HC Deb 07 May 1925 vol 183 cc1236-59

Question again proposed, That those words be there inserted. .

Mr. SNOWDEN

After this rather unfortunate interruption, I may experience some little difficulty in getting steam up to the pressure at which it stood when the intervention took place. At that moment I was dealing with what I described as a most extraordinary statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He took entire responsibility for the proposal to re-impose these duties, and in explanation or defence of the Prime Minister's pledge of December last he said the Prime Minister never intended that that pledge should limit in the slightest degree the action of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. That means that the Prime Minister may stand by his declaration that there is no avenue by which an industry can be protected in this Parliament except through the new Safeguarding of Industry machinery, but the Chancellor of the Exchequer can impose any duty of any character upon any industry. The Chancellor of the Exchequer denied that these duties are of a protective character, and I have already pointed out that every Tory Member of the House who has taken part in these Debates has claimed them as an instalment of Protection. Might I recommend these hon. Members to read the right hon. Gentleman's speech to-morrow and then I should like them to tell me whether he is a Free Trade,: or a Protectionist. Some arguments he advanced which are the commonplaces of Free Trade argument. There were others which are the commonplaces of Tariff Reform argument. He quoted some very imposing figures, which I was quite unable to follow, as to the importation of watches during recent years. but why should he deplore an increase in the importation of these goods? I understood he was imposing these duties solely for the purpose of raising revenue. It should be his duty, so far as he can, to encourage the importation of these articles. In another part of his speech the Tariff Reformer appeared and he deplored this increase in the importation of these goods on the ground that they were taking work away from British workmen. I am therefore justified in asking whether we are to assume from the right hon. Gentleman's speech that he is a sort of Siamese twin, both a Free Trader and a Protectionist. He defends these duties on the ground that they are luxury taxes. Let us look at that. He wanted revenue. The revenue he will derive will be very small—at the maximum £3, 000, 000 out of a revenue of £800, 000, 000. He is going to get £3, 000, 000 unless the Protectionist part of the policy succeeds in keeping the goods out altogether. I certainly cannot congratulate him on his ingenuity. He evidently wanted to find something that he could tax as a luxury. He had not sufficient ingenuity to devise a new tax except the proposed duty upon silk, and I doubt if he could claim any credit even for that, because, in the course of his Budget speech, he said the problem of putting a tax on silk had baffled the genius of every Chancellor of the Exchequer for 100 years. He had not been at the Treasury six months before his great financial capacity succeeded where the 100 previous Chancellors of the Exchequer had failed. We shall see before the Budget reaches the final stage how successful he has been in solving the problem which has baffled every previous Chancellor of the Exchequer. He has received no. encouragement in regard to that matter up to the present time, for his proposal has not a single friend in the country, either in the newspapers or amongst the public.

If lie had wanted to get revenue from a luxury tax why did he confine himself to half a dozen articles which will bring him in a paltry £3, 000, 000 a year? An answer was given from that Bench two or three days ago that the value of imported diamonds and furs amounts to £20, 000, 000 a year. The right hon. Gentleman deplores the fuss that his proposal to reimpose these duties has caused. If he had put a tax—I am not saying I should have approved of it. At any rate I think I know sufficient about national finance and national taxation to know that there is very little to be said, either in theory or in practice, for a special luxury tax. But, at any rate, the right hon. Gentleman thinks differently. He wants to raise revenue by the taxation of luxuries and he goes to cinematograph films, the luxury of the poor people. He is going to tax the working man who has saved a few pounds and bought a motor cycle and sidecar in order to take his wife and children out at the week-end. The right hon. Gentleman took credit to himself last week for having reduced the Income Tax upon the lower ranges of income. He tells us to-day that ho took care at the same time to get a compensating revenue by taxing the articles they wear. That is the whole principle of his Budget. He had not sufficient ingenuity to devise any means of getting additional revenue. The only thing he could do was to take off here and to put on there, and the net result of it all is that he is going to tax the people £1, 000, 000 more this year than was estimated for last year.

7.0 P.M.

About his luxury taxes, £20, 000, 000 of diamonds and furs came into the country last year. If he had put a 33⅓ per cent. duty upon that he would have got £6, 000, 000. [An HON. MEMEER:"Would he?"] If there is a reduction in the import of the articles the right hon. Gentleman proposes to tax now he is not going to get his £3, 000, 000. I know that the right hon. Gentle man preferred cinematograph films and motor bicycles to furs and diamonds. He told us last week that the millionaire was the special object of his compassion. They are taxed too high already, he said. The millionaires are the people who wear the diamonds. That is why the right hon. Gentleman preferred to tax the cinematograph film and the motor bicycle to the furs and the diamonds of the millionaire. Where is this argument of taxation for revenue going to lead the right hon. Gentleman? He said, when trying to explain the Prime Minister's pledge, that he, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, had the. right and power to propose taxes of this character.

Mr. CHURCHILL

With the approval of the Cabinet.

Mr. SNOWDEN

Certainly. That goes without saying. I do not say that the Chancellor had the power to enact; I said he had the power to propose. The Chancellor of the Exchequer proposes, and I certainly cannot congratulate the Prime Minister that he did not dispose of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's proposals. Where is his argument about taxing commodities for revenue going to lead him? If it is revenue he wants, then he can justify a tax upon any article coming into this country, even food. I am not going into much detail, because whatever may be said in this House, everybody knows what the real facts are. I take it that hon. Members agree with me what the facts are. The Chancellor made the astounding statement that the repeal of those duties last year had had the effect of lessening what otherwise would have been the volume of employment in the motor trade. How does he know? He can think anything, and some people can say anything. Fortunately it is beyond the capacity even of the financial genius of the present Chancellor of the Exchequer to put a tax on thought. [HON. MEMBERS: "What?"] T-H-O-U-G-T. Well, now, at any rate, an ounce of fact is worth a, ton of the right hon. Gentleman's assumption. What happened? There are thousands more people employed in the motor industry to-day than there were before those duties were taken off, and, as has been pointed out in the course of the Debate this afternoon, the motor industry during the last six months has been the only bright spot in the engineering trade of this country. The right hon. Gentleman talks about imports, but he was careful to say nothing about exports. The export of British-made motor cars since those duties were repealed has nearly doubled. Why?

This question is constantly being put: what harm were those duties doing? I will tell the right hon. Gentleman what harm they were doing. Slumbering, he said. Yes. And they had made the motor car industry slumber. That is the harm the duties were doing. An hon. Member who took part in the Debate in the early part of this afternoon—I believe he comes from Manchester—spoke of the great benefit that the duties had been to the motor industry. He knows as well as I do that the principle motor manufacturing firm in his neighbourhood had, under the operation of these duties, the quotation of its ordinary shares reduced from 26s. to 5s. He knows that another well-known firm in Manchester in the motor trade whose shares stood considerably above par before these duties were imposed, is now in liquidation, and its shares are absolutely worthless. What did the right hon. Gentleman the Home Secretary say last year? He is going to hear something to his advantage. He told us last year that 70 per cent, of the motor firms in this country were in the hands of the banks. I remember an hon. Member, who usually sits below the Gangway, telling us that the motor industry under the operation of those tariffs had lost £12, 000, 000 worth of capital What harm were the duties doing I That is what they were doing. Bringing down the value from 26s. to 5s.; and in 70 per cent. of the firms losing £12, 000, 000 of the shareholders' capital. That is all the effect of Protection. It makes them slumber, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer says, in a sense of false security.

