HC Deb 26 July 1927 vol 209 cc1166-71

"That a sum, not exceeding £1, 117. 513, 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, 1928, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class 1 of the Estimates for Civil Services, namely:

£
1. House of Lords Offices 27,370
2. House of Commons 236,042
3. Expenses under the Representation of the People Act 137,000
5. Privy Council Office 6,123
6. Privy Seal Office 1,620
7. Charity Commission 27,097
8. Civil Service Commission 41,336
9. Exchequer and Audit Department 99,700
10. Friendly Societies' Deficiency 5,930
11. Government Actuary 21,322
12. Government Chemist 42,239
13. Government Hospitality 8,000

£
14. Mint, including Coinage 50, 000
15. Miscellaneous Expenses 6, 276
16. National Debt Office 11, 695
17. National Savings Commitee 55, 079
18. Public Record Office 24, 948
19. Public Works Loan Commission 5
20. Repayments to the Local Loans Fund 45, 000
21. Royal Commissions, etc 18, 935
22. Secret Service 100, 000
23. Scottish Office 125, 216
24. Repayments to the Civil Contingencies Fund 26, 580
£1, 117, 513 "

Question put.

The Committee divided: Ayes, 329; Noes, 146.

Division No. 288.] AYES. [10.15 p.m.
Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel Christie. J. A. Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony
Agg-Gardner, Rt. Han. Sir James T. Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer Galbraith, J. F. W.
Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) Churchman, Sir Arthur C. Ganzonl, Sir John
Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) Clarry, Reginald George Gates, Percy
Allen, Lieut. -Col. Sir William James Clayton, G. C. Gault, Lieut. -Col. Andrew Hamilton
Applin, Colonel R. V. K. Cobb, Sir Cyril Gitmour, Lt. -Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John
Apsley, Lord Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. Glyn, Major R. G. C.
Ashley, Lt. -Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. Cockerill, Brig. -General Sir George Goff, Sir Park
Astbury, Lieut. -Commander F. W. Cohen, Major J. Brunel Gower, Sir Robert
Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips Grace, John
Astor, Viscountess Colman, N. C. D. Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.)
Atholl, Duchess of Conway, Sir W. Martin Grant, Sir J. A.
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Cooper, A. Duff Grattan-Doyle, Sir N.
Bainlel, Lord Cope, Major William Greaves-Lord, Sir Walter
Banks, Reginald Mitchell Couper, J. B. Greene, W. P. Crawford
Barclay-Harvey, C. M. Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L. Greenwood. Rt. Hn. Sir H. (W'th's'w, E)
Barnett, Major Sir Richard Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islington, N.) Grenfell, Edward C. (City of London)
Barnston, Major Sir Harry Craig, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. C. (Antrim) Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John
Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) Craig, Sir Ernest (Chester, Crewe) Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. (Bristol, N.)
Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E.
Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) Crooke, J. Smedley (Derltend) Gunston, Captain D. W.
Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) Hacking, Captain Douglas H.
Berry, Sir George Crookshank. Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) Hall, Lieut. -Col. Sir F. (Dulwich)
Bethel, A. Dalkeith, Earl of Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.)
Betterton, Henry B. Davidson, Major-General Sir J. H. Hammersley, S. S.
Birchall, Major J. Dearman Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) Hanbury, C.
Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) Davies, Dr. Vernon Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry
Blades. Sir George Rowland Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) Harland, A.
Bourne, Captain Robert Croft Dawson, Sir Philip Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent)
Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart Dean, Arthur Wellesley Harrison, G. J. C.
Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. Dixey, A. C. Harvey, G (Lambeth, Kennington)
Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive Dixon, Captain Rt. Hon. Herbert Haslam, Henry C.
Briscoe, Richard George Drewe, C. Headlam, Lieut. -Colonel C. M.
Brittain, Sir Harry Duckworth, John Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxl'd, Henley)
Brocklebank, C. E. R. Edmondson, Major A. J. Henderson, Lt. -Col. Sir V. L. (Bootle)
Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'I'd., Hexham) Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) Heneage, Lieut. -Colonel Arthur P.
Brown, Brig. -Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) Ellis, R. G. Henn, Sir Sydney H.
Buckingham, Sir H. Elveden, Viscount Hennessy. Major Sir G. R. J.
Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James England, Colonel A. Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford)
Bullock, Captain M. Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s. -M.) Hills, Major John Waller
Burman, J. B. Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) Hilton, Cecil
