§ "That a sum, not exceeding £85,000, 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, 1927, for Grants to Local Authorities, etc., in Great Britain for assistance in carrying out approved Schemes of useful work to relieve Unemployment."
§ Question put.
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 341; Noes, 148.
1855| Division No. 397.] | AYES. | [11.0 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) | Gates, Percy |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Gibbs, Col. Rt. Hon. George Abraham |
| Albery, Irving James | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Chapman, Sir S. | Glyn, Major R. G. C. |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Chilcott, Sir Warden | Goff, Sir Park |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Christie, J. A. | Gower, Sir Robert |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Grace, John |
| Apsley, Lord | Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Grant, Sir J. A. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Clarry, Reginald George | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J.(Kent, Dover) | Clayton, G. C. | Greene, W. P. Crawford |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John |
| Atkinson, C. | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Grotrian, H. Brent |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Cockerill, Brig-General Sir G. K. | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. (Bristol, N.) |
| Balniel, Lord | Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Banks, Reginald Mitchell | Colfax, Major Wm. Phillips | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Conway, Sir W. Martin | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Cooper, A. Duff | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Beamish, Captain T. P. H. | Cooper, J. B. | Hall, Vice-Admiral Sir R.(Eastbourne) |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Courthope, Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Hammersley, S. S. |
| Been, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Hanbury, C. |
| Bennett, A. J. | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Berry, Sir George | Crookshank, Col. H.(Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Harland, A. |
| Bethel, A. | Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) |
| Betterton, Henry B | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Harrison, G. J. C. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Dalkeith, Earl of | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Dalziel, Sir Davison | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Davidson, J.(Hertf'd, Hemel Hemprt'd) | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Davidson, Major-General Sir John H. | Hawke, John Anthony |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft. | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Bowater, Sir T. Vansittart | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootie) |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major Sir A. B. | Dawson, Sir Philip | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Braithwaite, A. N. | Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Henn, Sir Sydney H. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Drewe, C. | Hennessy, Major .J. R. G. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Eden, Captain Anthony | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Herbert, S.(York, N.R., Scar. & Wh'by) |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) | Hills, Major John Waller |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Elliot, Major Walter E. | Hilton, Cecil |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Elveden, Viscount | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Brown-Lindsay, Major H. | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'1'd., Hexham) | Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Holland, Sir Arthur |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Everard, W. Lindsay | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Hopkins, J. W. W. |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. |
| Burman, J. B. | Fermoy, Lord | Horne, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Fielden, E. B. | Howard, Captain Hon. Donald |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Ford, Sir P. J. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Butt, Sir Alfred | Forrest, W. | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'and, Whiteh'n) |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Foster, Sir Harry S. | Hume, Sir G. H. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Foxcroft, Captain C. T. | Hume-Williams, Sir W. Ellis |
| Cassels, J. D. | Fraser, Captain Ian | Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Frece, Sir Walter de | Huntingfield, Lord |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Fremantle, Lt.-Col. Francis E. | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth.S) | Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Hutchison, G.A. Clark (Midl'n & P'bl's) |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Galbraith, J. F. W. | Illffe, Sir Edward M. |
| Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Nelson, Sir Frank | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Jackson, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. F. S. | Neville, R. J. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Jacob, A. E. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) |
| Jephcott, A. R. | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Nuttall, Ellis | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) |
| Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Oakley, T. | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) | O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford, Luton) | Storry-Deans, R. |
| Kindersley, Major G. M. | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| King, Captain Henry Douglas | Pennefather, Sir John | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Penny, Frederick George | Strickland, Sir Gerald |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Lamb, J. Q. | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Styles, Captain H. Walter |
| Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Perring, Sir William George | Seater, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Little, Dr. E. Graham | Pielou, D. P. | Templeton, W. P. |
| Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Pilcher, G. | Thom, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Pilditch, Sir Philip | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Loder, J. de V. | Power, Sir John Cecil | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Looker, Herbert William | Pownail, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Assheton | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell |
