§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
788§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 138; Noes, 26.
787| Division No. 41.] | AYES. | [6.39 a.m. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Grimston, R. V. | Petherick, M. |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Peto. Geoffrey K. (W'verh'pt'n, Bilst'n) |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nhd.) | Gunston, Captain D, W. | Pickering, Ernest H. |
| Aske, Sir Robert William | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Raikes. Henry V. A. M. |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Hartington, Marquess of | Ramsay, Alexander (W. Bromwich) |
| Baldwin-Webb, Colonel J. | Holdsworth, Herbert | Ramsay, T. B. w. (Western Isles) |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) | Hore-Bellsha, Leslie | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B. (Portsm'th,C.) | Horsbrugh, Florence | Renwick, Major Gustav A. |
| Bernays, Robert | Howard, Tom Forrest | Rickards, George William |
| Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Robinson, John Roland |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney. N.) | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Borodale, Viscount | Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) |
| Bossom, A. C. | Hunter, Capt. M. J. (Brigg) | Runge, Norah Cecil |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | James, Wing-Com. A. W. H. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Salmon, Sir Isidore |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Ker, J. Campbell | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Kerr, Lieut.-Col. Charles (Montrose) | Scone, Lord |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Lamb, Sir Joseph Oulnton | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Burghley, Lord | Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) | Smith, Sir J. Walker- (Barrow-In-F.) |
| Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie | Leckie, J. A. | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Campbell, Sir Edward Taswell (Brmly) | Leech, Dr. J. W. | Spencer, Captain Richard A. |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Storey. Samuel |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Llewellin, Major John J. | Stourton. Hon. John J. |
| Chapman, Col. R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Lockwood, John C. (Hackney, C.) | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Christie, James Archibald | Loder, Captain J. de Vere | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Column, N. C. D, | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Cooke, Douglas | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | McKeag, William | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Crookshank. Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | McKie, John Hamilton | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard | Macmillan, Maurice Harold | Thompson. Luke |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot | Thorp, Linton Theodore |
| Dickie, John P. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Tichfield. Major the Marquess of |
| Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Marsden, Commander Arthur | Todd, Capt. A. J. K. (B'wick-on-T.) |
| Eastwood, John Francis | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Touche. Gordon Cosmo |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Tree, Ronald |
| Elmley, Viscount | Mitchell, Harold P. (Br'tf'd & Chisw'k | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Moison, A. Hugh Elsdale | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Entwistle, Cyril Fu'lard | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Essenhigh, Reginald Clare | Morris, John Patrick (Salford, N.) | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Fleming, Edward Lascelles | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Whyte, Jardine Bell |
| Fraser, Captain Ian | Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. | Williams. Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Fremantle, Sir Francis | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Gluckstein, Louis Halle | Nicholson, Godlrey (Morpeth) | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir Arnold (Hertf'd) |
| Goff, Sir Park | Nunn, William | Womersley, Walter James |
| Goldie, Noel B. | O'Donovan. Dr. William James | |
| Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Palmer, Francis Noel | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Graves, Marjorie | Perkins, Walter R. D. | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir George Penny. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Maxton, James |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Edwards, Charles | Nathan, Major H. L. |
| Banfield, John William | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Batey, Joseph | Grundy. Thomas W. | Williams. Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Buchanan, George | Logan, David Gilbert | Wilmot, John |
| Cape, Thomas | McEntee, Valentine L. | |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | McGovern, John | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Mr. John and Mr. Groves. |
| Daggar, George | Mainwaring, William Henry |
§ 6.48 a.m.
§ Major NATHANWe all appreciate the readiness and the courtesy with which the Financial Secretary has dealt with 789 the various Amendments and Clauses which have been discussed. But he has a certain right to feel aggrieved that he has been left unsupported in questions of great constitutional importance and great legal perplexity. He was left without the support of either of the Law officers of the Crown. The hon. and learned Gentleman the Member for East Bristol (Sir S. Cripps) made a formidable attack upon the provisions of Clause 3, and in the course of a speech which was none too long for the subject—
§ The CHAIRMANThis is Clause 4.
§ Major NATHANI am coming to Clause 4 by way, if I may, of Clause 3.
§ The CHAIRMANThe hon. and gallant Member will be good enough to come to Clause 4 or else resume his seat.