What happened when the duties were repealed? It woke them up. They knew that they would have to rely upon themselves, and upon their own initiative and efficiency. That has been such a boon to the motor trade, following upon the repeal of the duties. We had a new explanation put forward to-day. It was admitted that the motor trade had been more prosperous during the last six months than it previously had been. Ah, but they said, that is the momentum following the time when the tariff was in operation. It has taken hon. Members opposite nine months to discover that explanation. Not one of them had the ingenuity last year during our debates upon this question to say that there would be a momentum which would carry on the motor trade for a year or two. On the contrary, what happened? Most dismal prophecies of immediate ruin to the motor trade. Men were actually dismissed before the repeal came into force, to be reinstated as soon as the employers who had dismissed them discovered that intimidation of that character had no effect upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer. That is the harm that the duties did when they were in operation.

What good is the re-imposition of those duties going to be. Not one word from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, except that they will give him £3, 000, 000 of revenue. They are going to do a great deal of harm. There is one effect that the duties when in operation had to which I did not refer just now, and I am sure that the Chancellor, if he has not forgotten everything he used to say in those wonderful Free Trade speeches of his, will agree with me, and that is if you put a tax on an imported article, it raises the price of a similar article of home manufacture. Suppose those duties had been in operation last year, the Chancellor of 'the Exchequer would have got £3, 000, 000. If they are going to have the effect that hon. Members opposite want them to have; if they are going to have a protective character; if they are going to help the British motor industry, they must raise the prices of motor cars made in this country. £36, 000, 000 was the value of motor cars made in this country last year. These duties are going to have the effect of putting a tax of 10 of 12 millions pounds upon the purchasers of motor cars. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is going to get £3, 000, 000. The motor car buyer and user is going to pay £12, 000, 000. Let hon. Members opposite look at the files of the newspapers for August and September last year and see the flaring advertisements of reductions in the price of British motor cars. What was the explanation of that? The fact was that the price had been kept up hitherto owing to the protection that the industry got by the tariff on imported cars. I do not care where you look, the effect is always the same.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer referred to watches. Let me refer to pianos. I have here a letter from a large British manufacturer of pianos, and he tells me that in the last three months of last year, the British manufacturers of pianos took 10, 000 more actions than they-did in the corresponding period of the previous year, when those McKenna Duties were in operation. These were largely imported. Why? Because there is only one firm in this country, one good firm, which make those actions. If you

can prohibit the importation of these actions from abroad, they can charge practically what prices they like, therefore the price of English made pianos would be correspondingly increased. Every argument as to what the effect of the repeal of these duties would be has been more than amply justified by events. Twelve months ago, I should not have been surprised if there had been a short period of dislocation of trade. But even that has not happened. The repeal of these Duties last year is the most triumphant vindication of Free Trade principles that anybody could possibly have. The right hon. Gentleman has denied that the re-imposition of these Duties is a step towards Protection. Whether that be his intention or not, it is the effect. There is no difference either in principle or effect between the imposition of these Duties and the imposition of a duty upon imported steel, which might be made as the result of the recommendation of a Board of Trade Safeguarding of Industries Committee. They are Protectionist in character. The revenue from them is negligible. If the right hen. Gentleman had wanted that revenue, he could have got it in fifty other ways. They are Protectionist in character, and they justify the words of the right hon. Gentleman himself, that the Tory party is a party of vested interests, corruption at home, aggression to cover it up abroad, and trickery by tariff jugglery. We opposed these proposals because they are an instance of the truth of the right hon. Gentleman's words. They are a piece of tariff jugglery.

Question put, "That those words be there inserted. ".

The House divided: Ayes, 159; Noes, 320.

