HC Deb 16 June 1927 vol 207 cc1284-5

Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 71A.

[Mr. JAMES HOPE in the Chair.]

Motion made, and Question put, That, for the purpose of any Act, of the present Session to make provision for the better drainage of the area drained by the River Ouse and its tributaries and for purposes connected therewith, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament, of—

  1. (1) a contribution towards the expenses to be incurred by the Ouse Drainage Board in respect of certain works and of a certain matter specified in the said Act, up to an amount net exceeding one-half of those expenses;
  2. (2) a sum of four thousand five hundred pounds to the Company of Proprietors of the Norfolk Estuary in consideration of the surrender to His Majesty in right of his Crown of certain lands now vested in the Company."—(King's Recommendation signified.)—(Mr. Guinness.)

The Committee divided: Ayes, 155; Noes, 63.

Division No. 184.] AYES. [8. 34 p. m.
Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. Dean, Arthur Wellesley Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere
Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) Dixey, A. C. Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman
Applin, Colonel R. V. K. Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) Macintyre, Ian
Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. Elliot, Major Walter E. Mc Lean, Major A.
Atholl, Duchess of Ellis, R. G Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm
Atkinson, C. Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley Falle, Sir Bertram G. Macquisten, F. A.
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Fielden, E. B. Malone, Major P. B.
Barnett, Major Sir Richard Finburgh, S. Margesson, Captain D.
Barnston, Major Sir Harry Forestier-Walker, Sir L. Merriman, F. B.
Betterton, Henry B. Foster, Sir Harry S. Meyer, Sir Frank
Birchall, Major J. Dearman Galbraith, J. F. W. Mitchell. S. (Lanark, Lanark)
Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) Gibbs, Col. Rt. Hon. George Abraham Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M
Blundell, F. N. Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr)
Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. Glyn, Major R. G. C. Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury)
Brassey, Sir Leonard Gower, Sir Robert Nelson, Sir Frank
Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive Grace, John Neville. Sir Reginald J.
Briscoe, Richard George Grotrian, H. Brent Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter)
Brocklebank, C. E. R. Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge)
Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) Gunston, Captain D. W. Oakley, T.
Buchan, John Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon Hugh
Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James Hammersley, S. S. Oman, Sir Charles William C.
Burman, J. B. Hanbury, C. Penny, Frederick George
Burton, Colonel H. W. Harland, A. Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings)
Campbell, E. T. Harrison, G. J. C. Perkins, Colonel E. K.
Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth. S.) Hartington, Marquess of Perring, Sir William George
Chapman, Sir S. Hawke, John Anthony Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple)
Christie, J. A. Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome)
Clarry, Reginald George Henderson, Lt.-Col. Sir V. L. (Bootle) Pownail, Sir Assheton
Clayton, G. C. Henn, Sir Sydney H. Price, Major C. W. M.
Cobb, Sir Cyril Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) Radford, E. A.
Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. Hills, Major John Walter Raine, Sir Walter
Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George Hilton, Cecil Ramsden, E.
Couper, J. B. Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) Rice, Sir Frederick
Crook, J. Smedley (Deritend) Hopkins, J. W. W. Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y)
Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) Hurst, Gerald B Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint)
Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. Rye, F. G.
Cunliffe, Sir Herbert Jephcott, A. R. Salmon, Major I.
Curzon, Captain Viscount Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) Sandeman, N. Stewart
Davidson, Major-General Sir John H. Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl. (Renfrew, W)
Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) King, Commodore Henry Douglas Sheffield, Sir Berkeley
Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) Lamb, J. Q. Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down)
Davies, Dr. Vernon Little, Dr. E. Graham Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.)
Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) Loder, J. de V. Sprot, Sir Alexander
Dawson, Sir Philip Looker, Herbert William Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F.
Stanley, Lord (Fylde) Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) Withers, John James
Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. Womersley, W. J.
Steel, Major Samuel Strang Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.)
Tasker, R. Inigo. Watts, Dr. T. Woodcock, Colonel H. C.
Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) Wells, S. R.
Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- Wheler, Major Sir Granville C. H. TELLERS FOR THE AYES. —
Tinne, J. A. Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) Major Sir George Hennessy and
Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) Major Cope.
NOES.
Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) Grundy, T. W. Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W. R., Elland)
Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) Hardle, George D. Salter, Dr. Alfred
Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston)
Ammon, Charles George Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) Shepherd, Arthur Lewis
Baker, Walter Hirst, G. H. Shiels, Dr. Drummond
Barnes, A. Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) Slesser, Sir Henry H.
Batey, Joseph Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) Smith, Rennie (Penistone)
Bondfield, Margaret Kelly, W. T. Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip
Broad, F. A. Kennedy, T. Stephen, Campbell
Buchanan, G. Kirkwood, D. Stewart, J. (St. Rollox)
Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel Lansbury, George Sutton, J. E.
Charleton, H. C. Lawson, John James Thurtle, Ernest
Cluse, W. S. Lee, F. Tinker, John Joseph
Connolly, M. Lowth, T. Wallhead, Richard C.
Dalton, Hugh Lunn, William Wellock, Wilfred
Duncan, C. Maxton, James Whiteley, W.
Dunnico, H. Mosley, Oswald Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow)
Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) Naylor, T. E Windsor, Walter
Gardner, J. P. Palin, John Henry Wise, Sir Fredric
Gillett, George M Potts, John S.
Greenall, T. Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) Ritson, J. Mr. Hayes and Mr. B. Smith.

Question put, and agreed to.

Motion made, and Question put, "That the Chairman do report the Resolution to the House."

The Committee proceeded to a Division.

Captain Bowyer and Mr. Penny were appointed as fellers for the Ayes; but, there being no Members willing to act as Tellers for the Noes, the CHAIRMAN declared that the Ayes had it.

Resolution to be reported To-morrow.