§ Major NATHANI shall put my point in a slightly different form. I have no desire to infringe any rules of procedure, and in order that I shall not do so I will put my argument in a somewhat different form. I will say that Clause 4 gives authority to the Treasury to make advances, to make loans to the Government of Newfoundland in respect of those matters provided for in Clause 3, namely, that the Treasury shall give a guarantee.
§ The CHAIRMANThe hon. and gallant Member is not entitled to read Clause 3.
§ Major NATHANI shall follow the suggestion you are good enough to make, but I think I shall be able to satisfy the Committee that that is the provision of this Clause. I do not wish to make myself so unnecessarily tedious to the House as to read Clause 3 in its entirety.
§ The CHAIRMANI must really warn the hon. Member seriously not to trifle with the Chair. I have told him that he must discuss Clause 4 and not Clause 3, and I reminded him just now that he was mistaken in saying that under Clause 4 the Treasury had power to make advances under Clause 3. If he reads the Clause he will find he is wrong.
§ Major NATHANIf you will allow me to say so, with the greatest respect, you profoundly misunderstood me if you have taken the view that I have wished in any 790 way to trifle with the Chair. That has always been very far from my mind. Although a long time has passed in the Debate and there have been friendly exchanges, I am endeavouring to address a serious argument to the House. Clause 4 (1) provides that the Treasury may issue out of the Consolidated Fund by way of temporary advance to the Government of Newfoundland any sum which that Government has power to borrow temporarily under Sub-section (4) of Section 2 of the Loan Act. I think you will appreciate, since I have read that Subsection to Clause 4, that to the extent at all events to which temporary advances are made to the Government of Newfoundland of the money which that Government has power to borrow temporarily under the provisions of Section 2 (4) of the Loan Act, it covers, though in a different form and for a temporary purpose instead of a permanent purpose, part of the subject matter of Clause 3. Of that I entertain no doubt. Now I look at what the scheme of Section 2 of the Loan Act is in order to understand what the Newfoundland Government may borrow.
I do not propose to take the Sub-sections in their entirety. [An HON. MEMBER: "Why not?"] Because I am anxious that you, Sir, should feel, as is the fact, that I have no desire to occupy the House longer than is necessary to explain the point. Section 2 provides that stock may be issued, and that the holders of the deferred securities are to receive current amounts of this stock, and paragraph (6) that certain securities are to receive of this stock such a denomination as the Governor may think fit. Paragraph (c) provides, in the first place, for money to be raised by the Newfoundland Government sufficient to discharge any of the obligations of Newfoundland other than those represented by the deferred securities guaranteed by the Governor in Council with the concurrence of the Treasury. The point I desire an opportunity to address to the House is this. What are the obligations referred to in paragraph (c) for the discharge of which money may be raised by the Newfoundland Government by way of loan? In another form my question is, what are the obligations for which the British Government are to put the Newfoundland Government in funds? "Obligations" is by far the widest term that 791 can be used for any engagement of a financial character. It is far wider than the term "securities" used in Section 1 of the Loan Act. It cannot be merely the securities mentioned in the First Schedule to the Loan Act. Therefore, it seems to me that it must mean something far different.
I look to the report of the Royal Commission for guidance. Subsection (1) of Clause 2 specifically provides that stock may be issued on the credit of Newfoundland by the Governor in Council for the express purpose of raising the money referred to in paragraph (c). I hope I have made good the point which I submitted seriously and which you apparently mistakenly thought that I did not submit with the seriousness I intended. What are these obligations? It is very difficult to get any guidance from the report of the Royal Commission. The public debt referred to in paragraph 187 on page 70 is very difficult to indentify with the stocks set out in the First Schedule to the Loan. Act.
I do not believe that they can be identified, nor do I believe that a reference to Appendices F or G in the Report will give any assistance in identifying the stocks set out in the First Schedule to the Loan Act. The relevance of it is that the Treasury is asking to be given leave to provide the necessary money to discharge these various cash obligations as a preliminary to the issue of stock. I think we ought to know before approving of this Clause what is the extent of the authority which it has given to the Treasury to dispense in cash by way of a loan to Newfoundland.
