HC Deb 07 April 1932 vol 264 cc321-5

Amendment proposed: In page 18, line 18, to leave out paragraph (a).—[Sir S. Cripps.] Question proposed, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill.

The MINISTER of AGRICULTURE (Sir John Gilmour)

When we were discussing the Amendment last night the hon. and learned Gentleman the Member for East Bristol (Sir S. Cripps) expressed grave doubts as to the capability of the Minister in prescribing what was millable quality, and he asked me to state on this occasion, and to this House at this time, the terms upon which I should carry out this part of my duty. I have said in this House before that I desire to retain this right to the Minister rather than to leave it to the rules and regulations which may be submitted by the Wheat Commission, and for the reason that this is a matter of vital importance both to the farming community and the consumer. On the other hand, I desire not to make these regulations until I have had the advantage of the advice of those who are technically conversant with these problems, including the representatives of the farmers, the corn merchants and the millers. From the practical point of view it is very desirable that in taking this power it should not be prescribed in the Bill, because from time to time, arising out of experience in working, say, in the first year of the operation of the Wheat Commission, it may be found that the terms and the descriptions of millable or non-millable quality may require to be modified or tightened up in one direction or another.

From the practical point of view I should have thought it was eminently desirable that that liberty should be left to the Minister. He will be advised by technical people, in accordance with the general practice of the business carried on in the country to-day. It is not as if there was no experience in this matter. Wheat is being bought and sold at the present time and the method under which millable wheat is arrived at by those who are experts is well known to those who deal with these problems. It is very desirable that we should have a certain freedom, so long as it is clearly laid down in the Bill that the Minister must essentially establish what is millable quality.

Mr. ATTLEE

We have now come to a most important point, and whenever we come to something that is vital or important the right hon. Gentleman becomes absolutely hazy. He either says nothing at all or he says it in the vaguest possible way. He says that one cannot absolutely put what is millable quality into the Bill. We do not ask him to do that, but we made a number of suggestions in the Committee stage which laid down the kind of matters that ought to be taken into consideration. What amazes me most in the attitude of the right hon. Gentleman is that he has been considering this Bill for some time and on every point almost he has told us that he has been in the closest contact with all the experts and all the interests, yet he is not sure about millable quality. He has told us that the determination of millable quality is a thing that is being done every day by experts in the trade, but, although he has been in touch with all the experts, he is not in a position to say anything about the matter. I think it is clear that he really does not want to say anything about it. There is something still more strange, and that is that the whole finance of the Bill depends on what is millable quality. The amount of the payments, the cost to the consumer, the acreage and everything else depends upon millable quality. Does he really say that he has framed this Bill, brought it before the House, explained the extent to which we are going to have an increase or a decrease of arable acreage, and also the amount of payments, and yet he cannot tell us, and he has no idea, what is the standard of millable quality? It is a most unsatisfactory answer. He says that it is not a mere matter of definition, but it is vital to the whole Bill and on this vital point he cannot tell us anything whatever.

Question put, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill."

The House divided: Ayes, 295; Noes, 48.

