HC Deb 28 July 1931 vol 255 cc2231-5

"That a sum, not exceeding £1,320,904, 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, 1932, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class 1 of the Estimates for Civil Services, namely:

£
1. House of Lords Offices 25,799
2. House of Commons 244,864
3. Expenses under the Representation of the People Act 155,000
£
4. Treasury and Subordinate Departments 189,543
5. Privy Council Office 5,099
6. Privy Seal Office 3,223
7. Charity Commission 24,827
8. Civil Service Commission 16,651
9. Exchequer and Audit Department 90,750
10. Friendly Societies' Deficiency 6,076
11. Government Actuary 22,389
12. Government Chemist 42,894
13. Government Hospitality 7,000
14. The Mint 150,000
15. National Debt Office 599
16. National Savings Committee 55,876
17. Public Record Office 25,386
18. Public Works Loan Commission 90
19. Repayments to the local Loans Fund 46,902
20. Royal Commissions, etc. 21,040
21. Miscellaneous Expenses 926
22. Secret Service 100,000
23. Scottish Office 50,842
24. Repayments to the Civil Contingencies Fund 35,128
£1,320,904"

Question put.

The Committee divided: Ayes, 261; Noes, 166.

Division No. 460.] AYES. [10.15 p.m.
Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) Groves, Thomas E. Montague, Frederick
Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) Grundy, Thomas W. Morgan, Dr. H. B.
Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) Morley, Ralph
Aitchison, Rt. Hon. Craigie M. Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) Morris, Rhys Hopkins
Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') Half, Capt. W. G. (Portsmouth, C.) Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.)
Alpass, J. H. Hardie, David (Rutherglen) Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.)
Ammon, Charles George Hardie, G. D. (Springburn) Mort, D. L.
Angell, Sir Norman Harris, Percy A. Muff, G.
Arnott, John Hastings, Dr. Somerville Muggeridge, H. T.
Aske, Sir Robert Haycock, A. W. Murnin, Hugh
Attlee, Clement Richard Hayday, Arthur Naylor, T. E.
Ayles, Walter Henderson, Arthur, Junr. (Cardiff, S.) Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter)
Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bilston) Henderson, Joseph (Ardwick) Noel-Buxton, Baroness (Norfolk, N)
Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) Oliver, George Harold (Ilkeston)
Barnes, Alfred John Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley)
Batey, Joseph Herriotts, J. Palin, John Henry
Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood Hicks, Ernest George Paling, Wilfrid
Bennett, William (Battersea, South) Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) Palmer, E. T.
Benson, G. Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan)
Birkett, W. Norman Hoffman, P. C. Perry, S. F.
Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret Hollins, A. Pethick-Lawrence, F. W.
Bowen, J. W. Hore-Belisha, Leslie Picton-Turbervill, Edith
Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. Horrabin, J. F. Pole, Major D. G.
Broad, Francis Alfred Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) Potts, John S.
Bromley, J. Isaacs, George Price, M. P.
Brooke, W. John, William (Rhondda, West) Pybus, Percy John
Brothers, M. Johnston, Rt. Hon. Thomas Quibell, D. J. K.
Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) Jones, Llewellyn-, F. Ramsay, T. B. Wilton
Brown, Ernest (Leith) Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) Rathbone, Eleanor
Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (South Ayrshire) Jones, Rt. Hon. Leif (Camborne) Raynes, W. R.
Buchanan, G. Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Richards, R.
Burgess, F. G. Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. Richardson, R. (Houghton le-Spring)
Burgin, Dr. E. L. Jowitt, Rt. Hon. Sir W. A. (Preston) Riley, Ben (Dewsbury)
Buxton, C. R. (Yorks, W. R. Elland) Kedward, R. M. (Kent, Ashford) Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Tees)
Caine, Hall-, Derwent Kelly, W. T. Ritson, J.
Cameron, A. G. Kennedy, Rt. Hon. Thomas Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich)
Cape, Thomas Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M Romeril, H. G.
Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) Knight, Holford Rosbotham, D. S. T.
Chater, Daniel Lang, Gordon Rowson, Guy
Clarke, J. S. Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George Runciman, Rt. Hon Walter
Cluse, W. S. Law, Albert (Bolton) Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury)
Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. Law, A. (Rossendale) Salter, Dr. Alfred
Cocks, Frederick Seymour Lawrence, Susan Sanders, W. S.
Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) Lawrie, Hugh Hartley (Stalybridge) Sawyer, G. F.
Cowan, D. M. Lawson, John James Scurr, John
Cripps, Sir Stafford Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) Shakespeare, Geoffrey H.
Daggar, George Leach, W. Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston)
Davies, E. C. (Montgomery) Lee, Frank (Derby, N. E.) Shepherd, Arthur Lewis
Davies, D. L. (Pontypridd) Lees, J. Sherwood, G. H.
Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) Leonard, W. Shield, George William
Day, Harry Lewis, T. (Southampton) Shiels, Dr. Drummond
Denman, Hon. R. D. Llndley, Fred W. Shillaker, J. F.
Dukes, C. Lloyd, C. Ellis Shinwell, E.
Duncan, Charles Logan, David Gilbert Short, Alfred (Wednesbury)
Ede, James Chuter Longbottom, A. W. Simmons, C. J.
Edge, Sir William Longden, F. Sinkinson, George
Edmunds, J. E. Lovat-Fraser, J. A. Sitch, Charles H.
Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) Lunn, William Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe)
Egan, W. H. Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) Smith, Frank (Nuneaton)
Elmley, Viscount MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) Smith, Lees-, Rt. Hon. H. B. (Keighley)
Evans, Major Herbert (Gateshead) Macdonald, Sir M. (Inverness) Smith, Rennie (Penistone)
Foot, Isaac McElwee, A. Smith, Tom (Pontefract)
Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) McKinlay, A. Smith, W. R. (Norwich)
Gardner, J. P. (Hammersmith, N. Maclean, Sir Donald (Cornwall, N.) Snowden, Thomas (Accrington)
George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) Sorensen, R.
Gibbins, Joseph McShane, John James Stamford, Thomas W.
Gibson, H. M. (Lancs, Mossley) Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) Strauss, G. R.
Gill, T. H. Mander, Geoffrey le M. Sullivan, J.
Gillett, George M. Manning, E. L. Sutton, J. E.
Glassey, A. E. Mansfield, W. Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln)