Burton, Colonel H. W, Evans, Capt Ernest (Welsh Univer.) Hoare, Lt. -Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G.
Butler, Sir Geoffrey Everard, W. Lindsay Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone)
Butt, Sir Alfred Fairfax, Captain J. G. Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard
Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward Falle, Sir Bertram G. Hope, Sir Harry (Fortar)
Campbell, E. T. Fanshawe, Captain G. D. Hopkins, J. W. W.
Carver, Major W. H. Fermoy, Lord Hopkinson Sir A. (Eng. Universities)
Cassels, J. D. Fielden, E. B. Hopkinson. A. (Lancaster, Mossley)
Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) Finburgh, S. Home, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S.
Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth. S.) Forestier-Walker, Sir L. Howard-Bury, Lieut. -Colonel C. K.
Cazalet, Captain Victor A. Forrest, W. Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Harkney. N.)
Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton Foster, Sir Harry S. Hudson, H. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whlteh'n)
Chapman, Sir S. Foxcroft, Captain C. T. Hume. Sir G. H.
Charteris, Brigadier-General J. Fraser, Captain Ian Hume-Williams, Sir W. Ellis
Chilcott, Sir Warden Fremantle, Lieut. -Colonel Francis E. Huntingfield, Lord
Hurd, Percy A. Neville, Sir Reginald J. Somerville, A. A. (Windsor)
Hurst, Gerald B. Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) Spender-Clay, Colonel H.
Illfie, Sir Edward M. Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) Stanley, Lieut. -Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F.
Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. Nicholson, O. (Westminster) Stanley, Lord (Fyide)
Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'I) Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.)
Jephcott, A. R. Nuttall, Ellis Steel, Major Samuel Strang
Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) Oakley, T. Storry-Deans, R.
Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Hugh Streatfeild, Captain S. R.
Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) Oman, Sir Charles William C. Stuart, Crichton, Lord C.
Kindersley, Major Guy M. Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn)
Kinloch-Cooke, sir Clement Pennefather, sir John Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser
Knox, Sir Alfred Penny, Frederick George Sugden, Sir Wilfrid
Lamb, J. Q. Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H.
Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. Perkins, Colonel E. K. Tasker, R. Inigo.
Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) Perring, Sir William George Templeton, W. P.
Little, Dr. E. Graham Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) Thorn, Lt. -Col. J. G. (Dumbarton)
Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) Peto, G. (Somerset, Frame) Thompson, Luke (Sunderland)
Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) Phllipson, Mabel Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South)
Loder, J. de V. Pilcher, G. Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell-
Long, Major Eric Pilditch, Sir Philip Tinne, J. A.
Lougher, Lewis Pownall, Sir Assheton Titchfield, Major the Marquess of
Lowe, Sir Francis William Preston, William Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement
Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vera Price, Major C. W. M. Turton, Sir Edmund Russborough
Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman Radford, E. A. Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P.
Lumley, L. R. Raine, Sir Walter Waddington. R.
Mac Andrew, Major Charles Glen Ramsden, E. Wallace, Captain D. E.
Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) Rawson, Sir Cooper Ward, Lt. -Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull
Macdonald. Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) Rees, Sir Beddoe Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley)
Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) Reid, D. D. (County Down) Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle)
Macintyre, Ian Remer, J. R. Watts, Dr. T.
McLean. Major A. Remnant, Sir James Wells, S. R.
Macmillan, Captain H. Rentoul, G. S. Wheler, Major sir Granville C. H.
Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm Rice, Sir Frederick White Lieut. -Col sir G. Dairymple
McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern)
Macquisten, F. A Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay)
MacRobert, Alexander M. Robinson, Sir T. (Lane., Stretford) Williams, Herbert G. (Reading)
Maltland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- Ropner, Major L. Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield)
Makins, Brigadier-General E. Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) Winby, Colonel L. P.
Malone, Major P. B. Rye, F. G. Windsor-Clive, Lieut. -Colonel George
Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn Salmon, Major I. Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl
Margesson. Captain D. Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) Wise, Sir Fredric