Division No. 145.] AYES. [3.38 p.m.
Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B.
Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) Bird, Ernest Roy (Yorks., Skipton)
Albery, Irving James Balniel, Lord Blaker, Sir Reginald
Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd) Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar Blindell, James
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey Boulton, W. W.
Anstruther-Gray, W. J. Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton
Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B. (Portsm'th, C.) Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W.
Apsley, Lord Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley Boyce, H. Leslie
Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. Bernays, Robert Braithwaite, Maj. A. N. (Yorks, E. R.)
Braithwaite, J. G. (Hillsborough) Guy, J. C. Morrison Normand, Wilfrid Guild
Briscoe, Capt. Richard George Hales, Harold K. North, Captain Edward T.
Broadbent, Colonel John Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) Nunn, William
Brocklebank, C. E. R. Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) O'Connor, Terence James
Brown, Ernest (Leith) Hamilton, Sir R.W.(Orkney & Z'tl'nd) O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh
Browne, Captain A. C. Hanbury, Cecil Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A.
Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. Hanley, Dennis A. Palmer, Francis Noel
Burghley, Lord Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry Patrick, Colin M.
Burnett, John George Harris, Sir Percy Peake, Captain Osbert
Cadogan, Hon. Edward Hartington, Marquess of Pearson, William G.
Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenningt'n) Peat, Charles U.
Campbell, Rear-Adml. G. (Burnley) Haslam, Henry (Lindsay, H'ncastle) Peters, Dr. Sidney John
Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) Petherick, M.
Caporn, Arthur Cecil Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple)
Carver, Major William H. Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. Peto, Geoffrey K.(W'verh'pt'n, Bilston)
Castle Stewart, Earl Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. Pickering, Ernest H.
Cautley, Sir Henry S. Holdsworth, Herbert Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H.
Cayzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) Hore-Belisha, Leslie Pownall, Sir Assheton
Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) Hornby, Frank Pybus, Percy John
Chalmers, John Rutherford Horobin, Ian M. Raikes, Henry V. A. M.
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. (Birm., W) Horsbrugh, Florence Ramsay, Alexander (W. Bromwich)
Chapman, Col. R.(Houghton-le-Spring) Howard, Tom Forrest Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian)
Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles)
Chotzner, Alfred James Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) Ramsden, E.
Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer Hunter, Capt. M. J. (Brigg) Rathbone, Eleanor
Clarke, Frank Hurd, Percy A. Rea, Walter Russell
Clayton, Dr. George C. Hutchison, W. D. (Essex, Romford) Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter)
Clydesdale, Marquess of Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas W. H. Reid, James S. C. (Stirling)
Colville, John Joel, Dudley J. Barnato Reid, William Allan (Derby)
Conant, R. J. E. Johnston, J. W. (Clackmannan) Reynolds, Col. Sir James Philip
Cooke, Douglas Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U.
Cooper, A. Duff Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) Roberts, Aled (Wrexham)
Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry Kerr, Hamilton W. Robinson, John Roland
Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. Kimball, Lawrence Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell
Crooke, J. Smedley Knatchbull, Captain Hon. M. H. R. Rosbotham, S. T.
Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) Knebworth, Viscount Ross, Ronald D.
Crossley, A. C. Knight, Holford Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge)
Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton Rothschild, James A. de
Culverwell, Cyril Tom Lambert, Rt. Hon. George Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A.
Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) Latham, Sir Herbert Paul Runge, Norah Cecil
Davison, Sir William Henry Law, Sir Alfred Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth)
Denman, Hon. R. D. Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield, B'tside)
Denville, Alfred Leckie, J. A. Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury)
Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. Leech, Dr. J. W. Salmon, Major Isidore
Dickie, John P. Lees-Jones, John Salt, Edward W.
Drewe, Cedric Leighton, Major B. E. P. Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham)
Duckworth, George A. V. Levy, Thomas Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen)
Duggan, Hubert John Lewis, Oswald Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart
Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) Liddall, Walter S. Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard
Eady, George H. Lloyd, Geoffrey Savery, Samuel Servington
Eden, Robert Anthony Loder, Captain J. de Vere Scone, Lord
Ednam, Viscount Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander Selley, Harry R.
Elliot, Major Rt. Hon. Walter E. Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. Shakespeare, Geoffrey H.
Elliston, Captain George Sampson Mabane, William Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell)
Elmley, Viscount Mac Andrew, Maj. C. G. (Partick) Sheppersan, Sir Ernest W.
Emmott, Charles E. G. C. MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) Simmonds, Oliver Edwin
Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) Macdonald. Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A.(C'thness)
Essenhigh, Reginald Clare McEwen, Captain J. H. F. Skelton, Archibald Noel
Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) McKeag, William Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter D.
Falle, Sir Bertram G. McKie, John Hamilton Smith, Louie W. (Sheffield, Hallam)
Ferguson, Sir John Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton Soper, Richard
Fermoy, Lord McLean, Major Alan Southby, Commander Archibald R. J.
Foot, Dingle (Dundee) Maclean, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (Corn'll N.) Spencer, Captain Richard A.
Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland)
Fox, Sir Gifford Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. Stewart, William J.
Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. Macquisten, Frederick Alexander Stones, James
Fuller, Captain A. G. Magnay, Thomas Storey, Samuel
Ganzoni, Sir John Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest Strauss, Edward A,
Gibson, Charles Granville Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. Strickland, Captain W. F.
Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John Margesson, Capt. Henry David R. Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn)
Gledhill, Gilbert Marsden, Commander Arthur Stuart, Lord C. Crichton-
Glossop, C. W. H. Martin, Thomas B. Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart
Gluckstein, Louis Halle Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) Sutcliffe, Harold
Glyn, Major Ralph G, C. Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John Tate, Mavis Constance
Goff, Sir Park Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) Templeton, William P.
Goodman, Colonel Albert W. Milne, Charles Titchfield, Major the Marquess of
Gower, Sir Robert Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford)
Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) Molson, A. Hugh Eisdale Touche, Gordon Cosmo
Granville, Edgar Moreing, Adrian C. Train, John
Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas Morris, Rhys Hopkin (Cardigan) Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement
Graves, Marjorie Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon
Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John Muirhead, Major A. J. Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey)
Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro', W.) Munro, Patrick Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull)
Grimston, R. V. Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend)
Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) Waterhouse, Captain Charles
Watt, Captain George Steven H. Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.) Worthington, Dr. John V.
Wells, Sydney Richard Windsor Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noaks)
Weymouth, Viscount Womersley, Walter James
Whiteside, Borras Noel H. Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley TELLERS FOR THE AYES
Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie(Banff) Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir George Penny.
NOES.
Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) Maxton, James
Attlee, Clement Richard Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) Parkinson, John Allen
Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) Grithffis, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) Price, Gabriel
Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) Grundy, Thomas W. Salter, Dr. Alfred
Buchanan, George Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) Thorne, William James
Cape, Thomas Hirst, George Henry Tinker, John Joseph
Cove, William G. Jenkins, Sir William Williams, David (Swansea, East)
Cripps, Sir Stafford John, William Williams, Edward John (Ogmore)
Daggar, George Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly)
Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley)
Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) Lawson, John James
Duncan, Charles (Derby, Claycross) Leonard, William TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Edwards, Charles Logan, David Gilbert Mr. Gordon Macdonald and Mr. Groves.
George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) McEntee, Valentine L.
George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan)

