§ "That a sum, not exceeding £21,001,972, 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, 1926, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class VII. of the Estimates for Civil Services, namely:
| 1. | Ministry of Health | 12,525,977 |
| 3. | Ministry of Labour | 8,359,209 |
| 4. | National Insurance, Audit Department. | 110,640 |
| 5. | Friendly Societies' Deficiency | 6,146 |
| £21,001,972" |
§ Question put.
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 264; Noes, 126.
1109| Division No. 341.] | AYES. | [10.35 p. m. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Brass, Captain W. |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Balniel, Lord | Brassey, Sir Leonard |
| Albery, Irving James | Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Barnett, Major Richard W. | Briscoe, Richard George |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Brocklebank, C. E. R. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Bennett, A. J. | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Buckingham, Sir H. |
| Ashmead-Bartlett, E. | Blades, Sir George Rowland | Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. | Boothby, R. J. G. | Bullock, Captain M. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Bowater, Sir T. Vansittart | Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan |
| Atkinson, C. | Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Burman, J. B. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Burton, Colonel H. W. |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Henn, Sir Sydney H | O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford, Luton) |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Hugh |
| Campbell, E. T. | Henniker-Hughan, Vice-Adm. Sir A. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Cassels, J. D. | Hilton, Cecil | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Perring, William George |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Hohler, Sir Gerald Fitzroy | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Holland, Sir Arthur | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Holt, Captain H. P. | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Radford, E. A. |
| Chilcott, Sir Warden | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Raine, W. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Ramsden, E. |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. | Rawlinson, Rt. Hon. John Fredk. Peel |
| Clayton, G. C. | Howard, Capt. Hon. D. (Cumb., N.) | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) |
| Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Hudson, Capt. A.U. M.(Hackney, N.) | Rentoul, G. S. |
| Couper, J. B. | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Hume, Sir G. H. | Rice, Sir Frederick |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Huntingfield, Lord | Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Hurd, Percy A. | Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs., Stretford) |
| Crookshank, Col. H.(Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Hurst, Gerald B. | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. |
| Cunliffe, Joseph Herbert | Hutchison, G. A. Clark (Midl'n & P'bl's) | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Rye, F. G. |
| Davidson, J. (Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Davidson, Major-General Sir J. H. | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Sandeman, A. Stewart |
| Davies, A. V. (Lancaster, Royton) | Jacob, A. E. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange) |
| Dean, Arthur Wellesley | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Shaw, R. G. (Yorks, W.R., Sowerby) |
| Doyle, Sir N. Grattan | Knox, Sir Alfred | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl. (Renfrew, W.) |
| Drewe, C. | Lamb, J. Q. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Lane-Fox, Colonel George R. | Skelton, A. N. |
| Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Little, Dr. E. Graham | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Elveden, Viscount | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Smithers, Waldron |
| England, Colonel A. | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Loder, J. de V. | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Looker, Herbert William | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) |
| Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Lord, Walter Greaves- | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Lougher, L. | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) |
| Fermoy, Lord | Lowe, Sir Francis William | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Fielden, E. B. | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Storry Deans, R. |
| Fleming, D. P. | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Stott, Lieut. Colonel W. H. |
| Ford, P. J. | Lumley, L. R. | Strickland, Sir Gerald |
| Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | MacAndrew, Charles Glen | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Forrest, W. | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Styles, Captain H. Walter |
| Foster, Sir Harry S. | McLean, Major A. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Foxcroft, Captain C. T. | Macmillan, Captain H. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Gadie, Lieut.-Colonel Anthony | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Templeton, W. P. |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | MacRobert, Alexander M. | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Gates, Percy | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, S.) |
| Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Malone, Major P. B. | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Gibbs, Col. Rt. Hon. George Abraham | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Tinne, J. A. |
| Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Margesson, Capt. D. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Goff, Sir Park | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Grace, John | Merriman, F. B. | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Grant, J. A. | Meyer, Sir Frank | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Greene, W. P. Crawford | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Grenfell, Edward C. (City of London) | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Wells, S. R. |
| Grotrian, H. Brent | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dairymple |
| Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F.E. (Bristol, N.) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Gunston, Captain D. W. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Morden, Col. W. Grant | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Hall, Vice-Admiral Sir R. (Eastbourne) | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Womersley, W. J. |
| Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Murchison, C. K. | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Nall, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.) |
| Harrison, G. J. C. | Nelson, Sir Frank | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Hartington, Marquess of | Neville, R. J. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Haslam, Henry C. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Wragg, Herbert |
| Hawke, John Anthony | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES:— |
| Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Major Cope and Major Sir Harry |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Nuttall, Ellis | Barnston. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) |
| Adamson, W. M, (Staff., Cannock) | Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Buchanan, G. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Barr, J. | Charleton, H. C. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Batey, Joseph | Clowes, S. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Bromley, J. | Cluse, W. S. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Connolly, M. | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Cove, W. G. | Kelly, W. T. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Kennedy, T. | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Dalton, Hugh | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Slesser, Sir Henry H. |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Kenyon, Barnet | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Botherhithe) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lansbury, George | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Lawson, John James | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Dennison, R. | Lee, F. | Snell, Harry |
| Duncan, C. | Lindley, F. W. | Spencer, G. A. (Broxtowe) |
| Fenby, T. D. | Livingstone, A. M. | Stamford, T. W. |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Lunn, William | Stephen, Campbell |
| Gibbins, Joseph | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Sutton, J. E. |
| Gillett, George M. | Mackinder, W. | Taylor, R. A. |
| Gosling, Harry | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | March, S. | Thurtle, E. |
| Greenall, T. | Maxton, James | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Montague, Frederick | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Varley, Frank B. |
| Groves, T. | Murnin, H. | Viant, S. P. |
| Grundy, T. W. | Naylor, T. E. | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth) | Oliver, George Harold | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Guest, Dr. L. Haden (Southwark, N.) | Paling, W. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Welsh, J. C. |
| Harney, E. A. | Ponsonby, Arthur | Westwood, J. |
| Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Potts, John S. | Whiteley, W. |
| Hayday, Arthur | Purcell, A. A. | Wiggins, William Martin |
| Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Riley, Ben | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Hirst, G. H. | Ritson, J. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O.(W. Bromwich) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W.R., Elland) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | Windsor, Walter |
| Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Salter, Dr. Alfred | Wright, W. |
| Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Scrymgeour, E. | |
| John, William (Rhondda, West) | Scurr, John | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Sexton, James | Mr. Arthur Henderson and Mr. Hayes. |
Question put, and agreed to.