HC Deb 26 July 1926 vol 198 cc1869-73

"That a sum, not exceeding £2,650,000, 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, 1927, for expenditure in respect of the Air Force Services, namely:—

£
5. Medical Services 209,000
6. Educational Services 432,000
7. Auxiliary and Reserve Forces 406,000
8. Civil Aviation 462,000
£
9. Meteorological and Miscellaneous Effective Services 135,000
10. Air Ministry 761,000
11. Half-Pay, Pensions, and other Non-Effective Services 245,000
£2,650,000"

Question put.

The Committee divided: Ayes, 326; Noes, 122.

Division No. 401.] AYES. [11.50 p.m.
Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel Bennett, A. J Buckingham, Sir H.
Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. Bethel, A. Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James
Ainsworth, Major Charles Betterton, Henry B. Bullock, Captain M.
Albery, Irving James Birchall, Major J. Dearman Burman, J. B.
Alexander, E. E. (Layton) Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) Burton, Colonel H. W.
Allen, J Sandeman (L'pool, W.Derby) Blades, Sir George Rowland Butler. Sir Geoffrey
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. Boothhy, R. J. G. Butt, Sir Alfred
Applin, Colonel R. V. K. Bourne, Captain Robert Croft Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward
Apsley, Lord Bowater, Sir T. Vanslttart Campbell, E. T.
Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. Cassels, J. D.
Astor, Maj. Hn. John J.(Kent, Dover) Braithwaite, A. N. Cayzer, sir C. (Chester, City)
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Brass, Captain W. Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth. S.)
Balniel, Lord Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive Cazalet, Captains Victor A.
Banks, Reginald Mitchell Briscoe, Richard George Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston)
Barclay-Harvey, C. M. Brittain, Sir Harry Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton
Barnett, Major Sir Richard Brockiebank, C. E. R. Chapman, Sir S.
Barnston, Major Sir Harry Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. Charteris, Brigadier-General J.
Beamish, Captain T. P. H. Broun-Llndsay, Major H. Chilcott, Sir Warden
Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'Ed., Hexham) Christie, J. A.
Bann, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) Brown, Brig.-Gen.H.C.(Berks, Newb'y) Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer
Churchman, Sir Arthur C. Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard Perring, Sir William George
Clarry, Reginald George Holland, Sir Arthur Peto, Basil E (Devon, Barnstaple)
Clayton, G. C. Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome)
Cobb, Sir Cyril Hopkins, .J. W. W. Pielou, D. P.
Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. Hore-Belisha, Leslie Pilcher, G.
Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir G. K. Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. Pilditch, Sir Philip
Cohen, Major J. Brunel Horne, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. Power, Sir John Cecil
Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips Howard, Captain Hon. Donald Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Assheton
Cooper, A. Duff Hudson, Capt. A. U. M.(Hackney,N.) Preston, William
Couper, J. B. Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) Price, Major C. W. M.
Courthope, Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. Hume, Sir G. H. Radford, E. A.
Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer Ramsden, E.
Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) Huntingfield, Lord Rawson, Sir Cooper
Crookshank, Cpt.H.(Lindsey, Gainsbro) Hurd, Percy A. Rees, Sir Beddoe
Cunliffe, Sir Herbert Hutchison, G.A.Clark (Midl'n & P'bl's) Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington)
Curzon, Captain Viscount Iliffe, Sir Edward M. Remer, J. R.
Dalkeith, Earl of Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. Remnant, Sir James
Daiziel, Sir Davison Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) Rice, Sir Frederick
Davidson, J. (Hertf'd,Hemel Hempst'd) Jacob, A. E. Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y)
Davidson, Major-General Sir John H. Jephcott, A. R. Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint)
Davies, Maj. Geo.F,(Somerset, Yeovil) Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) Roberts, Sir Samuel (Hereford)
Davison, Sir W. H, (Kensington, S.) Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A.
Dawson, Sir Philip Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth)
Dean, Arthur Wellesley Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) Rye, F. G.
Drewe, C. Kindersley Major Guy M. Salmon, Major I.
Eden, Captain Anthony King, Captain Henry Douglas Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham)
Edmondson, Major A. J. Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement Sanderman, A. Stewart
Elliot, Major Walter E. Knox, Sir Alfred Sanders, Sir Robert A.
Elveden, Viscount Lamb, J. Q. Sanderson, Sir Frank
Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) Sandon, Lord
Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D.
Everard, W. Lindsay Little, Dr. E. Graham Savery, S. S.
Fairfax, Captain J. G. Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange)
Falle, Sir Bertram G. Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) Shaw, R. G. (Yorks, W.R., Sowerby)
Fanshawe, Commander G. D. Loder, J. de V. Shaw, Capt. Walter (Wilts, Westb'y)
Fermoy, Lord Looker, Herbert William Sheffield, Sir Berkeley
Fielden, E. B. Lord, Walter Greaves Shepperson, E. W.
Ford, Sir P. J. Lougher, L. Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down)
Forrest, W. Lowe, Sir Francis William Skelton, A. N.
Foster, Sir Harry S. Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.)
Foxcroft, Captain C. T. Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman Smith-Carington, Neville W.
Fraser, Captain Ian MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen Smithers, Waldron
Frece, Sir Walter de Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) Somerville, A. A. (Windsor)
Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) Spender-Clay, Colonel H.
Gadie, Lieut.-Colonel Anthony McDonnell. Colonel Hon. Angus Sprot, Sir Alexander
Galbraith, J. F. W. Macintyre, Ian Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden,E.)
Ganzoni, Sir John McLean, Major A. Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland)
Gates, Percy Macmillan, Captain H. Steel, Major Samuel Strang
Gibbs, Col. Rt. Hon. George Abraham Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm Storry-Deans, R.
Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H.
Glyn, Major R. G. C. MacRobert, Alexander M. Streatfeild, Captain S. R.
Goff, Sir Park Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel Strickland, Sir Gerald