Resolution agreed to.

Division No. 146.] AYES. [3.55 p.m.
Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr)
Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) Essenhigh, Reginald Clare Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.)
Albery, Irving James Falle, Sir Bertram G. McEwen, Captain J. H. F.
Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd) Ferguson, Sir John McKie, John Hamilton
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. Fermoy, Lord Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton
Anstruther-Gray, W. J. Foot, Dingle (Dundee) McLean, Major Alan
Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. Fox, Sir Gifford McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston)
Apsley, Lord Fraser, Captain Ian Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I.
Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. Macquisten, Frederick Alexander
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley Fuller, Captain A. G. Magnay, Thomas
Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar Ganzoni, Sir John Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest
Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey Gibson, Charles Granville Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M.
Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) Gillett, Sir George Masterman Margesson, Capt. Henry David R.
Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B.(Portsm'th, C.) Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John Marsden, Commander Arthur
Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley Gledhill, Gilbert Martin, Thomas B.
Bernays, Robert Glossop, C. W. H. Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.)
Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. Gluckstein, Louis Halle Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John
Bird, Ernest Roy (Yorks., Skipton) Glyn, Major Ralph G. C. Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, C.)
Blindell, James Goff, Sir Park Milne, Charles
Boulton, W. W. Goodman, Colonel Albert W. Molson, A. Hugh Eisdale
Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton Gower, Sir Robert Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres
Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) Moreing, Adrian C.
Boyce, H. Leslie Granville, Edgar Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh)
Braithwaite, Ma]. A. N. (Yorks, E. R.) Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas Muirhead, Major A. J.
Braithwaite, J. G. (Hillsborough) Graves, Marjorie Munro, Patrick
Briscoe, Capt. Richard George Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H.
Broadbent, Colonel John Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro', W.) Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld)
Brocklebank, C. E. R. Grimston, R. V. Normand, Wilfrid Guild
Brown, Ernest (Leith) Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. North, Captain Edward T.
Browne, Captain A. C. Guy, J. C. Morrison Nunn, William
Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. Hales, Harold K. O'Connor, Terence James
Burghley, Lord Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh
Burnett, John George Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A.
Cadogan, Hon. Edward Hamilton, Sir R.W.(Orkney & Z'tl'nd) Palmer, Francis Noel
Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) Hammersley, Samuel S. Patrick, Colin M.
Campbell, Rear-Adml. G. (Burnley) Hanbury, Cecil Peake, Captain Osbert
Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm Hanley, Dennis A. Pearson, William G.
Caporn, Arthur Cecil Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry Peat, Charles U.
Carver, Major William H. Harris, Sir Percy Peters, Dr. Sidney John
Castle Stewart, Earl Hartington, Marquess of Petherick, M.
Cautley, Sir Henry S. Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenningt'n) Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple)
Cayzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) Haslam, Henry (Lindsay, H'ncastle) Peto, Geoffrey K.(W'verh'pt'n, Bilston)
Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) Pickering, Ernest H.
Chalmers, John Rutherford Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H.
Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A.(Birm., W.) Heligers, Captain F. F. A. Pybus, Percy John
Chapman, Col. R.(Houghton-le-Spring) Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. Raikes, Henry V. A. M.
Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) Holdsworth, Herbert Ramsay, Alexander (W. Bromwich)
Chotzner, Alfred James Hore-Belisha, Leslie Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian)
Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer Hornby, Frank Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles)
Clarke, Frank Horobin, Ian M. Ramsden, E.
Clayton, Dr. George C. Horsbrugh, Florence Rathbone, Eleanor
Clydesdale, Marquess of Howard, Tom Forrest Rea, Walter Russell
Colfox, Major William Philip Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter)
Colville, John Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) Reid, James S. C. (Stirling)
Conant, R. J. E. Hunter, Capt. M. J. (Brigg) Reid, William Allan (Derby)
Cooke, Douglas Hurd, Percy A. Reynolds, Col. Sir James Philip
Cooper, A. Duff Hutchison, W. D. (Essex, Romford) Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U.
Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas W. H. Robinson, John Roland
Craven-Ellis, William Joel, Dudley J. Barnato Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell
Crott, Brigadier-General Sir H. Johnston, J. W. (Clackmannan) Rosbotham, S. T.
Crooke, J. Smedley Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) Ross, Ronald D.
Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) Kerr, Hamilton W. Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge)
Crossley, A. C. Kimball, Lawrence Rothschild, James A. de
Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard Knatchbull, Captain Hon. M. H. R. Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A.
Culverwell, Cyril Tom Knight, Holford Runge, Norah Cecil
Dalkeith, Earl of Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth)
Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) Lambert, Rt. Hon. George Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield, B'tside)
Davison, Sir William Henry Latham, Sir Herbert Paul Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury)
Denman, Hon. R. D. Law, Sir Alfred Salmon, Major Isidore
Denville, Alfred Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) Salt, Edward W.
Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. Leckie, J. A. Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham)
Dickie, John P. Leech, Dr. J. W. Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart
Drewe, Cedric Lees-Jones, John Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard
Duckworth, George A. V. Leighton, Major B. E. p. Savery, Samuel Servington
Duggan, Hubert John Levy, Thomas Scone, Lord
Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) Lewis, Oswald Selley, Harry R.
Eady, George H. Liddall, Walter S. Shakespeare, Geoffrey H.
Eden, Robert Anthony Lloyd, Geoffrey Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell)
Ednam, Viscount Loder, Captain J. de Vere Shepperson, Sir Ernest W.
Elliot, Major Rt. Hon. Walter E. Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander Simmonds, Oliver Edwin
Elliston, Captain George Sampson Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A.(C'thness)
Elmley, Viscount Mabane, William Skelton, Archibald Moot
Emmott, Charles E. G. C. MacAndrew, Maj. C. G. (Partick) Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter D.
Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) Tate, Mavis Constance Whiteside, Borras Noel H.
Smith Carington, Neville W. Templeton, William P. Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay)
Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.)
Soper, Richard Thompson, Luke Wills, Wilfrid D.
Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. Thomson, Sir Frederick Charles Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.)
Spears, Brigadier-General Edward L. Titchfield, Major the Marquess of Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George
Spencer, Captain Richard A. Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount
Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) Touche, Gordon Cosmo Womersley, Walter James
Stewart, William J. Train, John Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley
Stones, James Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff)
Storey, Samuel Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon Worthington, Dr. John V.
Strauss, Edward A. Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noaks)
Strickland, Captain W. F. Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend)
Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- Waterhouse, Captain Charles TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—
Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) Watt, Captain George Steven H. Sir George Penny and Lieut.-Colonel
Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart Wells, Sydney Richard Sir A. Lambert Ward.
Sutcliffe, Harold Weymouth, Viscount
NOES.
Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) Maxton, James
Attlee, Clement Richard George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) Morris, Rhys Hopkin (Cardigan)
Batey, Joseph Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) Parkinson, John Allen
Sevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) Price, Gabriel
Briant, Frank Grithffis, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) Roberts, Aled (Wrexham)
Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) Grundy, Thomas W. Salter, Dr. Alfred
Buchanan, George Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) Thorne, William James
Cape, Thomas Hirst, George Henry Tinker, John Joseph
Cocks, Frederick Seymour Jenkins, Sir William Wallhead, Richard C.
Cove, William G. Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah
Cripps, Sir Stafford Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George Williams, David (Swansea, East)
Daggar, George Lawson, John James Williams, Edward John (Ogmore)
Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) Leonard, William Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly)
Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) Logan, David Gilbert Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley)
Duncan, Charles (Derby, Claycross) Macdonald, Gordon (Ince)
Edwards, Charles McEntee, Valentine L. TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) Mr. John and Mr. Groves.