So much for the public debts, but there are other obligations. I have not quoted them all, but let me take one as an example. It is a kind of an obligation upon which the Treasury may be called upon to finance the Newfoundland Government. If the hon. Gentleman will refer to paragraph 399 on page 145 of the Report, he will find a reference to the International Power and Paper Company of Newfoundland, Ltd., which "has had a chequered history." The Report says in the following paragraph, that
the 'B' stock was similarly guaranteed by the Newfoundland Government and was similarly secured by a trust deed giving the trustees second fixed and floating charges.792 The "A" stock was guaranteed by the United Kingdom Treasury under the Trade Facilities Act, 1921. The Company has passed through many vicissitudes, which are set out in this Report, and on page 148 it is shown that part of this loan capital £2,000,000 is in 5½ per cent. "B" debenture stock guaranteed by the Newfoundland Government. At any time an application may arise under that debenture. Is the British Treasury likely to be called upon to make any payment in cash to the holders of a debenture? I find on page 152, paragraph 423:The fact that the Newfoundland Government has guaranteed £2,000,000 worth of Stock makes it of special importance that all possible measures should be taken to facilitate the restoration of normal conditions at Corner Brook. The evidence submitted to us showed that there was no immediate danger of the Government being called upon to implement its guarantee; but prospects for the future must depend largely on world conditions.I want also to know whether the Treasury have formed any opinion whether there is a liability under the guarantee of this £2,000,000 worth of debentures, and also whether there are other obligations of the Newfoundland Government of a like nature, and if so, of what kind are they and what are their dates for maturing? The hon. and learned Member for East Bristol (Sir S. Cripps) referring to the various loans on page 70 of the Report, pointed out that the Prosperity Loan and the Bank and Government Loans are repayable at any time. I should like to know whether the Treasury has any information as to whether, and if so when, those liabilities will mature. I feel that when authority is sought by the Treasury to issue out of the Consolidated Fund sums of money unspecified and unlimited in amount, the House of Commons is entitled to know before it parts with them exactly what the position is.
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAThe matters to which the hon. Member refers are relevant to Clause 4 and are fully explained in the White Paper. In regard to the specially secured loans, details are also given in the White Paper. They are the Prosperity Loan, the Bank and Government Loans, and the 4 per cent. sterling loan.
§ Mr. T. WILLIAMS rose—
793§ Captain MARGESSON rose in his place, and claimed to move, "That the Question be now put."
| Division No. 42.] | AYES. | [7.10 a.m. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Grimston, R. V. | Peto, Geoffrey K. (W'verh'pt'n, Bilst'n) |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Pickering, Ernest H. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J.Sandeman (B'k'nh'd) | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. |
| Aske, Sir Robert William | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Ramsay, Alexander (W. Bromwich) |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Hartington, Marquess of | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) |
| Baldwin-Webb, Colonel J. | Holdsworth, Herbert | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Renwick, Major Gustav A. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B. (Portsm'th,C.) | Horsbrugh, Florence | Rickards, George William |
| Bernays, Robert | Howard, Tom Forrest | Robinson, John Roland |
| Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) |
| Borodale, Viscount | Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Runge, Narah Cecil |
| Bossom, A. C. | Hunter, Capt. M. J. (Brigg) | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | James, Wing. Com. A. W. H. | Salmon, Sir Isidore |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Ker, J. Campbell | Scone, Lord |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Kerr, Lieut.-Col. Charles (Montrose) | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Smith, Sir J. Walker- (Barrow-In-F.) |
| Burghley, Lord | Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) | Spencer, Captain Richard A. |
| Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie | Leckie, J. A. | Storey, Samuel |
| Campbell, Sir Edward Taswell (Brmly) | Leech, Dr. J. W. | Stourton, Hon. John J. |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Llewellin, Major John J. | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Chapman, Col. R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Lockwood, John C (Hackney, C.) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Christie, James Archibald | Loder, Captain J. de Vera | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Mac Andrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Cooke, Douglas | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Thomas, Jamas P. L. (Hereford) |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | McKeag, William | Thompson, Luke |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | McKie, John Hamilton | Thomson, Sir Frederick Charles |
| Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard | Macmillan, Maurice Harold | Thorp, Linton Theodore |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Dickie, John P. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Todd, Capt. A. J. K. (B'wick-on-T.) |
| Duncan. James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Marsden, Commander Arthur | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Eastwood, John Francis | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Tree, Ronald |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Elmley, Viscount | Mitchell, Harold P. (Br'tf'd & Chisw'k) | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Entwistle, Cyril Fullard | Morris, John Patrick (Sallord, N.) | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Essenhigh, Reginald Clare | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Whyte, Jardine Bell |
| Fleming, Edward Lascelles | Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Fraser, Captain Ian | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Fremantle, Sir Francis | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir Arnold (Hertf'd) |
| Gluckstein, Louis Halle | Nunn, William | Womersley, Walter James |
| Goff, Sir Park | O'Donovan, Dr. William James | |
| Goldie, Noel B. | Palmer. Francis Noel | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Perkins, Walter R. D. | Sir George Penny and Commander Southby. |
| Graves, Marjorie | Petherick, M. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Edwards, Charles | Maxton, James. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Nathan, Major H. L. |
| Banfield, John William | Grundy, Thomas W. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Batey, Joseph | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Buchanan, George | Logan, David Gilbert | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Cape, Thomas | McEntee, Valentine L. | |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | McGovern, John | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Daggar, George | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Mr. John and Mr. Groves. |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Mainwaring, William Henry |
§ Question put accordingly, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
794§ Question put, "That the Question be now put."
