§ Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 71A.
§ [Sir DENNIS HERBERT in the Chair.]
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That, for the purposes of any Act to enable effect to be given to the Agreements made on the twentieth day of August, nineteen hundred and thirty-two, at the Imperial Economic Conference held at Ottawa, and to a certain Announcement made at this
§ Conference on behalf of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, by imposing and providing for the imposition of certain duties of customs and otherwise, and for purposes consequential on and connected with the matters aforesaid, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament of any expenses incurred by the Board of Trade for the purpose of the said Act." (King's Recommendation signified).—[Mr. Fiore-Belisha.]
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 427; Noes, 81.
479| Division No. 310.] | AYES. | [11.52 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Emmott, Charles E. G. C. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Emrys-Evans, P. V. |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Cassels, James Dale | Entwistle, Cyril Fullard |
| Aitchison, Rt. Hon. Craigle M. | Castlereagh, Viscount | Erskine-Bolst, Capt. C. C. (Blackpool) |
| Albery, Irving James | Castle Stewart, Earl | Evans, Capt. Arthur (Cardiff, S.) |
| Alexander, Sir William | Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Everard, W. Lindsay |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nti'd) | Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) | Falle, Sir Bertram G. |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Flelden, Edward Brocklehurst |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir William (Armagh) | Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Flint, Abrailain John |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Chalmers, John Rutherford | Fox. Sir Gifford |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Chamberlain,Rt.Hn.Sir J.A.(Birm.,W.) | Fraser, Captain Ian |
| Apsley, Lord | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N.(Edgbaston) | Fremantle, Sir Francis |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Chapman, Col. R.(Houghton-le-Spring) | Fuller, Captain A. G. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Choriton, Alan Ernest Leofric | Galbraith. James Francis Wallace |
| Atkinson, Cyril | Christie, James Archibald | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Bailey, Eric Alfred George | Clarke, Frank | Gillett, Sir George Masterman |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Clarry, Reginald George | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Clayton, Dr. George C. | Gledhill, Gilbert |
| Baldwin-Webb, Colonel J. | Clydesdale, Marquess of | Glossop, C. W. H. |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Gluckslein, Louis Halle |
| Balniel, Lord | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Glyn, Major Ralph G. C. |
| Banks, Sir Reginald Mitchell | Colfax, Major William Philip | Goff, Sir Park |
| Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar | Colman, N. C. D. | Goldie, Noel B. |
| Bateman. A. L. | Colville, Lieut.-Colonel.J. | Goodman. Colonel Albert W |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Conant, R. J. E. | Gower, Sir Robert |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) | Cooke, Douglas | Graham, Sir Fergus (Cumberland, N.) |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B.(Portsm'th,C.) | Cooper, A. Duff | Granville, Edgar |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Courtauld, Major John Sewell | Grattan- Doyle. Sir Nicholas |
| Bennett, Capt. Sir Ernest Nathaniel | Courthope, Colonel Sir George L. | Graves, Marjorie |
| Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. | Cranborne, Viscount | Greaves-Lord, Sir Walter |
| Bevan, Stuart James (Holborn) | Craven-Ellis, William | Greene. William P. C. |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Grenfell, E. C. (City of London) |
| Bird, Ernest Roy (Yorks., Skipton) | Crooke, J. Smedley | Gretton, Colonel RI. Hon. John |
| Bird, Sir Robert B.(wolverh'pton w.) | Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | Grimston, R. V. |
| Blindell, James | Croom-Johnson, R. P. | Gritten, W. G. Howard |
| Boothby, Robert John Graham | Cross. R. H. | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Crossley, A. C. | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Cruddas. Lieut.-Colonel Bernard | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton | Culverwell, Cyril Tom | Guy, J. C. Morrison |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Dalketth, Earl of | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. C. C. | Hall, Capt. W. D'Arcy (Brecon) |
| Bracken, Brendan | Davies, Edward C. (Montgomery) | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) |
| Braithwaite, Maj. A. N. (Yorks, E. R.) | Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset,Yeovil) | Hammersley, Samuel S. |
| Braithwaite. J. G. (Hillsborough) | Davison, Sir William Henry | Hanbury, Cecil |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Dawson, Sir Philip | Hanley, Dennis A. |
| Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Denville, Alfred | Harbord, Arthur |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Harlington, Marquess of |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | pickle, John P. | Hartland, George A. |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Doran. Edward | Harvey, George (Lambeth,KennIngrn) |
| Brown,Brig.-Gen.H.C.(Berks.,Newb'y) | Drewe, Cedric | Harvey. Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) |