Division No 84.] AYES [7. 19 p. m.
Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) Charleton, H. C. Fisher. Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L
Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) Clowes, S. Forrest, W.
Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') Cluse, W. S. George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd
Ammon, Charles George Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. Gillett, George M.
Attlee, Clement Richard Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) Gosling, Harry
Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bllston) Compton, Joseph Graham, D. M. (Lanark. Hamilton)
Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) Connolly, M. Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edln., Cent.)
Barnes, A. Cove, W. G. Greenall, T.
Barr, J. Crawfurd, H. E. Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne)
Batey, Joseph Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan)
Beckett, John (Gateshead) Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool)
Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) Day, Colonel Harry Grigg, Lieut.-Col. Sir Edward W. M.
Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. Dennison, R. Groves, T.
Briant, Frank Duckworth, John Grundy, T. W.
Broad, F. A. Duncan, C. Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth)
Bromfield, William Dunnico, H. Hall, F. (York. W. R., Normanton)
Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) Edwards, John H. (Accrington) Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil)
Buchanan. G. Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) Hardle, George D.
Cape, Thomas Fenby, T. D. Harney, E. A.
Harris, Percy A. Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, North) Stephen, Campbell
Hastings, Sir Patrick Murnin, H. Sutton, J. E.
Hayday, Arthur Naylor, T. E. Taylor, R. A.
Hayes, John Henry Oliver, George Harold Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey)
Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) Owen, Major G. Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro. W.)
Henderson, T. (Glasgow) Palin, John Henry Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plalstow)
Hirst, G. H. Paling, W. Thurtle, E.
Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. Tinker, John Joseph
Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) Ponsonby, Arthur Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P,
Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) Potts, John S. Varley, Frank B.
John, William (Rhondda, West) Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) Vlant, S. P.
Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) Riley, Ben Wallhead, Richard C.
Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) Ritson, J. Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen
Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline)
Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W. R., Elland) Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda)
Kelly, W. T. Rose, Frank H. Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney
Kennedy, A. R. (Preston). Runclman, Rt. Hon. Walter Wedgwood, Rt. Hen. Joslah
Kirkwood, D. Salter, Dr. Alfred Welsh, J. C.
Lansbury, George Scrymgeour, E. Westwood, J.
Lawson, John James Sexton, James Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J.
Lee, F. Shiels, Dr. Drummond Whiteley, W.
Lowth, T. Short, Alfred (Wednesday) Wignall, James
Lunn, William Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John Wilkinson, Ellen C.
MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) Williams, C P. (Denbigh, Wrexham)
Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) Sitch, Charles H. Williams David (Swansea E.)
Mackinder, W. Slesser, Sir Henry H. Williams, Dr. J. H. (Lianelly)
MacLaren, Andrew Smillie, Robert Williams, T. (York, Don Valley)
Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) Wilson, c. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe)
Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. Smith, B. Lees (Keighley) Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow)
March, s. Smith, Rennie (Penlstone) Windsor, Walter
Maxton, James Snell, Harry Wright, W.
Mitchell, E. Rossiyn (Paisley) Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton)
Mond, Rt. Hon. sir Alfred Spencer, George A. (Broxtowe)
Montague, Frederick Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles TELLERS FOR THE AYES. —
Morris, R. H. Stamford, T. W. Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. Warne.
NOES.
Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset. Yeovll)
Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. Bullock, Captain M. Davies, Sir Thomas(Cirencester)
Albery, Irving James Burney, Lieut.-Com. Charles D. Davison, Sir w. H. (Kensington, S.)
Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) Burton, Colonel H. W. Dawson, Sir Philip
Alexander, Sir Wm. (Glasgow, Cent'l) Butler, Sir Geoffrey Doyle, Sir N. Grattan
Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward Drewe, C.
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S Calne, Gordon Hall Eden, Captain Anthony
Applin, Colonel R. V. K. Campbell, E. T. Edmondson, Major A. J.
Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. Cassels, J. D. Elliot, Captain Walter E.
Ashmead-Bartlett. E. Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) Ellis, R. G.
Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth. S.) Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.)
Atholl, Duchess of Cazalet, Captain Victor A. Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith
Atkinson, C. Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South)
Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton Everard, W. Lindsay
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley Chapman, Sir S. Fairfax, Captain J. G.
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Charteris, Brigadier-General J. Falle, Sir Bertram G.
Barclay-Harvey, C. M. Chilcott, Sir Warden Falls, Sir Charles F.
Barnett, Major Richard W. Christie, J. A. Fermoy, Lord
Barnston, Major Sir Harry Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer Fleming, D. P.
Beamish, Captain T. p. H. Churchman, Sir Arthur C. Ford, P. J.
Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) Clarry, Reginald George Forestier-Walker, L.
Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. Clayton, G. C. Fester, Sir Harry S.
Benn. Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) Cobb, Sir Cyril Foxcroft, Captain C. T.
Bennett, A. J. Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. Frece, Sir Walter de
Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E.
Berry, Sir George Conway, Sir W. Martin Gadle. Lieut.-Colonel Anthony
Bethell, A. Cooper, A. Duff Galbraith, J. F. W.
Betterton, Henry B. Cope, Major William Ganzonl, Sir John
Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) Couper, J. B. Gates, Percy
Bird, Sir H. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) Courtauid, Major J. s. Gauit, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton
Blades, Sir George Rowland Courthope, Lieut-Col. George L. Gee, Captain R.
Blundell, F. N. Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islington, N.) Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John
Boothby, R. J. G. Craig, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. C. (Antrim) Goff, Sir Park
Bourne, Captain Robert Croft Craig, Ernest(Chester, Crewe) Grace, John
Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. Grant, J. A.
Brass, Captain W. Crook, C. W. Greene, W. P. Crawford
Brassey, Sir Leonard Crooke, J. Smedley (Derltend) Greenwood. Rt. Hn. sir H. (W'th's'w, E.)
Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) Greenwood, William (Stockport)
Briggs, J. Harold Cunliffe, Joseph Herbert Gretton, Colonel John
Briscoe, Richard George Curzon, Captain Viscount Grotrlan, H. Brent
Brittain, Sir Harry Dalkeith, Earl of Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E.
Brocklebank, C. E. R. Daiziel, Sir Davison Gunston, Captain D. W.
Broun-Lindsay, Major H. Davidson, J. (Hertf'd, HemelHempst'd) Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon Rad.)
Brown, Maj. D. C. (N'th'l'd, Hexham) Davidson, Major-General Sir J. H. Hammersley, S. S
Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) Davies, A. V. (Lancaster, Royton) Hanbury, C.
Harland, A. Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y)
Harrison, G. J. C. Margesson, Capt. D. Sheffield, Sir Berkeley
Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) Marriott, Sir J. A. R. Shepperson, E. W.
Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) Mason, Lieut.-Col. Glyn K. Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down)
Haslam, Henry C. Meller, R. J. Skelton, A. N.
Hawke, John Anthony Merriman, F. B. Slaney, Major P. Kenyon
Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.)
Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) Smith-Carington, Neville W.
Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) Smithers, Waldron
Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. S. M. Spender Clay, Colonel H.
Hennessy. Major J. R. G. Moore, Sir Newton J. Sprot, Sir Alexander
Henniker-Hughan, Vice-Adm. Sir A. Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.)
Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) Morrison, H, (Wilts, Salisbury) Stanley, Lord (Fylde)
Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'c'and)
Hogg. Rt. Hon. sir D. (St. Marylebone) Murchison, C. K. Steel, Major Samuel Strang
Hohler, Sir Gerald Fitzroy Nail, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph Storry Deans, R.
Holland, Sir Arthur Nelson, Sir Frank Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H.
Holt, Captain H. P. Neville, R. J. Strickland, Sir Gerald
Homan, C. W. J. Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C.
Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn)
Hopkins, J. W. W. Nicholson, O. (Westminster) Styles, Captain H. Walter
Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser
Howard, Capt. Hon. D. (Cumb., N.) Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Sugden, Sir Wilfred
Hudson, R. S. (Cumberland, Whiteh'n) Nuttall, Ellis Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H.
Hume, Sir G. H. Oakley, T. Tasker, Major R. Inlgo
Hunter-Weston. Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford, Luton) Templeton, W. P.
Huntingfield. Lord Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William Thompson, Luke (Sunderland)
Hurd, Percy A. Penny, Frederick George Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, S.)
Hurst, Gerald B. Perkins, Colonel E. K. Thomson. Sir W. Mitchell- (Croydon. s.)
Hutchison, G. A. Clark (Midl'n& p'bl's) Perring, William George Tichfield, Major the Marquess of
Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement
Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) Vaughan-Morgan Col. K. P.
Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) Phillipson, Mabel Wallace, Captain D. E.
Jacob, A. E. Pielou, D. P. Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull)
James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert Pilcher, G. Warner, Brigadier-General W. W.
Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton Warrender, Sir Victor
Kinq, Captain Henry Douglas price, Major C. W. M. Waterhouse, Captain Charles
Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement Radford, E. A. Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley)
Knox, Sir Alfred Raine, W. Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle)
Lamb, J. Q. Ramsden, E. Watts, Dr. T.
Lane-Fox, Colonel George R. Rawson, Alfred Cooper Wells, S. R.
Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) Wheler, Major Granville C. H.
Lister, Cunilffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Reid, D. D. (County Down) White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dalrymple
Little, Dr. E. Graham Remer, J. R. Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern)
Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) Remnant, Sir James Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay)
Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. Williams, Herbert G. (Reading)
loder, J. de V. Rice. Sir Frederick Winby, Colonel L. P.
Lord, Walter Greaves- Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) Wlnterton, Rt. Hon. Earl
Lougher, L. Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) Wise, Sir Fredric
Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) Wolmer, viscount
Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman Ropner, Major L. Womersley, W. J.
Lumley, L. R. Ruggies-Brise, Major E. A. Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater)
MacAndrew, Charles Glen Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) Wood, Rt. Hon. E. (York, W. R., Ripon)
Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) Rye, F. G. Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde)
McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus Salmon, Major I. Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.)
Macintyre, Ian Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak)
McLean, Major A. Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney) Woodcock, Colonel H. C.
Macmillan, Captain H. Sandeman, A. Stewart Wragg, Herbert
Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm Sanders, Sir Robert A. Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T.
Macquisten, F. A. Sanderson, Sir Frank
MacRobert, Alexander M. Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. TELLERS FOR THE NOES. —
Makins, Brigadier-General E. Savery, S. S. Colonel Gibbs and Captain Douglas
Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mel. (Renfrew, W) Hacking.

