§ Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution.
§ Sir ALFRED MONDI do not want now to detain the House, but I feel bound, on behalf of those with whom I am associated, to make an immediate protest against the proposal to reduce the Supertax at the time when the Government are proposing a new pensions scheme that will add a very serious sum to the standing charges on industry. In our view the Super-tax is better able to contribute to the pensions than industry, which in many cases is not only making no profits, but is scarcely able to meet the standing charges. Therefore, we shall vote against this Super-tax Resolution and elaborate our reasons when there is more time available.
§ Mr. JOHNSTONIn the moment that is left I should like, on behalf of the Members on the Labour benches, to express our sincere regrets that we are not allowed to discuss this time what, we take to be a most pernicious part of this most pernicious Budget. At a time when, in two years, incomes assessable to Income Tax have risen by £131, 000, 000, on the Chancellor's own figures, and when the wages paid to the working classes have fallen by £600, 000, 000, we take it to be a scandal and a disgrace that the incomes over £2, 000 of people who do not require relief should be given relief in the manner proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and we propose to vote against this Super-tax Resolution.
§ Question put, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."
§ The House divided: Ayes, 315; Noes, 153.
1319| Division No. 90.] | AYES. | [11. 30 p. m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Barnston, Major Sir Harry | Brittain, Sir Harry |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Beamish, Captain T. P. H. | Brocklebank, C. E. R. |
| Albery, Irving James | Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Broun-Lindsay, Major H. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Bellalrs, Commander Carlyon W. | Brown, Maj, D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) |
| Alexander, Sir Wm. (Glasgow, Cent'l) | Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) |
| Allen. J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Bennett, A. J. | Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Bethell, A. | Bullock, Captain M. |
| Applln, Colonel R. V. K. | Betterton, Henry B. | Burman, J. B. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Burney, Lieut.-Com. Charles D. |
| Ashmead-Bartlett, E. | Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Burton, Colonel H. W. |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander, F, W. | Blades, Sir George Rowland | Butler, Sir Geoffrey |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Blundcll, F. N. | Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward |
| Atkinson, C. | Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Caine, Gordon Hall |
| Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence | Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Campbell, E. T. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Brass, Captain W. | Cassels, J. D. |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth.S.) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Briggs, J. Harold | Cazalet. Captain Victor A. |
| Barnett, Major Richard W. | Briscoe, Richard George | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. v. L. (Bootie) | Perkins, colonel E. K. |
| Chilcott, Sir Warden | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Perring, William George |
| Christie, J. A. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Henniker-Hughan, Vice-Adm. Sir A. | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Philipson, Mabel |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Herbert, S. (York, N. R.,Scar. Wh'by) | Pielou, D. P. |
| Clayton, G. C. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Pilditch, Sir Philip |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Hohier, Sir Gerald Fitzroy | Raine, W. |
| Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Holland, Sir Arthur | Ramsden, E. |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Holt, Captain H. P. | Rawson, Alfred Cooper |
| Cooper A. Duff | Homan, C. W. J. | Rees, Sir Beddoe |
| Couper, J. B. | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Reid, Captain A. S. C. (Warrington) |
| Courtauld, Major J. S. | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Reid, D. D. (County Down) |
| Courthope, Lieut.-Col. George L. | Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. | Remer, J. R. |
| Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry(Islington, N.) | Howard, Capt. Hon. D. (Cumb., N.) | Remnant, Sir James |
| Craig, Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Rentoul, G. S |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Hume, Sir G. H. | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Derltend) | Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer | Rice, Sir Frederick |
| Crookshank Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Huntingfield, Lord | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H.(Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Hurd. Percy A. | Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) |
| Cunliffe, Joseph Herbert | Hutchison, G. A. Clark(Midl'n & P'bl's) | Roberts, Samuel (Hertford, Hersford) |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Illffe, Sir Edward M. | Ropner, Major L. |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Ruggies-Brlse, Major E. A. |
| Dalziel, Sir Davison | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Russell, Alexander West-(Tynemouth) |
| Davidson, Major-General Sir J. H. | Jacob, A. E. | Rye, F. G. |
| Davies A. V. (Lancaster, Royton) | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Salmon, Major I. |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Davies, Sir Thomas(Cirencester) | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Futney) |
| Dawson Sir Philip | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Sandeman, A. Stewart |
| Drewe, C. | Knox, Sir Alfred | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Duckworth John | Lamb, J. 0 | Sanderson, sir Frank |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Lane-Fox, Colonel George R. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustavt D. |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) | Savery, S. S. |
| Edwards John H. (Accrington) | Lister, Conliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) |
| Elliot Captain Walter E. | Little, Dr. E. Graham | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Ellis R. G. | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Shepperson, E. W. |
| Erskine, James Maicolm Monteith | Loder, J. de V. | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, south) | Lord, Walter Greaves | Skelton, A. N. |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Weish Univer.) | Lougher, L. | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon |
| Everard W. Lindsay | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n &Kln'dlne. C.) |
| Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Lumley, L. R. | smithers, Waldron |
| Falls, Sir Charles F. | MacAndrew, Charles Glen | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Fermoy Lord | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Spender Clay, Colonel H. |