| Browne, Captain A. C. | Duckworth. George A, V. | Hallam, Sir John (Bolton) |
| Buchan, John | Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Duggan, Hubert John | Heligers, Captain F, F. A. |
| Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Duncan, James A. L.(Kensington,N.) | Henderson. Sir Vivian L. (Chelmsford) |
| Burghley, Lord | Dunglass, Lord | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie | Eady, George H. | Hepworth, Joseph |
| Burnett, John George | Eastwood, John Francis | Herbert. Capt. S. (Abbey Division) |
| Butler, Richard Austen | Eden, Robert Anthony | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller |
| Butt, Sir Alfred | Edge, Sir William | Hope, Capt. Hon. A. O. J. (Aston) |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie |
| Caine, G. R. Hall- | Elliot, Major Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Hornby, Frank |
| Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) | Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey | Horne, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. |
| Cambpell, Rear-Admi. G. (Burnley) | Elmiey, Viscount | Horobin, Ian M. |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Selley, Harry R. |
| Howard, Tom Forrest | Mitcheson, G. G. | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| Howitt, Dr. Alfred R. | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Mansell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Shaw, Captain William T. (Forfar) |
| Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) | Shepperson, Sir Ernest W. |
| Hume, Sir George Hopwood | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Cot. J. T. C. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Moreing, Adrian C. | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| hunter, Capt. M. J. (Brigg) | Morris, John Patrick (Salford, N.) | Slater, John |
| Hurd, Sir Percy | Morris, Owen Temple (Cardiff, E.) | Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter D. |
| Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) |
| Hutchison, W. D. (Essex, Romf'd) | Morrison, William Shepherd | Smith, Sir Jonah W. (Barrow-In-F.) |
| Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Munro, Patrick | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| James, Wing.-Com. A. W. H. | Murray-Philipson, Hylton Ralph | Smith, R. W. (Ab'rd'n & Kine'dine, C.) |
| Jamieson, Douglas | Nall, Sir Joseph | Smith Carington, Neville W. |
| Jennings, Roland | Nall-Cain, Arthur Ronald N. | Smithers, Waldron |
| Jesson, Major Thomas E. | Newton, Sir Douglas George C. | Somervell, Donald Bradley |
| Joel, Dudley J. Barneto | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Somerville, Annesiey A. (Windsor) |
| Johnston, J. W. (Clackmannan) | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf 'ld) | Somerville, D. G. (Willesden, East) |
| Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) | Normand, Wilfrid Guild | Soper, Richard |
| Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | O'Donovan, Dr. William James | Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. |
| Ker, J. Campbell | Ormiston, Thomas | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Kerr, Lieut.-Col. Charles (Montrose) | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hen, Willem G. A. | Spears, Brigadier-General Edward L. |
| Kerr, Hamilton W. | Palmer, Francis Noel | Stanley, Lord (Lancaster, Fyide) |
| Kimball, Lawrence | Patrick, Colin M. | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) |
| Kirkpatrick, William M. | Peake, Captain Osbert | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Knatchbull, Captain Hon. M. H. R. | Pearson, William G. | Stevenson, James |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Peat, Charles U. | Stewart, William.J. |
| Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Penny, Sir George | Stones, James |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Percy, Lord Eustace | Storey, Samuel |
| Latham, Sir Herbert Paul | Perkins, Walter R. D. | Stourton, Hon. John J. |
| Law, Sir Alfred | Peters, Dr. Sidney John | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) | Petherick, M. | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Leckie, J. A. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Leech, Dr. J. W. | Peto, Geoffrey K.(W'verh'pt.n,Bilston) | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Lees-Jones, John | Pickford, Hon. Mary Ada | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Pike, Cecil F. | Summersby, Charles H. |
| Levy, Thomas | Potter, John | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Liddall, Walter S. | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Lindsay, Noel Ker | Power, Sir John Cecil | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A.(Pd'gt'n,S.) |
| Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe- | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Templeton, William P. |
| Little, Graham-, Sir Ernest | Preston, Sir Walter Rueben | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Llawellin, Major John J. | Procter, Major Henry Adam | Thomas, lames P. L. (Hereford) |
| Lloyd, Geoffrey | Purbrick, R. | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Locker-Lampson, Rt.Hn. G.(Wd. G'rn) | Pybus, Percy John | Thompson, Luke |
| Locker- Lampson, Com. O. (H'ndsw'th) | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. | Thomson, Sir Frederick Charles |
| Lockwood, John C. (Hackney, C.) | Ramsay, Alexander (W. Bromwich) | Thorp, Linton Theodore |
| Lockwood, Capt. J. H. (Shipley) | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Loder, Captain J. de Vere | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) |