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 137; Noes, 23.
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 138; Noes, 24.
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Renwick, Major Gustav A. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Ker, J. Campbell | Rickards, George William |
| Chapman, Col. R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Kerr, Lieut.-Col. Charles (Montrose) | Robinson. John Roland |
| Christie, James Archibald | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) |
| Cooke, Douglas | Leckie, J. A. | Runge, Norah Cecil |
| Crookshank. Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | Leech, Dr. J. w. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Salmon, Sir Isidore |
| Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard | Llewellin, Major John J. | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Lockwood. John C. (Hackney, C.) | Scone, Lord |
| Dickie, John p. | Lodar, Captain J. de Vere | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Both well) |
| Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Smith, Sir J. Walker- (Barrow-In-F.) |
| Eastwood, John Francis | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Spencer. Captain Richard A. |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | McKeag, William | Storey, Samuel |
| Elmley, Viscount | McKie, John Hamilton | Stourton, Hon. John J. |
| Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Macmillan, Maurice Harold | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Entwistle, Cyril Fullard | Mallalieu. Edward Lancelot | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Essenhigh, Reginald Clare | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Fleming, Edward Lascelles | Marsden. Commander Arthur | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Fraser, Captain Ian | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Fremantle, Sir Francis | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Thomas. James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Gluckstein. Louis Halle | Mitchell, Harold P. (Br'tf'd & Chisw'k) | Thompson, Luke |
| Goff, Sir Park | Moison, A. Hugh Elsdale | Thomson, Sir Frederick Charles |
| Goldie, Noel B. | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Thorp. Linton Theodore |
| Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Morris, John Patrick (Salford, N.) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Graves, Marjorie | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Todd, Capt. A. J. K. (B'wick-on-T.) |
| Grimston, R. V. | Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Tree, Ronald |
| Gunston, Captain D. W. | Nicholson. Godlrey (Morpeth) | Ward. Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Nunn, William | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Hartington, Marquess of | O'Donovan. Dr. William James | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Holdsworth. Herbert | Palmer. Francis Noel | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Perkins, Walter R. D. | Whyte. Jardine Bell |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Petherick, M. | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Howard, Tom Forrest | Peto. Geoffrey K. (W'verh'pt'n, Bilston) | Wills. Wilfrid D. |
| Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Pickering, Ernest H. | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir Arnold (Hertf'd) |
| Hudson, Capt. A. u. M. (Hackney.N.) | Raikes. Henry V. A. M. | Womersley, Walter James |
| Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Ramsay, Alexander (W. Bromwich) | |
| Hunter, Capt. M. J. (Brigg) | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| James, Wing-Com. A. W. H. | Raid, James S. C. (Stirling) | Sir George Penny and Commander Southby. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Mainwaring, William Henry |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Edwards, Charles | Maxton, James |
| Banfield, John William | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Nathan, Major H. L. |
| Batey. Joseph | Grundy, Thomas W. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Bevan, Aneurln (Ebbw Vale) | Hall. George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Buchanan, George | Logan, David Gilbert | Williams. Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Cape, Thomas | McEntee. Valentine L. | |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | McGovern, John | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Daggar, George | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Mr. John and Mr. Groves. |