HC Deb 09 February 1932 vol 261 cc817-21

Motion made, and Question put, That—

  1. (i) there shall in addition to any other duties of customs be charged, in accordance with She provisions of this Resolution, on the importation into the United Kingdom of any goods to which this Resolution applies, such duties of customs as are hereinafter mentioned;
  2. (ii) the goods to which this Resolution shall apply shall be goods of any class or description to which the Board of Trade may by order apply the provisions for giving effect to this Resolution contained in any Act of the present Session, as being goods produced or manufactured in any foreign country which discriminates in respect of the importation into that country of goods produced or manufactured in the United Kingdom (including

the Isle of Man), the Channel Islands, any colony or any territory which is under His Majesty's protection or in respect of which a mandate is being exercised by the Government of the United Kingdom, as against the United Kingdom (including the Isle of Man), the channel Islands, that colony or that territory; (iii) The duties to be charged by virtue of any such order as aforesaid in respect of any goods—

  1. (a) Shall be such duties as may be specified in the order not exceeding one hundred per cent. Of the value of the goods; and
  2. (b) may be charged by reference to value, to weight, to measurement, or to quantity, as may be provided in the order."—[Mr.N. Chamberlain.]

The Committee divided: Ayes, 421; Noes, 68.

Division No. 53.] AYES. [11.45 p.m.
Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel Burnett, John George Dixon, Rt. Hon. Herbert
Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) Burton, Colonel Henry Walter Donner, P. W.
Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. Cadogan, Hon. Edward Doran, Edward
Albery, Irving James Caine, G. R. Hall- Dower, Captain A. V. G.
Alexander, Sir William Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) Drewe, Cedric
Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'l, W.) Campbell, Rear-Adml. G. (Burnloy) Duckworth, George A. V.
Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd.) Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel
Alien, William (Stoke-on-Trent) Caporn, Arthur Cecil Duggan, Hubert John
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. Carver, Major William H. Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.)
Anstruther-Gray, W. J. Cassels, James Dale Dunglass, Lord
Apsley, Lord Castlereagh, Viscount Eady, George H.
Aske, Sir Robert William Castle Stewart, Earl Eastwood, John Francis
Astbury, Lieut.-Com. Frederick Wolfe Cautley, Sir Henry S. Eden, Robert Anthony
Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) Cayzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) Edge, Sir William
Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) Edmondson, Major A. J.
Atholl, Duchess of Chalmers, John Rutherford Ednam, Viscount
Bailey, Eric Alfred George Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. (Birm., W) Elliot, Major Rt. Hon. Walter E.
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgbaston) Ellis, Robert Geoffrey
Baldwin-Webb, Colonel J. Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) Elliston, Captain George Sampson
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Chorlton, Alan Ernest Leofric Elmley, Viscount
Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) Chotzner, Alfred James Emmott, Charles E. G. C.
Balniel, Lord Christie, James Archibald Emrys-Evans, P. V.
Banks, Sir Reginald Mitchell Clarke, Frank Entwistle, Cyril Fullard
Barclay-Harvey, C. M. Clarry, Reginald George Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare)
Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar Clayton Dr. George C. Erskine-Borst, Capt. C. C. (Blackpool)
Bateman, A. L. Clydesdale, Marquess of Essenhigh, Reginald Clare
Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) Cobb, Sir Cyril Evans, Capt. Arthur (Cardiff, S.)
Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'th, C.) Colfox, Major William Phillp Everard, W. Lindsay
Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. Collins, Sir Godfrey Falle, Sir Bertram G.
Bevan, Stuart James (Holborn) Colman, N. C. D. Fermoy, Lord
Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman Colville, Major David John Fleming, Edward Lascelles
Bird, Ernest Roy (Yorks., Skipton) Conant, R. J. E. Fraser, Captain Ian
Bird Sir Robert B. (Wolverh'pton W.) Cook, Thomas A. Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E.
Blaker, Sir Reginald Cooper, A. Duff Fuller, Captain A. E. G.
Boothby, Robert John Graham Copeland, Ida Ganzoni, Sir John
Borodale, Viscount Courthope, Colonel Sir George L. Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton
Boulton, W. W. Craven-Ellis, William Gibson, Charles Granville
Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. Gillett, Sir George Masterman
Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. Crooke, J, Smedley Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John
Boyce, H. Leslie Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) Glossop, C. W. H.
Bracken, Brendan Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) Gluckstein, Louis Halle
Braithwaite, Maj. A. N. (Yorks, E. R.) Croom-Johnson, R. P. Glyn, Major Ralph G. C
Braithwaite, J. G. (Hillsborough) Cross, R. H. Goff, Sir Park
Briscoe, Capt. Richard George Crossley, A. C. Goldie, Noel B.