| Loaat-Fraser, James Alexander | Ramsbotham, Herwaid | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Lymington, Viscount | Ramsden, E. | Train, John |
| Lyons. Abraham Montagu | Rankin, Robert | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C. G.(Partick) | Ratcliffe, Arthur | Tartan, Robert Hugh |
| MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Ray, Sir William | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| McConnell, Sir Joseph | Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| McCorquodale, M. S. | Reid, Capt. A. Cunningham- | Wallace, John (Deniermline) |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Reid, David D. (County Down) | Ward, LL-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Reld, James S. C. (Stirling) | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Walisend) |
| Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Reid, William Allan (Derby) | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Remer, John R. | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Rentoul Sir Gervais S. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| McKie, John Hamilton | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U | Watt, Captain George Steven H. |
| McLean, Major Alan | Ropner, Colonel L | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| McLean. Dr. W. H. (Tradaston) | Rosbotham, S. T. | Wells, Sydney Richard |
| Macmillan, Maurice Harold | Ross, Ronald D. | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Magnay, Thomas | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Maitland, Adam | Ruggles-Brim Colonel E. A. | Whyte, Jardine Bell |
| Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest | Runge, Norah Cecil | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Manningham-Buffer, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | Russell, Albert (Kirkcaldy) | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Margesson, Capt. Henry David R. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Wilson, Clyde T. (West Toxteth) |
| Marsden, Commander Arthur | Russell,Hamer Field (Sheffield,B'tside) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Martin. Thomas B. | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Salmon, Major Isidore | Wise, Alfred R. |
| Mellor. Richard James | Salt, Edward W. | Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount |
| Merriman, Sir F. Boyd | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) | Wood. Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley |
| Millar, Sir. James Duncan | Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney) | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart | Wragg, Herbert |
| Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noaks) |
| Milne, Charles | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. | |
| Mitchell, Harold P.(Br'tl'd & Chisw'k) | Scone, Lord | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Mr. Womersley and Lord Erskine. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Dyke | Banfleid, John William | Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Batey, Joseph | Briant, Frank |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Bernays, Robert | Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) |
| Buchanan, George | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Mander, Geoffrey le M. |
| Cape, Thomas | Hamilton, Sir R. W.(Orkney & Ztl'nd) | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Harris, Sir Percy | Maxton, James |
| Cove, William G. | Hicks, Ernest George | Milner, Major James |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Hirst, George Henry | Nathan, Major H. L. |
| Curry, A. C. | Holdsworth, Herbert | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Daggar, George | Janner, Barnett | Pickering, Ernest H. |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Jenkins, Sir William | Price, Gabriel |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) | Rea, Walter Russell |
| Devlin, Joseph | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Roberts, Aled (Wrexham) |
| Edwards, Charles | Jones,.I. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Rothschild, James A. de |
| Evans, David Owen (Cardigan) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | Kirkwood, David | Thorne, William James |
| Foot, Dingle (Dundee) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | Lawson, John James | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd (Carn'v'n) | Leonard, William | Watts-Morgan, Lieut.-Col. David |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Llewellyn-Jones, Frederick | White, Henry Graham |
| George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) | Lunn, William | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur | M abase, William | Willioms, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Macdonald, Gordon (lnce) | Williams. Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro', W.) | McEntee, Valentine L. | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | McKeag, William | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Groves, Thomas E. | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton | |
| Grundy, Thomas W. | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot | Mr. John and Mr. D. Graham. |
§ Resolution to be reported To-morrow.
§ remaining Order was read, and postponed.
§ being after half-past Eleven of the Clock upon Thursday evening, Mr. 480 DEPUTY-SPEAKER adjourned the House, without Question put, pursuant to the Standing Older.
§ Adjourned at Four Minutes after Twelve o'Clock.