Amendment proposed: In line 1, after the word "duties," to insert, the words. other than the duty on clocks, watches. and the component parts of clocks and watches." —[Mr. Pethick-Lawrence.]

Question put, "That those words be there inserted. ".

The House divided: Ayes, 158; Noes, 318.

Division No 84.] AYES. [7. 19 p. m.
Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) Batey, Joseph Cape, Thomas
Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) Beckett, John(Gateshead) Charleton, H. C.
Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) Clowes. S.
Ammon, Charles George Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. Cluse, W. S.
Attlee, Clement Richard Briant, Frank Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R.
Baker. J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) Broad, F. A. Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock)
Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) Bromfield, William Compton, Joseph
Barnes. A. Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) Ccnnolly. M.
Barr, J. Buchanan, G. Cove, W. G.
Crawfurd, H. E. Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. Smillie, Robert
Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) Kenyon, Barnet Smith, Ben (Bormondsey, Rotherhithe)
Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) Kirkwood, D. Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley)
Day, Colonel Harry Lansbury, George Smith, Rennie (Penistone)
Dennison, R. Lawson, John James. Snell. Harry
Duckworth, John Lee, F. Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip
Duncan, C. Lowth, T. Spencer, George A. (Broxtowe)
Dunnico, H Lunn, William Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles
Edwards, John H. (Accrington) MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) Stamford, T. W.
Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) Stephen, Campbell
Fenby, T. D. Mackinder, W. Sutton, J. E.
Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. MacLaren, Andrew Taylor, R. A.
Forrest, W. MacLean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey)
George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro. W.)
Gillett, George M. March, S. Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plalstow)
Gosling, Harry Mitchell, E. Rosslyn (Paisley) Thurtle, E.
Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) Mond, Rt. Hon. sir Alfred Tinker, John Joseph
Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edln., Cent.) Montague, Frederick Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. p.
Greenall, T. Morris, R. H. Varley, Frank B.
Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) Viant S. P.
Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) Murnin, H Wallhead, Richard C.
Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) Naylor, T. E. Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen
Groves, T. Oliver, George Harold Watson, W. M. (Dunfermilne)
Grundy, T. W. Owen, Major G. Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda)
Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth) Palln, John Henry Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney
Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) Paling, W. Wedgwood. Rt. Hon. Josiah
Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvll) Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. Weish, J. C.
Hardie, George D. Ponsonby, Arthur Westwood, J.
Harney, E. A. Potts, John S. Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J.
Harris, Percy A. Richardson, H. (Houghton-le-Spring) Whiteley, W.
Hastings, Sir Patrick Riley, Ben Wignall, James
Hayday, Arthur Ritson. J. Wilkinson, Ellen C.
Hayes, John Henry Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) Williams, C. P. (Denbigh. Wrexham)
Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W. R., Eland) Williams, David (Swansea, E.)
Henderson, T. (Glasgow) Rose, Frank H Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly)
Hirst, G. H. Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter Williams, T. (York, Don Valley)
Hirst. W. (Bradford, South) Salter, Dr. Alfred Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe)
Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) Scrymgeour, E. Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow;
Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) Sexton, James Windsor, Walter
John, William (Rhondda, West) Shiels, Dr. Drummond Wright, W.
Jones, J. J. (West Ham, silvertown) Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton)
Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John
Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) TELLERS FOR THEAYES. —
Kelly, W. T. Sitch. Charles H. Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. Warne.
Kennedy, T. Slesser, Sir Henry H.
NOES.
Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel Brass, Captain W. Cooper, A. Duff
Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. Brassey, Sir Leonard Cope, Major William
Albery, Irving James Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive Couper. J. B.
Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) Briggs, J. Harold Courtauid, Major J. S.
Alexander, Sir Wm. (Glasgow, Cent'l) Briscoe, Richard George Courthope, Lieut.-Col. George L.
Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) Brittain. Sir Harry Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islington, N.)
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. Brocklebank, C. E. R. Craig, Ernest (Chester, Crewe)
Applin, Colonel R. V. K. Broun-Lindsay, Major H. Cralk, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry
Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. Brown, Maj. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H.
Ashmead-Bartlett. E. Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) Crook, C. W
Astbury, Lieut. Commander F. W. Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James Crooke, j. smedley (Derltend)
Atholi, Duchess of Bullock, Captain M. Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick)
Atkinson, C. Burney, Lieut.-Com. Charles D. Cunlifte, Joseph Herbert
Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence Burton, Colonel H. w. Curzon, Captain Viscount
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley Butler, Sir Geoffrey Dalkeith, Earl of
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward Dalziel, Sir Davison
Barclay-Harvey, C. M. Calne, Gordon Hall Davidson. J. (Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd)
Barnett, Major Richard W. Campbell, E. T. Davidson, Major-General Sir J. H.
Barnston, Major Sir Harry Cassels, J. D. Davies, A. V. (Lancaster, Royton)
Beamish. Captain T. P. H. Cayzer, Sir c. (Chester, City) Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil)
Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth. S.) Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester)
Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. Cazalet, Captain Victor A. Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.)
Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) Dawson, Sir Philip
Bennett, A. J. Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton Doyle, Sir N. Grattan
Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish Chapman, Sir S. Drewe, C.
Berry, sir George Charteris, Brigadier-General J. Eden, Captain Anthony
Bethell, A. Chilcott, Sir Warden Edmondson, Major A. J.