Broadbent, Colonel John Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard Goodman, Colonel Albert W.
Brocklebank, C. E. R. Dalkeith, Earl of Gower, Sir Robert
Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) Davies, Edward C. (Montgomery) Graham, Fergus (Cumberland. N.)
Brown, Ernest (Leith) Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas
Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks., Newb'y) Davison, Sir William Henry Greaves-Lord, Sir Walter
Browne, Captain A. C. Dawson, Sir Philip Greene, William P. C.
Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. Denman, Hon. R. D. Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John
Bullock, Captain Malcolm Denville, Alfred Grimston, R. V.
Burghley, Lord Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. Gritten, W. G. Howard
Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie Dickie, John P. Guinness, Thomas L. E. B.
Gunston, Captain D. W. Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) Rose Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge)
Guy, J. C. Morrison McEwen, J. H. F Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A.
Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. McKie, John Hamilton Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter
Hales, Harold K. McLean, Major Alan Runge, Norah Cecil
Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) Russell, Albert (Kirkcaldy)
Hall, Capt. W. D'Arcy (Brecon) Macmillan, Maurice Harold Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth)
Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield, B'tside)
Hanbury, Cecil Magnay, Thomas Russell, Richard John (Eddlsbury)
Hanley, Dennis A. Maitland, Adam Rutherford, Sir John Hugo
Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest Salmon, Major Isidore
Harbord, Arthur Manningham-Bulter, Lt.-Col. Sir M. Salt, Edward W.
Hartland, George A. Margesson, Capt. Henry David R. Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham)
Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenningt'n) Marjoribanks, Edward Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D.
Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) Marsden, Commander Arthur Savery, Samuel Servington
Haslam, Henry (Lindsay, H'ncastie) Martin, Thomas B. Scone, Lord
Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) Mason, Col. Glyn K. (Croydon, N.) Selley, Harry R.
Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John Shakespeare, Geoffrey H.
Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. Merriman, Sr F. Boyd Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell)
Hepworth, Joseph Millar, Sir James Duncan Shaw, Captain William T. (Forfar)
Hillman, Dr. George B. Mills, Sir Frederick Shepperson, Sir Ernest W.
Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Walter Milne, Charles Simmonds, Oliver Edwin
Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. Milne, John Sydney Wardlaw- Sinclair, Col.T. (Queen's Unv., Belfast)
Hope, Capt. Arthur O. J. (Aston) Mitchell, Harold P. (Br'tf'd & chisw'k) Skelton, Archibald Noel
Hope, Sydney (Chester, Stalybridge) Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter D.
Hore-Beilsha, Lesile Mitcheson, G. G. Smith, Sir Jonah W. (Barrow-In-F.)
Hornby, Frank Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale Smith-Carington, Neville W.
Horne, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres Smithers, Waldron
Horobin, Ian M. Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) Somerset, Thomas
Horsbrugh, Florence Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. Somervell, Donald Bradley
Howard, Tom Forrest Morris, John Patrick (Salford, N.) Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor)
Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. Morris, Owen Temple (Cardiff, E.) Somerville, D. G. (Willesden, East)
Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) Soper, Richard
Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) Morrison, William Shephard Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E.
Hume, Sir George Hopwood Muirhead, Major A. J. Spears, Brigadier-General Edward L.
Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) Munro, Patrick Spencer, Captain Richard A.
Hunter, Capt. M. J. (Brigg) Nall, Sir Joseph Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H.
Hurd, Percy A. Nation, Brigadier-General J, J. H. Stanley, Lord (Lancaster, Fylde)
Hutchison, W. D. (Essex, Romford) Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) Stevenson, James
Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas W. H. Nicholson, O. W. (Westminster) Stewart, William J.
Iveagh, Countess of Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersl'ld) Storey, Samuel
Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) Normand, Wilfrid Guild Stourton, Hon. John J.
Jackson, J. C. (Heywood & Radcliffe) North, Captain Edward T. Strauss, Edward A.
James, Wing-Com. A. W. H. Nunn, William Strickland, Captain W. F.
Jamieson, Douglas O'Connor, Terence James Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn)
Jesson, Major Thomas E. O'Donovan, Dr. William James Stuart, Lord C. Crichton-
Joel, Dudley J. Barnato Oman, Sir Charles William C. Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray F.
Johnston, J. W. (Clackmannan) O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart
Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) Ormiston, Thomas Summersby, Charles H.
