HC Deb 12 December 1929 vol 233 cc838-41

Condition (iv) in sub-section (1) of section seven of the principal Act (which prescribes the statutory conditions for the receipt of benefit) shall cease to have effect.—[Miss Bondfield.]

Brought up, and read the First time.

Miss BONDFIELD

I beg to move, "That the Clause be read a Second time."

I am sure hon. Members are most unwilling that I should enter into further explanations on this matter. I beg to move.

Question put, "That the Clause be read a Second time."

The House divided: Ayes, 260; Noes, 135.

Division No. 96.] AYES. [11.45 p.m.
Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) Brockway, A. Fenner Dudgeon, Major C. R.
Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) Bromfield, William Dukes, C.
Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher Bromley, J. Duncan, Charles
Aitchison, Rt. Hon. Craigle M. Brooke, W. Ede, James Chuter
Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') Brothers, M. Edmunds, J. E.
Alpass, J. H. Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) Edwards, E. (Morpeth)
Ammon, Charles George Brown, W. J. (Wolverhampton, West) Egan, W. H.
Angell, Norman Buchanan, G. Eimley, Viscount
Arnott, John Burgess, F. G. Foot, Isaac
Aske, Sir Robert Burgin, Dr. E. L. Forgan, Dr. Robert
Ayles, Walter Calne, Derwent Hall. Freeman, Peter
Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) Cameron, A. G. Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton)
Barnes, Alfred John Cape, Thomas Gardner, J. P. (Hammersmith, N.)
Barr, James Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke)
Batey, Joseph Charieton, H. C. George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesea)
Beckett, John (Camberwell, Peckham) Chater, Daniel Gibbins, Joseph
Bellamy, Albert Clarke, J. S. Gill, T. H.
Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood Cluse, W. S. Glassey, A. E.
Bennett, William (Battersea, South) Cocks, Frederick Seymour Gossling, A. G.
Benson, G. Compton, Joseph Gould, F.
Bentham, Dr. Ethel Daggar, George Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton)
Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) Dallas, George Granville, E.
Blindell, James Dalton, Hugh Gray, Mliner
Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret Davies, E. C. (Montgomery) Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Coins)
Bowen, J. W. Denman, Hon. R. D. Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan)
Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro' W.) McElwee, A. Samuel, H. W. (Swansea, West)
Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) McEntee, V. L. Sanders, W. S.
Groves, Thomas E. Mackinder, W. Sandham, E.
Grundy, Thomas W. McKinlay, A. Sawyer, G. F.
Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) McShane, John James Scott, James
Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) Scrymgeour, E.
Hall, Capt. W. P. (Portsmouth, C.) Mansfield, W. Scurr, John
Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) Marcus, M. Sexton, James
Harbord, A. Markham, S. F. Shepherd, Arthur Lewis
Hardie, George D. Marley, J. Sherwood, G. H.
Harris, Percy A. Mathers, George Shield, George William
Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon Matters, L. W. Shiels, Dr. Drummond
Hastings, Dr. Somerville Melville, Sir James Shillaker, J. F.
Haycock, A. W. Messer, Fred Shinwell, E.
Hayday, Arthur Middleton, G. Simmons, C. J.
Henderson, Arthur, Junr. (Cardiff, S.) Millar, J. D. Sinclair, Sir A. (Caithness)
Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) Mills, J. E. Sinkinson, George
Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) Milner, J. Sitch, Charles H.
Herriotts, J. Morgan, Dr. H. B. Smith, Alfred (Sunderland)
Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) Morley, Ralph Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe)
Hirst, W, (Bradford, South) Morrison, Herbert (Hackney, South) Smith, Frank (Nuneaton)
Hoffman, P. C. Mort, D. L. Smith, Rennie (Penistone)
Hoillns, A. Moses, J. J. H. Smith, Tom (Pontefract)
Hopkin, Daniel Mosley, Lady C. (Stoke-on-Trent) Snowden, Thomas (Accrington)
Hore-Beilsha, Leslie. Mosley, Sir Oswald (Smethwick) Sorensen, R.
Horrabin, J. F. Muff, G. Spero, Dr. G. E.
Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) Muggeridge, H. T. Stamford, Thomas W.
Hunter, Dr. Joseph Murnin, Hugh Stephen, Campbell
Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. Nathan, Major H. L. Strachey, E. J. St. Loe
Isaacs, George Naylor, T. E. Strauss, G. R.
Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) Sullivan, J.
John, William (Rhondda, West) Noel Baker, P. J. Sutton, J. E.
Jones, F. Llewellyn- (Flint) Oldfield, J. R. Taylor, W. B. (Norfolk, S. W.)
Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) Oliver, George Harold (Ilkeston) Tinker, John Joseph
Jones, Rt. Hon. Leif (Camborne) Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) Toole, Joseph
Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Owen, Major G. (Carnarvon) Tout, W. J.
Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) Owen, H. F. (Hereford) Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles
Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. Palin, John Henry Turner, B.
Jowitt, Rt. Hon. Sir W. A. Palmer, E. T. Vaughan, D. J.
Kedward, R. M. (Kent, Ashford) Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) Walker, J.
Kelly, W. T. Perry, S. F. Wallace, H. W.
Kennedy, Thomas Peters, Dr. Sidney John Watkins, F. C.
Kinley, J. Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline).
Lang, Gordon Phillips, Dr. Marlon Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda)
Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George Picton-Turbervill, Edith Wellock, Wilfred