Betterton. Henry B. Christie, J. A. Elliot, Captain Walter E.
Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer Ellis, R. G.
Bird. Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) Churchman, Sir Arthur C. Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.)
Blades, Sir George Rowland Clarry, Reginald George Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South)
Blundell, F. N. Clayton, G. C. Everard, W. Lindsay
Boothby, R. J. G. Cobb, Sir Cyril Fairfax, Captain J. G.
Bourne, Captain Robert Croft Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. Falle, Sir Bertram G.
Bowater, Sir T. Vanslttart Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. Falls, Sir Charles F.
Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. Conway, Sir W. Martin Fermoy, Lord
Fleming, D. P. Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) Rye, F. G.
Ford, P. J. Loder, J. de V. Salmon, Major I.
Forestier-Walker, L. Lord, Walter Greaves- Samuel, A M. (Surrey, Farnham)
Foster, Sir Harry S. Lougher, L. Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney)
Foxcroft, Captain C. T. Lucas-Tooth. Sir Hugh Vere Sandeman, A. Stewart
Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman Sanders, Sir Robert A.
Gadie, Lieut.-Colonel Anthony Lumley, L. R. Sanderson, Sir Frank
Galbraith, J. F. W. Mac Andrew, Charles Glen Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D.
Ganzonl, Sir John Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Catlicart) Savery, S. S.
Gates, Percy McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange)
Gauit, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton Maclntyre, Ian Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl. (Renfrew, W)
Gee, Captain R. McLean, Major A. Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y)
Gilmour. Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John Macmillan, Captain H. Sheffield, Sir Berkeley
Goff, Sir Park Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm Shepperson, E. W.
Grace, John Macquisten, F. A. Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down)
Grant, J. A. MacRobert, Alexander M. Skelton, A. N.
Greene, W. P. Crawford Makins, Brigadler-General E. Slaney, Major P. Kenyon
Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H. (W'th'w, E.) Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.)
Greenwood, William (Stockport) Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn Smith-Carington, Neville W.
Gretton, Colonel John Margesson, Capt. D. Smithers, Waldron
Grotrian, H. Brent Marriott, Sir J. A. R. Spender Clay, Colonel H.
Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. Mason, Lieut.-Col. Glyn K. Sprot, Sir Alexander
Gunston, Captain D. W. Meller, R. J. Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'san, E.)
Hacking, Captain Douglas H. Merriman, F. B. Stanley, Lord (Fyide)
Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- Stanley, Hon. 0. F. G. (Westm'eland)
Hammersley, S. S. Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) Steel, Major Samuel Strang
Hanbury, C. Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) Storry Deans, R.
Harland, A. Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H.
Harrison, G. J. C. Moore, Sir Newton J. Strickland, Sir Gerald
Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C.
Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) Morrison, H. (Wilts. Salisbury) Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn)
Haslam, Henry C. Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive Styles, Captain H. Walter
Hawke, John Anthony Murchison, C. K. Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Frater
Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. Nall, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph Sugden, Sir Wilfred
Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) Nelson, Sir Frank Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H.
Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) Neville, R. J. Tasker, Major R. Inigo
Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) Templeton, W. P.
Henniker-Hughan, Vice-Adm. Sir A. Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) Thompson, Luke (Sunderland)
Herbert, Dennis (Hertford. Watford) Nicholson, O. (Westminster) Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, S.)
Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) Thomson., Sir W. Mitchell-(Croydon, S.)
Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) Nuttall, Ellis Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement
Hohler, Sir Gerald Fitzroy Oakley, T. Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P.
Holland, Sir Arthur O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford Luton) Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull)
Holt, Captain H. P. Oman, Sir Charles William C. Warner, Brigadier-General W. W.
Homan, C. W. J. Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William Warrender, Sir Victor
Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) penny, Frederick George Waterhouse, Captain Charles
Hopkins, J. W. W. Perkins, Colonel E. K. Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley)
Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. Peering, William George Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle)
Howard, Capt. Hon. D. (Cumb., N.) poto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) Watts, Dr. T.
Hudson, R. s. (Cumberl'and, Whlteh'n) poto, G. (Somerset, Frame) Wells. S. R.
Hume, Sir G. H. Phillpson, Mabel Wheler, Major Granville C. H.
Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer pielou, D. P. White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dalrymple
Huntingfield, Lord Pilcher, G. Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern)
Hurd, Percy A. Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Asshetor Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay)
Hurst, Gerald B. price, Major C. W. M. Williams, Herbert G. (Reading)
Hutchison, G. A. Clark (Midl'n& P'bl's) Radford, E. A. Winby, Colonel L. p.
Insklp, Sir Thomas Walker H. Raine, W. Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl
Jackson, Lieut-Colonel Hon. F S. Ramsden, E. Wise, Sir Fredric
Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) Rawson, Alfred Cooper Wolmer, Viscount
Jacob, A. E. Reid, capt. A. S. C. (warrington) Womersley, W. J.
James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert Reid. D. D. (County Down) Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater)
Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William Remer, J. R. Wood, Rt. Hon. E. (York, W. R., Ripon)
King. Captain Henry Douglas Remnant, Sir James Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde)
Kinioch-Cooke, Sir Clement Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.)
Knox, Sir Alfred Rice, Sir Frederick Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak)
Lamb. J. O. Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) Woodcock, Colonel H. C.
Lane-Fox. Colonel George R. Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) Wragg, Herbert
Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) Roberts, Samuel (Hereford Hereford) Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T.
Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Ropner. Major L.
Little, Dr. E. Graham Ruggies-Brise, Major E. A. TELLERS FOR THE NOES. —
Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) Colonel Gibbs and Major Hennessy.