Gower, Sir Robert Makins, Brigadier-General E. Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C.
Grace, John Malone, Major P. B. Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn)
Grant, Sir J. A. Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn Styles, Captain H. Walter
Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. Margesson, Capt. D. Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser
Greene, W. P. Crawford Marriott, Sir J. A. R. Sugden, Sir Wilfrid
Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John Mason, Lieut.-Col. Glyn K. Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H
Grotrian, H. Brent Merriman, F. B. Templeton, W. P.
Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. (Bristol, N.) Meyer, Sir Frank Thom, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton)
Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. Milne, J. S. Wardlaw Thompson, Luke (Sunderland)
Gunston, Captain D. W. Mitchell. S. (Lanark, Lanark) Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South)
Hacking, Captain Douglas H. Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell.
Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. Tinne, .J. A.
Hall, Vice-Admiral Sir R. (Eastbourne) Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement
Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) Moore, Sir Newton J. Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P.
Hammersley, S. S. Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. Waddington, R.
Hanbury, C. Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) Wallace, Captain D. E.
Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive Warner, Brigadier-General W. W.
Harland, A. Murchison. C. K. Warrander, Sir Victor
Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) Nail, Colonel Sir Joseph Waterhouse, Captain Charles
Harrison, G. J. C. Nelson, Sir Frank Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley)
Hartington, Marquess of Neville, R. J. Watts, Dr. T.
Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) Wells, S. R.
Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) Wheler, Major Sir Granville C. H.
Hawke, John Anthony Nicholson, O. (Westminster) White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dairymple
Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. Nuttall, Ellis Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern)
Henderson, Capt. R R. (Oxf'd, Henley) Oakley, T. Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay)
Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootie) O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford, Luton) Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham)
Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William Williams, Herbert G. (Reading)
Henn, Sir Sydney H. Owen, Major G. Wilson, M. J. (York, N. R., Richm'd)
Hennessy, Major J. R. G. Pennefather, Sir John Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield)
Herbert, S. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) Penny, Frederick George Winby, Colonel L. P.
Hilton, Cecil Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George
Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. Perkins, Colonel E. K. Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl
Wise, Sir Fredric Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.). Young, Rt. Hon. Hilton (Norwich)
Withers, John James Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak)
Wolmer, Viscount Woodcock, Colonel H. C. TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—
Womersley, W. J. Wragg, Herbert Major Cope and Lord Stanley.
Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T.
NOES.
Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston)
Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bliston) Hardie, George D. Shepherd, Arthur Lewis
Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon Shiels, Dr. Drummond
Barnes, A. Hayday, Arthur Short, Alfred (Wednesbury)
Barr, J. Hayes, John Henry Sitch, Charles H
Batey, Joseph Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) Slesser, Sir Henry H.
Bondfield, Margaret Hirst, G. H. Smillie, Robert
Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe)
Briant, Frank Hudson, .J. H. (Huddersfield) Smith, H. B. Lees- (Keighley)
Bromfield, William Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) Spencer, G. A. (Broxtowe)
Bromley, J. John, William (Rhondda, West) Stamford, T. W.
Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) Stephen, Campbell
Buchanan, G. Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) Sullivan, J.
Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Sutton, J. E.
Cape, Thomas Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) Taylor, R. A.
Charleton, H. C. Kelly, W. T. Thurtle, Ernest
Clowes, S. Kennedy, T. Tinker, John Joseph
Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) Lawrence, Susan Townend, A. E.
Compton, Joseph Lee, F. Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P.
Connolly, M. Lindley, F. W. Varley, Frank B.
Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) Lunn, William Viant, S. P.
Dalton, Hugh MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen
Davies, David (Montgomery) Mackinder, W. Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline)
Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda)
Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) March, S. Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney
Davison, .J. E. (Smethwick) Morris, R. H. Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah
Day, Colonel Harry Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) Welsh, J. C.
Dennison, R. Naylor, T. E. Westwood, J.
Duncan, C. Oliver, George Harold Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J.
Dunnico, H. Palin, John Henry Whiteley, W.
Gardner, J. P. Paling, W. Wilkinson, Ellen C.
Gibbins, Joseph Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. Williams, David (Swansea, East)
Gillett, George M. Ponsonby, Arthur Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly)
Gosling, Harry Potts, John S. Williams, T. (York, Don Valley)
Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) Purcell, A. A. Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow)
Greenail, T. Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) Windsor, Walter
Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) Riley, Ben Wright, W.
Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) Ritson, J. Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton)
Groves, T. Saklatvala, Shapurji
Grundy, T. W. Salter, Dr. Alfred TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Guest, Haden (Southwark, N.) Scurr, John Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr.
Hall, F. (York., W.R., Normanton) Sexton, James Allen Parkinson.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolutions to be reported upon Wednesday; Committee to sit again to-morrow.