| Lord, Walter Greaves | Preston, William | Tinne, J. A. |
| Lougher, L, | Price, Major C. W. M. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Lowe, Sir Francis William | Radford, E. A. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Ramsden, E. | Waddington, R. |
| Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Rawson, Sir Cooper | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen | Rees, Sir Beddoe | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) | Reid, D. D. (County Down) | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Remer, J. R. | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Macintyre, Ian | Remnant, Sir James | Wells, S. R. |
| McLean, Major A | Rentoul, G. S. | Wheler, Major Sir Granville C. H |
| Macmillan, Captain H. | Rice, Sir Frederick | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dairymple |
| Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| MacRobert, Alexander M. | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Hereford) | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. | Wilson, M. J. (York, N. R., Richm'd) |
| Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Malone, Major P. B. | Rye, F. G. | Winby, Colonel L. P. |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Salmon, Major I. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Margesson, Captain D. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Marriott, Sir J. A. R | Sandeman, A. Stewart | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Mason, Lieut.-Col, Glyn K. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Withers, John James |
| Meller, R. J. | Sanderson, Sir Frank | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Merriman, F. B | Sandon, Lord | Womersley, W. J. |
| Meyer, Sir Frank | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) |
| Milne, J. S. Wardlaw | Savery, S. S. | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W) |
| Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange) | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Shaw, R. G. (Yorks, W.R., Sowerby) | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Shaw, Capt. Walter (Wilts, Westb'y) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Wragg, Herbert |
| Moore, Sir Newton J. | Shepperson, E. W. | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) | Young, Rt. Hon. Hilton (Norwich) |
| Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Skelton, A. N. | |
| Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Smith, R. W.(Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES — |
| Murchison, C. K. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Major Sir Harry Barnston and |
| Nail, Colonel Sir Joseph | Smithers, Waldron | Major Cope. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Compton, Joseph | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Connolly, M. | Groves, T. |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bliston) | Cove, W. G. | Grundy, T. W. |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Guest, Haden (Southwark, N.) |
| Barnes, A. | Crawfurd, H. E. | Hall, F. (York., W.R., Normanton) |
| Barr, J. | Dalton, Hugh | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) |
| Betey, Joseph | Davies, David (Montgomery) | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Hardie, George D. |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Harney, E. A. |
| Bondfield, Margaret | Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) | Harris, Percy A. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Day, Colonel Harry | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon |
| Briant, Frank | Dennison, R. | Hayday, Arthur |
| Broad, F, A. | Duncan, C. | Hayes, John Henry |
| Bromfield, William | Dunnico, H. | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) |
| Bromley, J. | Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Hirst, G. H. |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) |
| Buchanan, G. | Gardner, J. P. | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Gibbins, Joseph | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) |
| Cape, Thomas | Gillett, George M. | John, William (Rhondda, West) |
| Charleton, H. C. | Gosling, Harry | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) |
| Clowes, S. | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) |
| Clues, W. S. | Greenail, T. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) |
| Clynes, Right Hon. John R. | Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Coins) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) |
| Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Saklatvala, Shapurji | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Kelly, W. T. | Salter, Dr. Alfred | Varley, Frank B. |
| Kennedy, T. | Scurr, John | Viant, S. P. |
| Lawrence, Susan | Sexton, James | Wellhead, Richard C. |
| Lee, F. | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Lindley, F. W. | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Livingstone, A. M. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Lunn, William | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Mackinder, W. | Sitch, Charles H. | Welsh, J. C. |
| Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Slesser, Sir Henry H. | Westwood, J. |
| March, S. | Smillie, Robert | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Morris, R. H. | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) | Whiteley, W. |
| Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Naylor, T. E. | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) | Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) |
| Oliver, George Harold | Snell, Harry | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Owen, Major G. | Spencer, George A. (Broxtowe) | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Palin, John Henry | Stamford, T. W. | Williams T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Paling, W. | Stephen, Campbell | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Sullivan, Joseph | Windsor, Walter |
| Ponsonby, Arthur | Sutton, J. E. | Wright, W. |
| Potts, John S. | Taylor, R. A | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Purcell, A. A. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) | |
| Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Riley, Ben | Thurtle, Ernest | Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. |
| Ritson, J. | Tinker, John Joseph | Charles Edwards. |
| Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | Townend, A. E. |
Question put, and agreed to.