Amendment proposed: In line 1, after the word "duties, "to insert the words other than the duty on, musical instruments, including gramophones, pianolas, and other similar instruments. "—[Mr. Pethiek T. Lawrence.].

Question put, "That those words be there inserted".

The House divided: Ayes, 155; Noes, 315.

Division No. 86.] AYES. [7. 42 p. m.
Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) Ammon, Charles Geroge Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery)
Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) Attlee, Clement Richard Barnes, A.
Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') Basker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) Barr, J.
Batey, Joseph Henderson, T. (Glasgow) Short. Alfred (Wednesbury)
Beckett, John (Gateshead) Hirst, G. H. Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John
Bonn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness)
Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) Sitch, Charles H.
Briant, Frank Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) Slesser, Sir Henry H.
Broad, F. A. John, William (Rhondda, West) Smillie, Robert
Bromfield, William Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe)
Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley)
Buchanan, G. Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) Smith, Rennie (Penistone)
Cape, Thomas Kelly, W. T. Snell, Harry
Charieton, H. C. Kennedy, T. Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip
Clowes, S. Kenyon, Barnet Spencer, George A. (Broxtowe)
Cluse, W. S. Kirkwood, D. Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles
Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. Lansbury, George Stamford, T. W.
Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) Lawson, John James Stephen, Campbell
Compton, Joseph Lee, F. Sutton, J. E.
Connolly, M. Lowth, T. Taylor, R. A.
Cove, W. G. Lunn, William Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey)
Crawfurd, H. E. Mac Donald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro. W.)
Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) Thorne, W. {West Ham, Plalstow)
Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) Mackinder, W. Thurtle, E.
Day, Colonel Harry MacLaren, Andrew Tinker, John Joseph
Dennison, R. Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P.
Duckworth, John Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. Varley, Frank B.
Duncan, c. March, S. Viant, S. p.
Dunnico, H. Mitchell, E. Rosslyn (Paisley) Wallhead, Richard C.
Fenby, T. D. Mond, Rt. Hon. sir Alfred Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen
Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. Montague, Frederick Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline)
Forrest, W. Morris, R. H. Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda)
George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd Morrison, R. C, (Tottenham, N.) Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney
Gillett, George M. Murnin, H. Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah
Gosling, Harry Naylor, T. E. Welsh, J. C.
Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) Oliver, George Harold Westwood, J.
Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edln., Cent.) Owen, Major G. Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J.
Greenall, T. Palin, John Henry Whiteley, W.
Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) Paling, W. Wignall, James
Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. Wilkinson, Ellen C.
Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) Ponsonbv, Arthur Williams, C. P. (Denbigh. Wrexham)
Groves, T. Potts, John S. Williams, David (Swansea, E.)
Grundy, T. W. Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) Williams, Dr. J, H. (Lianelly)
Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth) Rlley, Ben Williams, T. (York, Don Valley)
Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) Ritson, J. Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Atterclifle)
Hall, G. H. (Marthyr Tydvil) Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow)
Hardle, George D. Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W. R., Elland) Windsor, Walter
Harney, E. A. Rose, Frank H. Wright, W.
Harris, Percy A. Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton)
Hastings, Sir Patrick Salter, Dr. Alfred
Hayday, Arthur Scrymgeour, E. TELLERS FOR THE AYES. —
Hayes. John Henry Sexton, James Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. Warne.
Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) Shiels, Dr. Drummond
NOES.
Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel Boothby, R. J. G. Chilcott, Sir Warden
Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. Bourne, Captain Robert Croft Christie, J. A.
Albery, Irving James Bowater, Sir T. Vanslttart Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer
Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. Churchman, sir Arthur C.
Alexander, Sir Wm. (Glasgow, Cent'l) Brass, Captain W. Clarry, Reginald George
Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) Brassey, Sir Leonard Clayton, G. C.
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive Cobb, Sir Cyril
Applin, Colonel R. V. K. Briggs, J. Harold Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D.
Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. Briscoe, Richard George Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K.
Ashmead-Bartlett. E. Brittain, Sir Harry Conway, Sir W. Martin
Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. Brocklebank, C. E. R. Cooper, A. Duff
Atholl, Duchess of Broun-Lindsay, Major H. Couper, J. B.
Atkinson, C. Brown, Maj. D. c. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) Courtauld, Major J. S.
Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) Courthope, Lieut.-Col. George L.
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islington, N.)
Barclay-Harvey C. M. Bullock, Captain M. Craig, Ernest(Chester, Crewe)
Barnett, Major Richard W. Burney, Lieut.-Com. Charles D. Cralk, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry
Beamish, Captain T. P. H. Burton, Colonel H. W. Croft. Brigadier-General Sir H.
Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) Butler, Sir Geoflrey Crook, C. W.
Bellairs Commander Carlyon W. Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward Crooke, J. Smedley (Derltend)
Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) Caine, Gordon Hall Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick)
Bennett A. J. Campbell, E. T. Cunilffe, Joseph Herbert
Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- Cassels, J. D. Curzon, Captain Viscount
Berry 3lr George Cayzer, sir C. (Chester, City) Dalkeith, Earl of
Bethell, A. Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth. S.) Dalziel, Sir Davison
Betterton Henry B. Cazaiet, Captain Victor A. Davidson, J. (Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd)
Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) Davidson, Major-General Sir J. H.
Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton Davies, A. V. (Lancaster, Royton)
Blades, Sir George Rowland Chapman, Sir S. Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil)
Blundell, F. N. Charteris, Brigadier-General J. Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester)
Dawson, Sir Philip James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford)
Doyle, Sir N. Grattan Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William Ropner, Major L.
Drewe, C. King, Captain Henry Douglas Ruggies-Brise, Major E. A.
Eden, Captain Anthony Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth)
Edmondson, Major A. J. Knox, Sir Alfred Rye, F. G.
Elliot, Captain Walter E. Lamb, J. Q. Salmon, Major I.
Ellis, R. G. Lane-Fox, Colonel George R. Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham)
Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-S.-M.) Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney)
Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) Lister, Cunilffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Sandeman, A. Stewart
Everard, W. Lindsay Little, Dr. E. Graham Sanders, Sir Robert A.
Fairfax, Captain J. G. Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) Sanderson, Sir Frank
Falle, Sir Bertram G. Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D.
Falls, Sir Charles F. Loder, J. de. V. Savery, S. S.
Fermoy, Lord Lord, Walter Greaves- Scott, Sir Lesile (Liverp'l, Exchange)
Fleming, D. P. Lougher, L. Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl. (Renfrew, W)
Ford, P. J. Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere Shaw. Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y)
Forestier-Walker, L. Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman Sheffield, Sir Berkeley
Foster, Sir Harry S. Lumley, L. R. Shepperson, E. W.
Foxcroft, Captain C. T. MacAndrew, Charles Glen Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down)
Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) Skelton, A. N.
Gadie, Lieut. Colonel Anthony McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus Slaney, Major P. Kenyon
Galbralth, J. F. W. Maclntyre, Ian Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Klnc'dlne, C.)
Ganzonl, Sir John McLean, Major A. Smith-Carington, Neville W.
Gates, Percy Macmillan, Captain H. Smithers, Waldron
Gauit, Lieut.-col. Andrew Hamilton Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm Spender Clay, Colonel H.
Gee, Captain R. Macqulsten, F. A. Sprot, Sir Alexander
Gibbs, Col. Rt. Hon. George Abraham MacRobert, Alexander M. Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sder, E.)
Gilmour, Lt. Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John Makins, Brigadier-General E. Stanley, Lord (Fylde)
Goff, Sir Park Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland)
Grace, John Margesson, Capt. D. Steel, Major Samuel Strang
Grant, J- A. Marriott, Sir J. A. R. Storry Deans, R.
Greene, W. P. Crawford Mason, Lieut.-Col. Glyn K. Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H.
Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H. (W'th's'W, E.) Meller, R. J. Strickland, Sir Gerald
Greenwood, William (Stockport) Merriman, F. B. Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C.
Gretton, Colonel John Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn)
Grotrian, H. Brent Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) Styles, Captain H. Walter
Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. Mitchell. W. Foot (Saffeon Walden) Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Frase
Gunston, Captain D. W. Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. Sugden, sir Wilfred
Hacking, Captain Douglas H. Moore, Sir Newton J. Sykes, Major Gen. sir Frederick H.
Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) Moore-Brabazon Lieut. Col. J. T. C Tasker, Major R. Inlgo
Hammersley, S. S. Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) Templeton, W. P.
Hanbury, C. Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive Thompson, Luke (Sunderland)
Harland, A. Murchison, C. K. Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, S.)
Harrison, G. J. C. Mall, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell-(Croydon, S)
Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennlngton) Nelson Sir Frank Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement
Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) Nevillem, R. J. Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P.
Haslam, Henry C. Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull)
Hawke, John Anthony Nicholson, O. (Westminster) Warner, Brigadier-General W. W.
Headlam. Lieut.-Colonel C. M. Nicholion, William G. (Petersfield) Warrender, Sir Victor
Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) Nuttall, Ellis Waterhouse, Captain Charles
Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) oakley, T. Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley)
Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford, Luton) Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle)
Hennessy, Major J. R. G. Oman, Sir Charles William C. Watts, Dr. T.
Henniker-Hughan, Vice-Adm. Sir A. Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William Wells, S. R.
Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) Penny, Frederick George Wheler, Major Granville C. H.
Herbert, S. (York, N. R., Scar. &Wh'by) Perkins, Colonel E. K. White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dalrymple
Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. Perring, William George Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern)
Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay)
Hohier, Sir Gerald Fitzroy Peto, G (Somerset, Frome) Williams, Herbert G. (Reading)
Holland, Sir Arthur Phillipson, Mabel Winby, Colonel L. P.
Holt, Captain H. P. Pielou, D. P. Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl
Homan C. W. J. Plicher, G. Wise, Sir Fredric
Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton Wolmer, Viscount
Hopkins, J. W. W. Price, Major C. W. M. Womersley, W. J.
Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. Radford, E. A. Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater)
Howard, Capt. Hon. D. (Cumb., N.) Raine, W. Wood, Rt. Hon. E. (York, W. R., Ripon)
Hudson R. S(Cumberl'and, Whiteh'n) Ramsden, E. Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde)
Hume, Sir G. H. Rawson, Alfred Cooper Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.)
Hunter-Weston Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak)
Huntingfield, Lord Reid, D. D. (County Down) Woodcock, Colonel H. C.
Hurd Percy A. Remer, J. R. Wragg, Herbert
Hurst, Gerald B. Remnant, Sir James Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T.
Hutchison, G. A. Clark (Midl'n& P'bl's) Rhys, Hon. C. A. U.
Jackson. Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. Rice, Sir Frederick TELLERS FOR THE NOES. —
Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth Cen'l) Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) Major Cope and Major Sir Harry
Jacob, A. E. Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) Barnston.