| Fleming D. P. | Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Fleming, D. P. | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) |
| Forestler. Walker, L. | Macintyre, Ian | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Forrest, W. | McLean, Major A. | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) |
| Foster, sir Harry S. | Macmillan, Captain H. | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Foxcroft Captain C. T. | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Storry Deans, R. |
| Fraser Captain Ian | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Frece, Sir Walter de | Macquisten, F. A. | Strickland sir Gerald |
| Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | MacRobert, Alexander M. | Stuart, Crichton- Lord C. |
| Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. steel- | Stuart, Hon J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Galbraith J. F. W. | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Styles, Captain H. Walter |
| Ganzonl sir John | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Gates, Parcy | Margesson, Captain D. | Sugden, sir Wilfed |
| Gauit, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Mason, Lieut.-Colonel Glyn K. | Sykes Major-Gen. sir Frderick H. |
| Gee, Captain R. | Meller, R. J. | Templeton, W. P. |
| Gibbs. Col. Rt. Hon. George Abraham | Merriman, F. B. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen s.) |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir john | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw | Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell-(Croydon. S.) |
| Glyn, Major R. G. c. | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Tinne. J. A. |
| Golf Sir Park | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Gower, Sir Robert | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Vaughan-Morgan, Col K. P. |
| Grace, John | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Grant, J. A. | Moore, Sir Newton J. | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Greene, W. P. Crawford | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H.(W'th's'w,E) | Morden, Col. W. Grant | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Greenwood, William (Stockport) | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Grotrian, H. Brent | Murchlson, C. K. | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Nail, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Gunston, Captain D. W. | Nelson, Sir Frank | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Neville, R. J. | Wells, S. R. |
| Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad) | Newman, sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Wheler, Major Granville C. H. |
| Hammersley, S. S. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | White, Lieut.-Colonel-G. Dalrymple |
| Hanbury, C. | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Harland, A. | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Harrison, G. J. C. | Nuttall, Ellis | Winby, Colonel L. P. |
| Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Oakley, T. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford Luton) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Haslam, Henry C. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Wise, Sir Frederic |
| Hawke, John Anthony | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Penny, Frederick George | Womersley, W. J. |
| Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) |
| Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.) | Wragg, Herbert | Major Hennessy and Major Cope. |
| wood, Sir s. Hill- (High Peak) | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. | |
| NOES | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fits, West) | Harris, Percy A. | Rose, Frank H. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hastings, Sir Patrick | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hayday, Arthur | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hayes, John Henry | Sexton, James |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Barnes, A. | Hirst, G. H. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Barr, J. | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Batey, Joseph | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Siesser, Sir Henry H. |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Smillie, Robert |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, R'hithe) |
| Briant, Frank | Jones J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Broad, F. A. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Snell, Harry |
| Bromfleld, William | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Kelly, W. T. | Spencer, George A. (Broxtowe) |
| Buchanan, G. | Kennedy, T. | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Cape, Thomas | Kirk wood, D. | Stamford, T. W. |
| Charieton, H. C. | Lansbury, George | Stephen, Campbell |
| Clowes, S. | Lawson, John James | Sutton, J. E. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lee, F. | Taylor, R. A. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Lindley, F. W. | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Lowth, T. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Compton, Joseph | Lunn, William | Thurtie, E. |
| Connolly, M. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cove, W. G. | Mackinder, W. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Crawfurd, H. E. | MacLaren, Andrew | Varley, Frank B. |
| Dalton, Hugh | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Viant, S. P. |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | March, S. | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Maxton. James | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Mitchell, E. Rosslyn (Paisley) | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Dennison, R. | Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Duncan, C. | Montague, Frederick | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Dunnico, H. | Morris, R. H. | Welsh, J. C. |
| Fenby, T. D. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Westwood, J. |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Murnin, H. | Wheatley, Rt. Hon, J. |
| Gillett, George M. | Naylor, T. E. | Whiteley, W. |
| Gosling, Harry | Oliver, George Harold | Wignall, James |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Owen, Major G. | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Greenall, T. | Palin, John Henry | Williams, C. p. (Denbigh, Wrexham) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Paling. W. | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Lianelly) |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Ponsonby, Arthur | Williams. T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Groves, T. | Potts, John S. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Radford, E. A. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Windsor, Walter |
| Guest, Dr. L. Haden (Southwark, N.) | Riley, Ben | Wright, W. |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Ritson, J. | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W.Bromwich) | |
| Hardle, George D. | Robertson, J. (Lanark, Bothwell) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Harney, E. A. | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W.R., Elland) | Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. Warne |
Resolution agreed to.