turner, Ben
Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) Phillipps, Vivian Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, Ince)
Jones, R. T. (Carnarvon) Ponsonby, Arthur Warne, G. H.
Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) Potts, John S. Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline)
Jowitt, W. A. (The Hartlepools) Pringle, W. M. R. Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda)
Kirkwood, D. Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) Webb, Sidney
Lambert, Rt. Hon. George Ritson, J. Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C.
Lansbury, George Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich) Weir, L. M.
Lawson, John James Robertson, J. (Lanark, Bothwell) Westwood, J.
Leach, W. Robinson, W. C. (York, Elland) White, H. G. (Birkenhead, E.)
Lees-Smith, H. B. (Keighley) Rose, Frank H. Whiteley, W.
Linfield, F. C. Royce, William Stapleton. Williams, David (Swansea, E.)
MacDonald, J. R. (Aberavon) Saklatvala, S. Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly)
M'Entee, V. L. Salter, Dr. A. Williams, T. (York, Don Valley)
McLaren, Andrew Scrymgeour, E. Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe)
Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) Sexton, James Wintringham, Margaret
March, S. Shinwell, Emanuel Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.)
Marshall, Sir Arthur H. Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) Wright, W.
Martin, F. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, E.) Sitch, Charles H.
Middleton, G. Smith, T. (Pontefract) TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Mr. Lunn and Mr. Morgan Jones.
Millar, J. D. Snowden, Philip
Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.)