Amendment proposed: In line 1, after the word "duties, "to insert the words other than the duties on cinematograph films. "—[Mr. Pethies-Lawrence.]

Question put, "That those words be there inserted. ".

The House divided: Ayes, 156; Noes, 315.

Division No. 87.] AYES. [7. 53 p. m.
Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (File, West) Hardle, George Salter, Dr. Alfred
Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) Harney, E. A. Scrymgeour. E.
Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') Harris, Percy A. Sexton, James
Ammon, Charles George Hastings, Sir Patrick Shiels, Dr. Drummond
Attlee, Clement Richard Hayday, Arthur Short, Alfred (Wednesbury)
Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) Hayes, John Henry Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John
Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness)
Barnes, A. Henderson, T. (Glasgow) Sitch, Charles H.
Barr, J. Hirst, G. H. Slesser, Sir Henry H.
Batey, Joseph Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) Smillie, Robert
Beckett, John (Gateshead) Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe)
Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley)
Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. John, William (Rhondda, West) Smith, Rennie (Penistone)
Briant, Frank Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) Snell, Harry
Broad, F. A. Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip
Bramfield, William Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) Spencer, George A. (Broxtowe)
Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) Kelly, W. T. Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles
Buchanan, G. Kennedy, T. Stamford, T. W.
Cape, Thomas Kenyon, Barnet Stephen, Campbell
Charleton, H. C. Kirkwood, D. Sutton, J. E.
Clowes, S. Lansbury, George Taylor, R. A.
Cluse, W. S. Lawson, John James Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey)
Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. Lee, F. Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro. W.)
Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) Lowth, T. Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plalstow)
Compton, Joseph Lunn, William Thurtle, E.
Connolly, M. MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) Tinker, John Joseph
Cove, W. G. Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P.
Crawfurd, H. E. Mackinder, W. Varley, Frank B.
Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) MacLaren, Andrew Viant, S. P.
Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) Wallhead, Richard C.
Day, Colonel Harry Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen
Dennison, R. March, S. Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline)
Duckworth, John Mitchell, E. Rosslyn (Paisley) Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda)
Duncan, C. Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney
Dunnico, H. Montague, Frederick Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Joslah
Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) Morris, R. H. Welsh, J. C.
Fenby, T. D. Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) Westwood, J.
Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. Murnin, H. Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J.
Forrest, W. Naylor, T. E. Whiteley. W.
George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd Oliver, George Harold Wignail, James
Gillett, George M. Owen, Major G. Wilkinson, Ellen C.
Gosling, Harry Palln, John Henry Williams, C. P. (Denbigh. Wrexham)
Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) Paling, W. Williams, David (Swansea, East)
Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edln., Cent.) Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly)
Greenall, T. Ponsonby, Arthur Williams, T. (York, Don Valley)
Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) Potts, John S. Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe)
Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow)
Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) Riley, Ben Windsor, Walter
Groves, T. Ritson, J. Wright, W.
Grundy, T. W. Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton)
Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth) Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W. R., Elland)
Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) Rose, Frank H. TELLERS FOR THE AYES—
Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. Warne.
NOES.
Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel Betterton, Henry B. Cassels, J. D.
Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City)
Albery, Irving James Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth. S.)
Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) Blades, Sir George Rowland Cazalet, Captain Victor A.
Alexander, Sir Wm. (Glasgow, Cent'l) Blundell, F. N. Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston)
Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) Boothby, R. J. G. Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S Bowater, Sir T. Vansittart Chapman, Sir S.
Applin, Colonel R. V. K. Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. Charteris, Brigadier-General J.
Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. Brass, Captain W. Chilcott, Sir Warden
Ashmead-Bartlett, E. Brassey, Sir Leonard Christie, J. A.
Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer
Atholl, Duchess of Briggs, J. Harold Churchman, Sir Arthur C.
Atkinson, C. Briscoe, Richard George Clarry, Reginald George
Balrd, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence Brlttaln, Sir Harry Clayton, G. C.
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Brocklebank, C. E. R. Cobb, Sir Cyril
Barclay-Harvey C. M. Broun-Llndsay. Major H. Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D.
Barnett, Major Richard W. Brown, Maj. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K.
Barnston, Major Sir Harry Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) Conway, Sir W. Martin
Beamish, Captain T. P. H Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James Cooper, A. Duff
Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) Bullock, Captain M. Cope, Major William
Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. Burney, Lieut.-Com. Charles D. Couper, J. B.
Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) Burton, Colonel H. W. Courtauld, Major J. S.
Bennett, A. J. Butler, Sir Geoffrgy Courthope, Lieut.-Col. George L.
Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Isllngtn. N.)
Berry, Sir George Calne, Gordon Hail Craig, Ernest (Chester, Crewe)
Bethell, A. Campbell, E. T. Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry
Croft, Brigadier General Sir H. Huntingfield, Lord Remnant, Sir James
Crook, C. W. Hurd, Percy A. Rhys, Hon. C. A. U.
Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) Hurst, Gerald B. Rice, Sir Frederick
Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) Hutchison, G. A. Clark(Midl'n& p'bl's) Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ta'y)
Cunliffe, Joseph Herbert Insklp, Sir Thomas Walker H. Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint)
Dalkeith, Earl of Jackaon, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. Roberts, Samuel (Herelard, Hereford)
Daiziel, sir Davison Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) Ropner, Major L.
Davidson, J. (Hertf'd, Hemel Hempat'd) Jacob, A. E. Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A.
Davidson, Major-General Sir John H. James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert Russell, Alexander West (Tynomouth)
Davies, A. V. (Lancaster, Royton) Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William Rye, F. G.
Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) King, Captain Henry Douglas Salmon, Major I.
Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham)
Dawson, Sir Philip Knox, Sir Alfred Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney)
