§ "That a sum, not exceeding £2, 701, 000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 1200 charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1928, for Expenditure in respect of the Air Force Services, namely: 1201
| £ | |
| 5. Medical Services | 203, 000 |
| 6. Educational Services | 507, 000 |
| 7. Auxiliary and Reserve Forces | 500, 000 |
| 8. Civil Aviation | 464, 000 |
| 9. Meteorological and Miscellaneous Effective Services | 150, 000 |
| 10. Air Ministry | 687, 000 |
| Division No. 295.] | AYES. | [11.36 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut-Colonel | Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islington, N.) | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Craig, Sir Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Haslam, Henry C. |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Crawfurd, H. E. | Headlam, Lieut. -Colonel C. M. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Croft. Brigadier-General Sir H. | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Henderson, Lt. -Col. Sir V. L. (Bootle) |
| Allen, Lieut. -Col. Sir William James | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Heneage, Lieut. -Colonel Arthur P. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Crooksnank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Henn, Sir Sydney H. |
| Apsley, Lord | Curzon, Captain viscount | Hennessy, Major Sir G. R. J. |
| Ashley, Lt. -Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Dalkeith, Earl of | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) |
| Astbury, Lieut. -Commander F. W. | Davidson, Major-General Sir J. H. | Hills, Major John Waller |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Davies. Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Hilton, Cecil |
| Astor, Viscountess | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Hoare, Lt. -Col. Rt., Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Atholi, Duchess of | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Dawson, Sir Philip | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard |
| Balrilel, Lord | Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) |
| Banks, Reginald Mitchell | Dixey, A. C. | Hopkins, J. W. W. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Dixon, Captain Rt. Hon. Herbert | Hore-Bellsha, Leslie |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Drewe, C. | Horne, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Duckworth, John | Howard-Bury, Lieut. -Colonel C. K. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Edge, Sir William | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Bethel, A. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberland, Whiteh'n) |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) | Hume, Sir G. H |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Ellis, R. G. | Huntingfield, Lord |
| Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Elveden, Viscount | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | England, Colonel A. | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Illffe, Sir Edward M. |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Everard, W. Lindsay | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. |
| Braithwaite, Major A. N. | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Jephcott, A. R. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Fanshawe, Captain G. D. | Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Fenby, T. D. | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Fermoy Lord | Kidd. J. (Linlithgow) |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Fielden, E. B. | Kindersley, Major Guy M. |
| Brown, Brig. -Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Finburgh, S. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Knox, Sir Alfred |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Forrest, W. | Lamb, J. Q. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Foster, Sir Harry S. | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. |
| Burman, J. B. | Foxcroft, Captain C. T. | Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Fraser, Captain Ian | Lister, Cunliffe, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Fremantle, Lieut-Colonel Francis E. | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) |
| Butt, Sir Alfred | Gadle, Lieut. -Col. Anthony | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Galbraith, J. F. W. | Loder, J. de V. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Ganzonl, Sir John | Long, Major Eric |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Gates Percy | Looker, Herbert William |
| Cassels, J. D. | Gault, Lieut. -Col. Andrew Hamilton | Lougher, Lewis |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Gilmour, Lt. -Cot. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Lowe, Sir Francis William |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth. S.) | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Goff, Sir Park | Luce, Maj. -Gen. Sir Richard Harman |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Gower, Sir Robert | Lumley, L. R. |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Grace, John | MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Grant, Sir J. A. | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Charterls, Brigadier-General J. | G rattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Catheart) |
| Christie, J. A. | Greaves-Lord, Sir Walter | MacIntyre, Ian |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon Winston Spencer | Greene, W. P. Crawford | McLean, Major A. |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. (Bristol, N.) | Macmillan, Captain H. |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm |
| Clayton, G. C. | Gunston, Captain D. W. | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | MacRobert, Alexander M. |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Hall, Lieut. -Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. steel- |
| Cockerill, Brig. -General Sir George | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Hammersley, S. S. | Malone, Major P. B. |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Philip | Hanbury, C. | Manningham-Bulfer, Sir Mervyn |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Margesson, Captain D. |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Harland, A. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. |
| Cope, Major William | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Mason, Lieut. -Col. Glyn K. |
| Couper, J. B. | Harney, E. A. | Merriman, F. B. |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L. | Harrison, G. J. C. | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Warden) |
| £ | |
| 11. Half-Pay, Pensions, and other Non-Effective Services | 190, 000 |
| £2, 701, 000" |
§ Question put.
