§ Motion made, and Question proposed,
§ "That a sum, not exceeding £60,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment 626 during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1934, for Special Grants to Local Authorities in Distressed Areas in Scotland."
§ Mr. MACLEANI beg to move, to reduce the Vote by £100.
§ Question put, "That a sum, not exceeding £59,900, be granted for the said Service."
627§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 33; Noes,205
625| Division No. 257.] | AYES | [10.42 p.m. |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Mainwaring, William Henry |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvll) | Maxton, James |
| Banfield, John William | Hicks, Ernest George | Milner, Major James |
| Batey, Joseph | Jenkins, Sir William | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Kirkwood, David | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Buchanan, George | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Lawson, John James | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Leonard, William | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Daggar, George | Logan, David Gilbert | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lunn, William | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Edwards, Charles | McEntee, Valentine L. | |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Mr. G. Macdonald and Mr. Groves. | ||
| NOES | ||
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Grimston, R. V. | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd) | Guy, J. C. Morrison | Ramsden, Sir Eugene |
| Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Rankin, Robert |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Com. Frederick Wolfe | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Ratcliffe, Arthur |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Harbord, Arthur | Ray, Sir William |
| Balley, Eric Alfred George | Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenn'gt'n) | Rea, Walter Russell |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Reid, Capt. A. Cunningham. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) |
| Baldwin, Webb, Colonel J. | Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Cholmsford) | Reid, William Allan (Derby) |
| Balniel, Lord | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arther P. | Romer, John R. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Hornby, Frank | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) |
| Bevan, Stuart James (Holborn) | Horobin, Ian M. | Robinson, John Roland |
| Bird, Ernest Roy (Yorks., Skipton) | Horsbrugh, Florence | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Howard, Tom Forrest | Ross, Ronald D. |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Runge, Norah Cecil |
| Braithwaite, J. G. (Hillsborough) | James, Wing. Com. A. W. H. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Jennings, Roland | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Ker, J. Campbell | Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C. (Berks., Newb'y) | Kerr, Lieut.-Col. Charles (Montrose) | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart |
| Browne, Captain A. C. | Kerr, Hamilton W. | Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Kimball, Lawrence | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| Burnett, John George | Law, Sir Alfred | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Butler, Richard Austen | Law, Richard K. (Hull. S.W.) | Shaw, Captain William T. (Forfar) |
| Caine, G. R. Hall- | Lees-Jones, John | Simmonds, Oliver Edwin |
| Campbell, Sir Edward Taswell (Brmly) | Leighton, Major B, E. P. | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Liddall, Walter S, | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) |
| Carver, Major William H. | Lindsay, Noel Ker | Smith, Sir J. Walker. (Barrow-In-F.) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G.(Wd. Gen) | Smith Carington, Neville W. |
| Chapman, Col. R.(Houghton-le-Spring) | Lockwood. John C. (Hackney, C.) | Smithers, Waldron |
| Christie, James Archibald | Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) |
| Clarke, Frank | MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C. G. (Partick) | Somerville, D. G. (Willesden, East) |
| Clayton, Sir Christopher | McCorquodale, M. S. | Soper, Richard |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. |
| Collins, Rt. Hon. Sir Godfrey | McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Colman, N. C. D. | McKeag, William | Spens, William Patrick |
| Conant, R. J. E. | McKie, John Hamilton | Stewart, J. H. (Fife, E.) |
| Cook, Thomas A. | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton | Stones, James |
| Cooke, Douglas | Macmillan, Maurice Harold | Storey, Samuel |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir George L. | Macquisten, Frederick Alexander | Stourton, Hon. John J. |
| Cowan, D. M. | Magnay, Thomas | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Craven-Ellis, William | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton. |
| Crooke, J. Smedley | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray F. |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Crossley, A. C. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard | Martin, Thomas B. | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Curry, A. C. | Mason, Col. Glyn K. (Croydon, N. | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. C. C. | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Thompson, Luke |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovll) | Merriman, Sir F. Boyd | Thomson, Sir Frederick Charles |
| Denville, Alfred | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Thorp, Linton Theodore |
| Dickie, John P. | Milne, Charles | Todd, Capt. A. J. K. (B'wick-on-T.) |
| Duckworth, George A. V. | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Duncan, James A. L.(Kensington, N.) | Moreing, Adrian C. | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Dunglass, Lord | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Wallace, John (Dunfermline) |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Murray Philipson, Hylton Ralph | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Elmley, Viscount | Nall, Sir Joseph | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Walisend) |
| Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Nation, Brigadier General J. J. H. | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir John S. |
| Evans, David Owen (Cardigan) | North, Edward T. | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | O'Donovan, Dr. William James | Whyte, Jardine Bell |
| Foot, Dingle (Dundee) | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Fraser, Captain Ian | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Fuller, Captain A. G. | Patrick, Colin M. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Pearson, William G. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noaks) |
| Gluckstein, Louis Halle | Peat, Charles U. | Young, Ernest J. (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Goldie, Noel B. | Penny, Sir George | |
| Gower, Sir Robert | Percy, Lord Eustace | TELLERS FOR THE NOES— |
| Graves, Marjorie | Perkins, Walter R. D. | Captain Austin Hudson and Mr. Womersley. |
| Greene, William P. C. | Pickford, Hon. Mary Ada | |
| Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Pike, Cecil F. |
Original Question put, and agreed to.