Doyle, Sir N. Grattan Lamb, J. Q Sandeman, A. Stewart
Drewe, C. Lane-Fox, Colonel George R. Sanders, Sir Robert A.
Eden, Captain Anthony Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) Sanderson, Sir Frank
Edmondson, Major A. J. Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D.
Elliot, Captain Walter E. Little, Dr. E. Graham Savery, S. S.
Ellis, R. G. Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange)
Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Westons-s.-M.) Locker Lampson, G. (WoodGreen) Shaw, Lt. Col. A. D. Mel. (Renfrew, W)
Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) Loder, J. de V Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y)
Everard, W. Lindsay Lord, Walter Greaves Sheffield, Sir Berkeley
Fairfax, Captain J. G. Lougher, L. Shepperson, E. W.
Falle, Sir Bertram G. Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down)
Falls, Sir Charles F. Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman Skelton, A. N.
Fermoy, Lord. Lumley, L. R. Slaney, Major P. Kenyon
Fleming, D. P. MacAndrew, Charles Glen Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dlne. C.)
Ford, P. J. Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) Smith-Carington, Neville W.
Forestier Walker, L. McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus Smithers, Waldron
Foster, Sir Harry S. Macintyre, Ian Spender Clay, Colonel H.
Foxcroft, Captain C. T. McLean, Major A. Sprot, Sir Alexander
Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francia E. Macmillan, Captain H. Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.)
Gadle, Lieut.-Colonel Anthony Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm Stanley, Lord (Fyide)
Galbraith, J. F. W Macquisten, F. A. Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland)
Ganzonl, Sir John MacRobert, Alexander M. Steel, Major Samuel Strang
Gates, Percy Makins, Brigadier General E. Storry Deans, R
Gauit, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H.
Gee, Captain R. Margesson, Capt. D. Strickland, Sir Gerald
Gibbs, Col. Rt. Hon. George Abraham Marriott, Sir J. A. R. Stuart, Crichton, Lord C.
Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John Mason, Lieut.-Col. Glyn K. Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn)
Goff, Sir Park Meller, R. J. Styles, Captain H. Walter
Grace, John Merriman, F. B Sueter, Rear Admiral Murray Fraser
Grant, J. A Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- Sugden, Sir Wilfred
Greene, W. P. Crawford Mitchell, S. (Lanark Lanark) Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H.
Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Slr H. (W'th's'w, E.) Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) Tasker, Major R. Inlgo
Greenwood, William (Stockport) Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M Templeton, W. P.
Grotrian, H. Brent Moore, Sir Newton J. Thompson, Luke (Sunderland)
Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. Moore-Brabazon, Lieut. Col. J. T. C. Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell-(Croydon, S.)
Gunston, Captain D. W. Morden, Col. W Grant Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement
Hacking, Captain Douglas H. Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P.
Hall, Capt. W. D' A. (Brecon & Rad.) Morrison Bell Sir Arthur Clive Ward Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull)
Hammersley, S. S. Murchison, C. K. Warner, Brigadier-General W. W.
Hanbury, C. Nall, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph Warrender, Sir Victor
Harland, A. Nelson Sir Frank Waterhouse, Captain Charles
Harrison, G. J. C. Neville, B. J. Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley)
Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) Newton, sir D. G. C (Cambridge) Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle)
Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) Nicholson, O. (Westminster) Watts, Dr. T.
Haslam, Henry C Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) Wells, S. R.
Hawke, John Anthony Nuttall, Ellis Wheler, Major Granville C. H.
Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. Oakley, T White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dairymple
Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford, Luton) Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern)
Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) Oman, Sir Charles William C. Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay)
Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William Williams, Herbert G. (Reading)
Hennessy, Major J. R. G. Penny, Frederick George Winby, Colonel L. P.
Henniker Hughan, Vice Adm. Sir A. Perkins, Colonel E. K. Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl
Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) Perring, William George Wise, Sir Fredric
Herbert, s. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) Wolmer, Viscount
Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) Womersley, W. J.
Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) Phillpson, Mabel Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater)
Hohler, Sir Gerald Fitzroy Pleiou, D. P. Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge&Hyde)
Holland, Sir Arthur Plicher, G. Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.)
holt, Captain H. P. Pownall. Lieut.-Colonel Assheton Wood, Sir S. Hill (HighPeak)
Homan, C. W. J. Price, Major C. W. M. Woodcock, Colonel H. C.
Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) Radford, E. A. Wragg, Herbert
Hopkins, J. W. W. Raine, W. Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T.
Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. Ramsden, E.
Howard, Capt. Hon. D. (Cumb., N.) Rawson, Alfred Cooper TELLERS FOR THE NOES—
Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whlteh'n) Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) Mr. F. C. Thomson and Captain
Hume, Sir G. H. Reid, D. D. (County Down) Viscount Curzon
Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer Remer, J. R.

The following Amendment stood on the Order Paper in the name of Sir J. SIMON and other Members: In line 3, after the word "twenty-five," to insert the words until the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and twenty-six.

8.0 P.M.

Sir J. SIMON

This is an Amendment which, at a convenient time, we desire to bring before the Committee, but, in view of the hour and the arrangements that have been made for the Debate, I do not propose to put the House to the trouble of a Division now. I give notice, however, that on the Committee stage of the Finance Bill, I shall put down the Amendment, and trust that it nay be called and accepted, or carried to a Division.

Mr. SPEAKER

The last Amendment to this Resolution on the Order Paper, in the name of the hon. Member for West Wolverhampton (Sir R. Bird)—in line 6, after the word "negatives, "to insert the words but for the purposes of the charge on motor cars the exemptions from the new import duty provided by Sub-section (4) of Section 13 of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915. for motor cars intended to be used solely as motor omnibuses or motor ambulances, or in connection with the conveyance of goods or burden in the course of trade or husbandry, or by a local authority as fire engines or otherwise for the purposes cf their fire-brigade service, and chassis, component parts, and accessories for such motor cars, shall not be revived, is out of order, as it proposes a new charge.

Captain BENN

On that point, may I draw your attention, Sir, to the fact that this is a very important Amendment, put down on behalf of the rank and file of the Government supporters, and is it not possible for a vote to be taken on this Amendment?

Mr. SPEAKER

The hon. and gallant Member ought to be the last person to wish the rank and file to be out of order.

Question, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution," put, and agreed to.

Order read for Consideration of Fourth and subsequent Resolutions.