§ The Committee divided; Ayes, 321; Noes, 126.
| Mitchell. Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Rice, Sir Frederick | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Moore, Lieut. -Col. T. C. R. (Ayr) | Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) | Tinne, J. A. |
| Moore, Sir Newton J. | Ropner, Major L. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Moore-Brabazon, Lieut. -Col. J. T. C. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Morden, Colonel Walter Grant | Rye, F. G. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Moreing, Captain A. H. | Salmon, Major I. | Waddington, R |
| Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Fàrnham) | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Murchison, Sir Kenneth | Sandeman, N. Stewart | Ward, Lt. -Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Nail, Colonel Sir Joseph | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Neville, Sir Reginald J. | Sanderson, Sir Frank | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Sandon, Lord | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Newton. Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Shaw. R. G. (Yorks, W. R., Sowerby) | Wells, S. R. |
| Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Wheler, Major Sir Granville C. H. |
| Nuttall, Ellis | Shepperson, E. W. | White, Lieut. -Col. Sir G. Dairymple- |
| Oakley, T. | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) | Wiggins, William Martin |
| O'Neill. Major Rt. Hon. Hugh | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's Univ., Belfst.) | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Skelton, A. N. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon | Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) |
| Pennefather, Sir John | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Smithers, Waldron | Winby, Colonel L. P. |
| Perring, Sir William George | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Windsor-Clive. Lieut. -Colonel George |
| Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Stanley, Lieut. -Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Philipson, Mabel | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) | Withers, John James |
| Pilcher, G. | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Pilditch, Sir Philip | steel, Major Samuel Strang | Womersley, W. J. |
| Pownall, Sir Assheton | Storry-Deans, R. | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) |
| Preston, William | Strauss, E. A. | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.). |
| Price, Major C. W. M. | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Radford, E. A. | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Raine, Sir Walter | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Ramsden, E. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid | Wragg, Herbert |
| Rawson, Sir Cooper | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Rees, Sir Beddoe | Tasker, R. Inigo. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (Norwich) |
| Remer, J. R. | Templeton, W. P. | |
| Remnant, Sir James | Thom, Lt. -Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES. — |
| Rentoul, G. S. | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) | Major Sir Harry Barnston and Mr. |
| Penny. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Groves, T. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Grundy, T. W. | Ponsonby, Arthur |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Potts. John S. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hardie, George D. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hayday, Arthur | Riley, Ben |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hayes, John Henry | Ritson, J. |
| Baker, Walter | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Rose. Frank H. |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Barnes, A. | Hirst, G. H. | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Batey, Joseph | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Scurr, John |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield). | Sexton James |
| Broad, F. A | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Bromfield, William | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Bromley, J | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Jones. J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Buchanan, G. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Smillie, Robert |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Kelly, W. T. | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey-Rotherhithe) |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kennedy, T. | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Clowes, S. | Kirkwood, D. | Stamford, T. W. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lansbury, George | Stephen, Campbell |
| Compton, Joseph | Lawrence, Susan | Stewart, J (St. Rollox) |
| Connolly, M. | Lawson, John James | Sutton, J. E. |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Lee, F. | Taylor, R. A. |
| Dalton, Hugh | Lindley, F. W. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Lowth, T. | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lunn, William | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Mackinder, W. | Townend, A. E. |
| Dennison, R. | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Duncan, C. | March, S. | Viant, S. P. |
| Dunnico, H. | Maxton, James | Walsh. Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Mitchell, E. Rosslyn (Paisley) | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Gardner, J. P. | Morris, R. H. | Watts-Morgan, Lt. -Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Gillett, George M. | Mosley, Oswald | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Gosling, Harry | Murnin, H. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Greenall, T. | Naylor, T. E. | Westwood, J. |
| Greenwood A. (Nelson and Colne) | Oliver, George Harold | Whiteley, W. |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Palin, John Henry | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Paling, W. | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Williams, Dr. J. H. (Lianelly) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) | Windsor, Walter | Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. |
| Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercilffe) | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) | Charles Edwards. |
§ Resolutions to be reported To-morrow; Committee to sit again To-morrow.