Gossling, A. G. March, S. Thurtle, Ernest
Gould, F. Marcus, M. Tillett, Ben
Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) Marley, J. Tinker, John Joseph
Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) Marshall, Fred Tout, W. J.
Granville, E. Mathers, George Townend, A. E.
Gray, Milner Matters, L. W. Vaughan, David
Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne) Messer, Fred Viant, S. P.
Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) Middleton, G. Walker, J.
Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro' W.) Mills, J. E. Wallace, H. W.
Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) Milner, Major J. Watkins, F. C.
Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) Whiteley, William (Blaydon) Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow)
Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) Wilkinson, Ellen C. Winterton, G. E. (Leicester, Loughb'gh)
Wellock, Wilfred Williams, David (Swansea, East) Wise, E. F.
Welsh, James (Paisley) Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) Wood, Major McKenzie (Banff)
Welsh, James C. (Coatbridge) Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) Young, R. S. (Islington, North)
Westwood, Joseph Williams, T. (York, Don Valley)
White, H. G. Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) TELLERS FOR THE AYES.
Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) Wilson, J. (Oldham) Mr. Hayes and Mr. Charleton.
NOES.
Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Wetson-s-M.) O'Connor, T. J.
Ainsworth, Lieut.-Col. Charles Fermoy, Lord Oman, Sir Charles William C.
Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'l., W.) Fielden, E. B. Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. Forestier-Walker, Sir L. Peake, Captain Osbert
Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. Penny, Sir George
Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) Galbraith, J. F. W. Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings)
Atkinson, C. Ganzoni, Sir John Perkins, W. R. D.
Baillie-Hamilton, Hon. Charles W. Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple)
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) Gibson, C. G. (Pudsey & Otley) Power, Sir John Cecil
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John Pownall, Sir Assheton
Balfour, Captain H. H. (I. of Thanet) Glyn, Major R. G. C. Ramsbotham, H.
Balniel, Lord Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) Rawson, Sir Cooper
Bellairs, Commander Carlyon Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. Remer, John R.
Betterton, Sir Henry B. Greene, W. P. Crawford Rentoul, Sir Gervais S.
Bevan, S. J. (Holborn) Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y)
Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman Gritten, W. G. Howard Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell
Bird, Ernest Roy Gunston, Captain D. W. Ross, Ronald D.
Boothby, R. J. G. Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E.
Bourne, Captain Robert Croft Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth)
Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. Hammersley, S. S. Salmon, Major I.
Boyce, Leslie Haslam, Henry C. Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham)
Bracken, B. Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart
Braithwaite, Major A. N. Hennessy, Major Sir G. R. J. Savery, S. S.
Briscoe, Richard George Herbert, Sir Dennis (Hertford) Shepperson, Sir Ernest Whittome
Broadbent, Colonel J Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.)
Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. Smith-Carington, Neville W.
Burton, Colonel H. W. Horne, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. Smithers, Waldron
Butler, R. A. Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) Somerset, Thomas
Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward Hurd, Percy A. Somerville, A. A. (Windsor)
Campbell, E. T. Hurst, Sir Gerald B. Spender-Clay, Colonel H.
Carver, Major W. H. Iveagh, Countess of Stanley, Lord (Fylde)
Castle Stewart, Earl of Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) Stanley, Hon. O. (Westmorland)
Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) Kindersley, Major G. M. Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur
Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth, S.) Lamb, Sir J. Q. Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn)
Cazalet, Captain Victor A. Latham, H. P. (Scarboro' & Whitby) Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F.
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) Law, Sir Alfred (Derby, High Peak) Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A.
Christie, J. A. Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) Thompson, Luke
Cobb, Sir Cyril Leighton, Major B. E. P. Thomson, Mitchell-, Rt. Hon. Sir W.
Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) Titchfield, Major the Marquess of
Cohen, Major J. Brunel Llewellin, Major J. J. Todd, Capt. A. J.
Colfox, Major William Philip Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey Train, J.
Colman, N. C. D. Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement
Conway, Sir W. Martin Long, Major Hon. Eric Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon
Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L. Macquisten, F. A. Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey)
Crichton-Stuart, Lord C. Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert
Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. Makins, Brigadier-General E. Waterhouse, Captain Charles
Crookshank, Capt. H. C. Margesson, Captain H. D. Wayland, Sir William A.
Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) Meller, R. J. Wells, Sydney R.
Cunliffe-Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Merriman, Sir F. Boyd Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.)
Dalkeith, Earl of Milne, Wardlaw-, J. S. Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George
Davies, Dr. Vernon Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B Womersley, W. J.
Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) Moore, Sir Newton J. (Richmond) Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton
Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr)
Dawson, Sir Philip Morrison, W. S. (Glos., Cirencester) TELLERS FOR THE NOES.
Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. Nall-Cain, A. R. N. Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir Victor Warrender.
Dixey, A. C. Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge)
Eden, Captain Anthony Nicholson, O. (Westminster)

Question put, and agreed to.

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