§ "That a sum, not exceeding £1,309,171, 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, 1931, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class I of the Estimates for Civil Services, namely:
| £ | |
| 1. House of Lords Offices | 24,841 |
| 2. House of Commons | 237,162 |
| 3. Expenses under the Representation of the People Act | 170,000 |
| 4. Treasury and Subordinate Departments | 199,609 |
| 5. Privy Council Office | 6,209 |
| 6. Privy Seal Office | 14,784 |
| 7. Charity Commission | 27,700 |
| 8. Civil Service Commission | 20,630 |
| 9. Exchequer and Audit Department | 97,550 |
| 10. Friendly Societies' Deficiency | 5,645 |
| 11. Government Actuary | 21,110 |
| 12. Government Chemist | 46,508 |
| 13. Government Hospitality | 18,000 |
| 14. Mint, including Coinage | 100,000 |
| 15. National Debt Office | 128 |
| 16. National Savings Committee | 56,950 |
| 17. Public Record Office | 26,322 |
| 18. Public Works Loan Commission | 5 |
| 19. Repayments to the Local Loans Fund | 46,000 |
| 20. Royal Commissions, etc. | 31,610 |
| 21. Miscellaneous Expenses (including a Supplementary sum of £410 | 845 |
| 22. Secret Service | 100,000 |
| 23. Scottish Office | 50,743 |
| 24. Repayments to the Civil Contingencies Fund | 6,823 |
| £1,309.171" |
§ Question put.
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 300; Noes, 160.
415| Division No. 475.] | AYES. | [10.0 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife. West) | Barr, James. | Broad, Francis Alfred |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Batey, Joseph | Brockway, A. Fenner |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Bellamy, Albert | Bromfield, William |
| Aitchison, Rt. Hon. Craigie M. | Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Bromley, J. |
| Alpass, J. H. | Bennett, Capt. Sir E. N. (Cardiff C.) | Brooke, W. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Benson, G. | Brothers, M. |
| Arnott, John | Bentham, Dr. Ethel | Brown, C.W.E. (Notts. Mansfield) |
| Aske, Sir Robert | Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Brown, Ernest (Leith) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Birkett, W. Norman | Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (South Ayrshire) |
| Ayles, Walter | Blindell, James | Brown, W. J. (Wolverhampton, West) |
| Baker, John(Wolverhampton, Bliston) | Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret | Buchanan, G. |
| Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) | Bowen, J. W. | Burgess, F. G. |
| Barnes, Alfred John | Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Burgin, Dr. E. L. |
| Buxton, C. R. (Yorks, W. R. Elland) | Jones, Rt. Hon. Leif (Camborne) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. |
| Caine, Derwent Hall- | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Phillips, Dr. Marlon |
| Cameron, A. G. | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Picton-Turbervill, Edith |
| Cape, Thomas | Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Pole, Major D. G. |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S.W.) | Jowitt, Sir W. A. (Preston) | Potts, John S. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kelly, W. T. | Price, M. P. |
| Chater, Daniel | Kennedy, Thomas | Pybus, Percy John |
| Church, Major A. G. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Quibell, D. J. K. |
| Clarke, J. S. | Kinley, J. | Ramsay, T. B. Wilson |
| Cluse, W. S. | Knight, Holford | Raynes, W. R. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Molton) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Lang, Gordon | Riley, Ben (Dewsbury) |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Compton, Joseph | Lathan, G. | Ritson, J. |
| Cove, William G. | Law, Albert (Bolton) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F.O.(W. Bromwich) |
| Cowan, D. M. | Law, A. (Rosendale) | Romeril, H. G. |
| Daggar, George | Lawrence, Susan | Rosbotham, D. S. T. |
| Dalton, Hugh | Lawrie, Hugh Hartley (Stalybridge) | Rowson, Guy |
| Davies, E. C. (Montgomery) | Lawson, John James | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Day, Harry | Leach, W. | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Lee, Frank (Derby, N.E.) | Samuel, H. Walter (Swansea, West) |
| Dudgeon, Major C. R. | Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) | Sanders, W. S. |
| Dukes, C. | Lees, J. | Sawyer, G. F. |
| Duncan, Charles | Lewis, T. (Southampton) | Scott, James |
| Ede, James Chuter | Lindley, Fred W. | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Edge, Sir William | Lloyd, C. Ellis | Scurr, John |
| Edmunds, J. E. | Logan, David Gilbert | Sexton, James |
| Edwards, E. (Morpeth) | Longbottom, A. W. | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Egan, W. H. | Longden, F. | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Elmley, Viscount | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Sherwood, G. H. |
| England, Colonel A. | Lowth, Thomas | Shield, George William |
| Foot, Isaac | Lunn, William | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Forgan, Dr. Robert | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Shillaker, J. F. |
| Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Shinwell, E. |
| Gardner, J. P. (Hammersmith, N.) | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | McElwee, A. | Simmons, C. J. |
| George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesea) | McEntee, V. L. | Sinclair, Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Gibson, H. M. (Lancs, Mossley) | McGovern, J. (Glasgow, Shettleston) | Sinkinson, George |
| Gill, T. H. | McKinlay, A. | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Gillett, George M. | MacLaren, Andrew | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Glassey, A. E | Maclean, Sir Donald (Cornwall, N.) | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) |
| Gossling, A. G. | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Gould, F. | McShane, John James | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) |
| Granville, E. | March, S. | Snell, Harry |
| Gray, Milner | Marcus, M. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne) | Marley, J. | Snowden, Thomas (Accrington) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Marshall, Fred | Sorensen, R. |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro' W.) | Mathers, George | Stamford, Thomas W. |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Matters, L. W. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Groves, Thomas E. | Maxton, James | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Grundy, Thomas W. | Melville, Sir James | Strauss, G. R. |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Messer, Fred | Sullivan, J. |