Lathan, G. Potts, John S. Welsh, James (Paisley)
Law, A. (Rosendale) Price, M. P. Welsh, James C. (Coatbridge)
Lawrence, Susan Pybus, Percy John West, F. R.
Lawrie, Hugh Hartley (Staiybridge) Ramsay, T. B. Wilson Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J.
Lawson, John James Rathbone, Eleanor Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood)
Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) Raynes, W. R. Whiteley, William (Blaydon)
Leach, W. Richards, R. Wilkinson, Ellen C.
Lee, Frank (Derby, N. E.) Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) Williams, David (Swansea, East)
Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) Riley, Ben (Dewsbury) Williams Dr. J. H. (Lianeily)
Lees, J. Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Tees) Williams, T. (York, Don Valley)
Lewis, T. (Southampton) Ritson, J. Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow)
Lindley, Fred W. Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) Winterton, G. E. (Leicester, Loughb'gh)
Lloyd, C. Ellis Romeril, H. G. Wood, Major McKenzle (Banff)
Longbottom, A. W. Rosbotham, O. S. T. Young, R. S. (Islington, North)
Longden, F. Rothschild, J. de
Lovat-Frasor, J. A. Rowson, Guy TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—
Lunn, William Salter, Dr. Alfred Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr.
MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) Hayes.
NOES.
Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil)
Ainsworth, Lieut.-Col. Charles Burton, Colonel H. W. Dawson, Sir Philip
Albery, Irving James Butler, R. A. Duckworth, G. A. V.
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. Butt, Sir Alfred Dugdale, Capt. T. L.
Atholl, Duchess of Carver, Major W. H. Edmondson, Major A. J.
Baillie-Hamilton, Hon. Charles W. Castle Stewart, Earl of Elliot, Major Walter E.
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth. S.) Everard, W. Lindsay
Balfour, Captain H. H. (I. of Thanet) Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) Ferguson, Sir John
Balniel, Lord Christie, J. A. Fielden, E. B.
Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George Fison, F. G. Clavering
Beaumont M. W. Colfox, Major William Philip Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E.
Bevan, S. J. (Holborn) Courtauld, Major J. S. Ganzoni, Sir John
Boothby, R. J. G. Cranbourne, Viscount Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton
Bourne, Captain Robert Croft Crichton-stuart, Lord C. Gibson, C. G. (Pudsey & Otley)
Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. Crookshank, Capt. H. C. Glyn, Major R. G. C.
Bracken, B. Croom-Johnson, R. P. Grace, John
Braithwaite, Major A. N. Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.)
Brass, Captain Sir William Cunliffe-Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Greene, W. P. Crawford
Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'I'd., Hexham) Dalkeith, Earl of Gunston, Captain D. W.
Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. Morrison, w. S. (Glos., Cirencester) Smith-Carington, Neville W.
Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive Smithers, Waldson
Hartington, Marquess of Muirhead, A. J. Somervilie, D. G. (Wiliesden, East)
Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld) Southby, Commander A. R. J.
Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) O'Neill, Sir H. Spender-Clay, Colonel H.
Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. Oman, Sir Charles William C. Stanley, Maj. Hon. O. (W'morland)
Herbert, S. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur
Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. Peake, Capt. Osbert Stuart, J. C. (Moray and Nairn)
Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) Tinne, J. A.
Iveagh, Countess of Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) Titchfield, Major the Marquess of
Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) Power, Sir John Cecil Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement
King, Commodore Rt. Hon. Henry D. Pownall, Sir Assheton Turton, Robert Hugh
Knox, Sir Alfred Ramsbotham, H. Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon
Lamb, Sir J. Q. Remer, John R. Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey)
Leighton, Major B. E. P. Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert
Llewellin, Major J. J. Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell Warrender, Sir Victor
Lymington, Viscount Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. Waterhouse, Captain Charles
MacRobert, Rt. Hon. Alexander M. Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) Wells, Sydney R.
Makins, Brigadier-General E. Salmon, Major I. Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay)
Margesson, Captain H. D. Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George
Marjoribanks, E. C. Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney) Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl
Mason, Colonel Glyn K. Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount
Mitchell-Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. Womersley, W. J.
Mond, Hon. Henry Savery, S. S.
Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. Shepperson, Sir Ernest Whittome TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Moore, Sir Newton J. (Richmond) Skelton, A. N. Sir George Hennessy and Sir George
Morrison, Hugh (Wilts, Salisbury) Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) Penny.

Clause added to the Bill.

Ordered, "That further Consideration of the Bill, as amended, be now a djourned."—[Mr. T. Kennedy.]

Bill, as amended, to be further considered upon Monday next, 16th December.