Ker, J. Campbell Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. Sutcliffe, Harold
Kerr, Hamilton W. Palmer, Francis Noel Tate, Mavis Constance
Kimball, Lawrence Patrick, Colin M. Taylor, Vice-Admlral E. A. (P'dd'gt'n, S.)
Kirkpatrick, William M. Pearson, William G. Templeton, William P.
Knatchbull, Captain Hon. M. H. R. Peat, Charles U. Thomas, James P. L.(Hereford)
Knebworth, Viscount Penny, Sir George Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton)
Knox, Sir Alfred Perkins, Walter R. D. Thompson, Luke
Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton Peters, Dr. Sidney John Thomson, Sir Frederick Charles
Lambert, Rt. Hon. George Petherick, M. Thorp, Linton Theodore
Latham, Sir Herbert Paul Peto, Geoffrey K. (W'verh'pt'n, Bliston) Titchfield, Major the Marquess of
Law, Sir Alfred Pike, Cecil F. Todd, Capt. A. J. K. (B'wick-on-T.)
Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) Potter, John Touche, Gordon Cosmo
Leckie, J. A. Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. Train, John
Leech, Dr. J. W. Pownall, Sir Assheton Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement
Lees-Jones, John Procter, Major Henry Adam Turton, Robert Hugh
Leighton, Major B. E. P. Purbrick, R. Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon
Lennox-Boyd, A. T. Pybus, Percy John Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey)
Levy, Thomas Raikes, Henry V. A. M. Wallace, John (Dunfermline)
Liddall, Walter S. Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull)
Lindsay, Noel Ker Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (wallsend)
Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe- Ramsbotham, Herwald Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock)
Little, Graham-, Sir Ernest Ramsden, E. Warrender, Sir Victor A. G.
Rankin, Robert Waterhouse, Captain Charles
Llewellin, Major John J. Ratcliffe, Arthur Watt, Captain George Steven H.
Lloyd, Geoffrey Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) Wayland, Sir William A.
Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G. (Wd. Gr'n) Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour-
Lockwood, John C. (Hackney, C.) Reid, William Allan (Derby) Wells, Sydney Richard
Loder, Captain J. de Vere Remer, John R. Weymouth, Viscount
Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. Rentoul, Sir Gervals S. Whiteside, Borras Noel H.
Lymington, Viscount Reynolds, Cal. Sir James Philip Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay)
Lyons, Abraham Montagu Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. Wills, Wilfrid D.
Mabane, William Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) Wilson, Clyde T. (West Toxteth)
MacAndrew, Maj. C. G. (Partick) Robinson, John Roland Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.)
MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George
McConnell, Sir Joseph Ropner, Colonel L. Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl
McCorquodale, M. S. Rosbotham, S. T. Wise, Alfred R.
MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) Ross, Ronald D. Withers, Sir John James
Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount Worthington, Dr. John V. TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—
Womersley, Walter James Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noaks) Commander Southby and Mr. Blindell.
NOES.
Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) Harris, Sir Percy Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.)
Attlee, Clement Richard Hicks, Ernest George Maxton, James
Batey, Joseph Hirst, George Henry Nathan, Major H. L.
Bernays, Robert Holdsworth, Herbert Parkinson, John Allen
Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) Hopkinson, Austin Pickering, Ernest H.
Briant, Frank Janner, Barnett Price, Gabriel
Buchanan, George Jenkins, Sir William Rea, Walter Russell
Cape, Thomas Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) Roberts, Aled (Wrexham)
Cocks, Frederick Seymour Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) Rothschild, James A. de
Cripps, Sir Stafford Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Salter, Dr. Alfred
Curry, A. C. Kirkwood, David Samuel. Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen)
Daggar, George Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A. (C'thness)
Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) Lawson, John James Thorne, William James
Devlin, Joseph Leonard, William Tinker, John Joseph
Edwards, Charles Logan, David Gilbert Watts-Morgan, Lieut.-Col. David
Foot, Dingle (Dundee) Lunn, William Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah
Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) Williams, David (Swansea, East)
George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) McEntee, Valentine L. Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly)
Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) McGovern, John Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley)
Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro', W.) McKeag, William Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff)
Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) Maclean, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (Corn'll N.)
Grundy, Thomas W. Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) TELLERS OF THE NOES.—
Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot Mr. Duncan Graham and Mr. Groves
Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) Mander, Geoffrey le M.