| Hall, Capt. W. G. (Portsmouth, C.) | Middleton, G. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) | Millar, J. D. | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoin) |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Zetland) | Mills, J. E. | Taylor, W. B. (Norfolk, S. W.) |
| Hardie, George D. | Milner, Major J. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Harris, Percy A. | Montague, Frederick | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Morley, Ralph | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Hastings, Dr. Somerville | Morris, Rhys Hopkins | Tillott, Ben |
| Haycock, A. W. | Morrison, Herbert (Hackney, South) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Hayday, Arthur | Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) | Toole, Joseph |
| Hayes, John Henry | Mort, D. L. | Tout, W. J. |
| Henderson, Arthur, Junr. (Cardiff, S.) | Moses, J. J. H. | Townend, A. E. |
| Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) | Mosley, Lady C. (Stoke-on-Trent) | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles |
| Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) | Mosley, Sir Oswald (Smethwick) | Turner, B. |
| Herriotts, J. | Muff, G. | Vaughan, D. J. |
| Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) | Muggeridge, H. T. | Viant, S. P. |
| Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Murnin, Hugh | Walkden, A. G. |
| Hoffman, P. C. | Nathan, Major H. L. | Walker, J. |
| Hopkin, Daniel | Naylor, T. E. | Wallace, H. W. |
| Hore-Belisha, Leslie. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Horrabin, J. F. | Noel Baker, P. J. | Walters, Rt. Hon. Sir. J. Tudor |
| Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) | Noel-Buxton, Baroness (Norfolk, N.) | Watkins, F. C. |
| Hunter, Dr. Joseph | Oldfield, J. R. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. | Oliver, George Harold (Ilkeston) | Watts-Morgan, Lt,-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Isaacs, George | Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Palin, John Henry | Wellock, Wilfred |
| John, William (Rhondda, West) | Paling, Wilfrid | welsh, James (Paisley) |
| Johnston, Thomas | Palmer, E. T. | Welsh, James C. (Coatbridge) |
| Jones, F. Llewellyn- (Flint) | Perry, S. F. | West, F. R. |
| Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Peters, Dr. Sidney John | Westwood, Joseph |
| White, H. G. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) | Wise, E. F. |
| Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) | |
| Whiteley, William (Blaydon) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Wilkinson, Ellen C. | Winterton, G. E.(Leicester, Loughb'gh) | Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. |
| Charles Edwards. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'l., W.) | Galbraith, J. F. W. | O'Connor, T. J. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Ganzoni, Sir John | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Gibson, C. G. (Pudsey & Otley) | O'Neill, Sir H. |
| Betterton, Sir Henry B. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Peake, Captain Osbert |
| Bevan, S. J. (Holborn) | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Gower, Sir Robert | Pilditch, Sir Philip |
| Bird, Ernest Roy | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Boyce, H. L. | Grenfell, Edward C. (City of London) | Reid, David D. (County Down) |
| Bracken, B. | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Rentoul, Sir Gervals S. |
| Braithwaite, Major A. N. | Gritten, W. G. Howard | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Hacking, Rt. Hon. | Douglas H. Ross, Major Ronald D. |
| Buchan, John | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Butler, R. A. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Salmon, Major I. |
| Butt, Sir Alfred | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Haslam, Henry C. | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Henderson, Capt. R. R.(Oxf'd, Henley) | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth, S.) | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Savery, S. S. |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Herbert, Sir Dennis (Hertford) | Shepperson, Sir Ernest Whittome |
| Chadwick, Capt. Sir Robert Burton | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J.A.(Birm.,W.) | Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Hurd, Percy A. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Christie, J. A. | Kindersley, Major G. M. | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | King, Commodore Rt. Hon. Henry D. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George | Knox, Sir Alfred | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Colfox, Major William Philip | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Stewart, W. J. (Belfast, South) |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Law, Sir Alfred (Derby, High Peak) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L, | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Crichton-Stuart, Lord C. | Little, Dr. E. Graham | Tinne, J. A. |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Llewellin, Major J. J. | Todd, Capt. A. J. |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Train, J. |
| Croom-Johnson, R. P. | Long, Major Hon. Eric | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement. |
| Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Macdonald, Capt. P.D. (I. of W.) | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Cunliffe-Lister, Rt. Hon. sir Philip | Mac Robert, Rt. Hon. Alexander M. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) | Wardlaw-Milne, J. S. |
| Dalrymple-White, Lt.-Col. Sir Godfrey | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Margesson, Captain H. D. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Mason, Colonel Glyn K. | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Merriman, Sir F. Boyd | Wells, Sydney R. |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Dixon, Captain Rt. Hon. Herbert | Mitchell-Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Duckworth, G. A. V. | Mond, Hon. Henry | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Dugdale, Capt. T. L. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | Withers, Sir John James |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Moore, Sir Newton J. (Richmond) | Womersley, W. J. |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s-M.) | Morden, Col. W. Grant | |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Muirhead, A. J. | Captain Sir George Bowyer and |
| Fielden, E. B. | Newton. Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Sir George Penny. |
| Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) |
Question put, and agreed to.