Marriott, Sir J. A. H. Sandeman, N. Stewart Withers, John James
Mason, Lieut. -Col. Glyn K. Sanders, Sir Robert A. Wolmer, Viscount
Merriman, F. B. Sanderson, Sir Frank Womersley, W. J.
Meyer, Sir Frank Sandon, Lord Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stafyb'dge & Hyde)
Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich W.)
Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) Shaw, H. G. (Yorks, W. R., Sowerby) Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak)
Moore, Lieut. -Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) Sheffield, Sir Berkeley Woodcock, Colonel H. C.
Moore, Sir Newton J. Shepperson, E. W. Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L.
Moore-Brabazon, Lieut. -Col. J. T. C. Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) Wragg, Herbert
Morden, Colonel Walter Grant Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's Unlv., Balfast) Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T.
Moreing, Captain A. H. Sketton, A. N. Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (Norwich)
Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) Sianey, Major P. Kenyon
Murchison, Sir Kenneth Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) TELLERS FOR THE AYES.
Nail, Colonel Sir Joseph Smith-Carington, Neville W. Commander B. Eyres Monsell and
Nelson, Sir Frank Smithers, Waldron Captain Viscount Curzon.
NOES.
Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) Dalton, Hugh Hayday, Arthur
Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) Hayes, John Henry
Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley)
Ammon, Charles George Day, Colonel Harry Henderson, T. (Glasgow)
Attlee, Clement Richard Dennison, R. Hirst, G. H.
Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bliston) Duncan, C. Hirst, W. (Bradford, South)
Baker, Walter Dunnlco, H. Hore-Bellsha, Leslie
Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) Edge, Sir William Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield)
Batey, Joseph Fenby, T. D. Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose)
Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. Gardner, J. P. Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath)
Broad, F. A. Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. John, William (Rhondda, West)
Bromfield, William Gibbins, Joseph Johnston, Thomas (Dundee)
Bromley, J. Gillett, George M. Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth)
Brown, Ernest (Leith) Gosling, Harry Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown)
Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly)
Buchanan, G. Greenall, T. Kelly, W. T.
Buxton, Ht. Hon. Noel Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) Kennedy, T.
Charleton, H. C. Grentell, D. R. (Glamorgan) Kenworthy, Lt. -Com. Hon. Joseph M.
Clowes, S. Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) Kirkwood, D.
Cluse, W. S. Groves, T. Lansbury, George
Clynts, Rt. Hon. John R. Grundy, T. W. Lawrence, Susan
Compton, Joseph Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) Lawson, John James
Connolly, M, Hardie, George D. Lee, F.
Cove, W. G. Harney, E. A. Lindley, F. W.
Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) Harris, Percy A. Livingstone, A. M.
Lowth, T. Scurr, John Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P.
Lunn, William Sexton, James viant, S. P.
Mackinder, W. Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) Wallhead, Richard C.
Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) Shepherd, Arthur Lewis Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen
March, S. Shiels, Dr. Drummond Watson, W. M. (Dunfermilne)
Maxton, James Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) Watts-Morgan, Lt. -Col. D. (Rhondda)
Mitchell, E. Rossiyn (Paisiey) Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney
Montague, Frederick Sitch, Charles H. Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah
Morris, R. H. Smillie, Robert Wellock, Wilfred
Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) Westwood, J.
Mosley, Oswald Smith, H. B. Lees-(Kelghley) Whiteley, W.
Murnin, H. Smith, Rennie (Penistone) Wiggins, William Martin
Naylor, T. E. Snell, Harry Wilkinson, Ellen C.
Oliver, George Harold Stamford, T. W. Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham)
Palin, John Henry Stephen, Campbell Williams, David (Swansea, East)
Paling, W. Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) Williams, Dr. J. H. (Lianelly)
Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) Strauss, E. A. Williams, T. (York, Don valley)
Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. Sutton, J. E. Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe)
Potts, John S. Taylor, R. A. Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow)
Richardson, R. (Houghton-ie-Spring) Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) Windsor, Walter
Riley, Ben Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton)
Ritson, J. Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plastow)
Rose, Frank H. Thurtle, Ernest TELLERS FOR THE NOES.
Salter, Dr. Alfred Tinker, John Joseph Mr. A. Barnes and Mr. Charles
Scrymgeour, E. Townend, A. E. Edwards.
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