| Division No. 258.] | Ayes. | [10.52 p.m. |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Mainwaring, William Henry |
| Benfield, John William | Hicks, Ernest George | Maxton, James. |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Jenkins, Sir William | Milner, Major James |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Buchanan, George | Kirkwood, David | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Cove, William G. | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Lawson, John James | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Daggar, George | Leonard, William | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Logan, David Gilbert | |
| Edwards, Charles | Lunn, William | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur | McEntee, Valentine L. | Mr. G. Macdonald and Mr. Groves. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Greene, William P. C. | Patrick, Colin M. |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Peake, Captain Osbert |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd.) | Grimston, R. V. | Pearson, William G. |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Com. Frederick Wolfe | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Peat, Charles U. |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Guy, J. C. Morrison | Penny, Sir George |
| Bailey, Eric Alfred George | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Percy, Lord Eustace |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Perkins, Walter R. D. |
| Baldwin-Webb, Colonel J. | Harbord, Arthur | Pickford, Hon. Mary Ada |
| Balniel, Lord | Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenningt'n) | Pike, Cecil F. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Heligers, Captain F. F. A. | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Bevan, Stuart James (Holborn) | Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chelmsf'd) | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western isles) |
| Bird, Ernest Roy (Yorks., Skipton) | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Ramsden, Sir Eugene |
| Boulton, W. W. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Rankin, Robert |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Hornby, Frank | Ratcliffe, Arthur |
| Braithwaite, J. G. (Hillsborough) | Horobin, Ian M. | Ray, Sir William |
| Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Horsbrugh, Florence | Rea, Walter Russell |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Howard, Tom Forrest | Reid, Capt. A. Cunningham- |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C. (Berks., Newb'y) | James, Wing.-Com. A. W. H. | Reid, William Allan (Derby) |
| Browne, Captain A. C. | Jennings, Roland | Remer, John R. |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) | Rhys. Hon. Charles Arthur U. |
| Burnett, John George | Ker, J. Campbell | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) |
| Butler, Richard Austen | Kerr, Lieut.-Col. Charles (Montrose) | Robinson, John Roland |
| Caine, G. R. Hall- | Kerr, Hamilton W. | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Campbell, Sir Edward Taswell (Brmly) | Law, Sir Alfred | Ross, Ronald D. |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) | Runge, Norah Cecil |
| Carver, Major William H. | Leckie, J. A. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Lees-Jones, John | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) |
| Chapman, Col. R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Clarke, Frank | Liddall, Waiter S. | Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney) |
| Clayton, Sir Christopher | Lindsay, Noel Ker | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G. (Wd.Gr'n) | Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard |
| Collins, Rt. Hon. Sir Godfrey | Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| Colman, N. C. D. | MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C. G. (Partick) | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Conant, R. J. E. | McCorquodale, M. S. | Shaw, Captain William T. (Forfar) |
| Cook, Thomas A. | Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Simmonds, Oliver Edwin |
| Cooke, Douglas | McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir George L. | McKeag, William | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) |
| Cowan, D. M. | McKie, John Hamilton | Smith, Sir J. Walker (Barrow-In-F.) |
| Craven-Ellis, William | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Crooke, J. Smedley | Macmillan, Maurice Harold | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Macquisten, Frederick Alexander | Somerville, D. G. (Willesden, East) |
| Crossley, A. C. | Magnay, Thomas | Soper, Richard |
| Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard | Makine, Brigadier-General Ernest | Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. |
| Curry, A. C. | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. C. C. | Manning ham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | Spens, William Patrick |
| Davies, Ma). Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Stewart, J. H. (Fife, E.) |
| Denville, Alfred | Martin, Thomas B. | Stones, James |
| Dickie, John P. | Mason, Col. Glyn K. (Croydon, N.) | Storey, Samuel |
| Duckworth, George A. V. | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Stourton, Hon. John J. |
| Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Merriman, Sir F. Boyd | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Dunglass, Lord | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Milne, Charles | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray F |
| Elmley, Viscount | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Sug den, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Evans, David Owen (Cardigan) | Moreing, Adrian C. | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Foot, Dingle (Dundee) | Muirhead, Major A. J. | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Fraser, Captain Ian | Murray-Philipson, Hylton Ralph | Thompson, Luke |
| Fuller, Captain A. G. | Nall, Sir Joseph | Thomson, Sir Frederick Charles |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Thorp, Linton Theodore |
| Gluckstein, Louis Halle | North, Edward T. | Todd, Capt. A. J. K. (B'wick-on-T.) |
| Goldie, Noel B. | O'Donovan, Dr. William James | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Gower, Sir Robert | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Graves, Marjorie | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Wallace, John (Dunfermline) |
| Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) | Whyte, Jardine Bell | |
| Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Wardlaw-Milne, Sir John S. | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) | Captain Austin Hudson and Lord Erskine. |
| Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. | Womersley, Walter James | |
| White, Henry Graham | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'V'noaks) |
§ Original Question put, and agreed to.
§ Resolutions to be reported upon Monday next; Committee to sit again Tomorrow.