§ Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 71A.
§ [Captain BOUENB in the Chair.]
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to amend the enactments relating to the Metropolitan Police Force in regard to the number of assistant commissioners of police, the age of compulsory retirement, membership of the Police Federation, and the appointment of constables for a fixed period of service; to adapt to the case of constables so appointed the enactments relating to police pensions and gratuities, National Health Insurance, and Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament of—
- (i) any additional expenses which the provisions of the said Act regulating the age of compulsory retirement may entail in respect of pensions to the commissioner and assistant commissioners of the Metropolitan Police Force so far as the cost thereof is payable out of moneys provided by Parliament; and
- (ii) any additional expense which the provisions of the said Act extending the National Health Insurance Act, 1924, and the Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act, 1925, to persons employed as short service constables in the Metropolitan Police Force may entail—
- (a) in respect of benefits, and the administration of benefits, under the said Act of 1924, so far as the cost thereof is payable out of moneys provided by Parliament; and
- (b) in respect of old age pensions payable under the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1924."—(King's Recommendation signified.) —[Sir J. Gilmour.]
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 291; Noes, 57.
1077| Division No. 189.] | AYES. | [11.30 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyta, Lieut.-Colonel | Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Butt, Sir Alfred |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leads, W.) | Bird, Ernest Roy (Yorks., Skipton) | Calne, G. R. Hall- |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Borodale, Viscount | Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) |
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Colonel Charles | Bossom, A. C. | Campbell, Vice-Admiral G. (Burnley) |
| Albery, Irving James | Boulton, W. W. | Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm |
| Alexander, Sir William | Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton | Caporn, Arthur Cecil |
| Aske, Sir Robart William | Boyce, H. Leslie | Carver, Major William H. |
| Astbury, Lieut.Com. Frederick Wolfe | Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald | Castlereagh, Viscount |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Braithwaite, Maj. A.N. (Yorks, E. R.) | Castle Stewart, Earl |
| Bailey, Eric Alfred George | Brass, Captain Sir William | Cayzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Choriton, Alan Ernest Leofric |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Broadbent, Colonel John | Christie, James Archibald |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Clarry, Reginald George |
| Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar | Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'ld., Hexham) | Clayton, Dr. George C. |
| Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey | Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Colfox, Major William Philip |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks., Newb'y) | Colman, N. C. D. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. |
| Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. | Burghley, Lord | Conant, R. J. E. |
| Bevan, Stuart James (Holborn) | Burnett, John George | Cook, Thomas A. |
| Copeland, Ida | Hunter, Capt. M. J. (Brigg) | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) |
| Courtauid, Major John Sewell | Inskip, Rt. Hon. sir Thomas W. H. | Ramsbotham, Herwaid |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir George L. | Jennings, Roland | Rea, Walter Russell |
| Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry | Jesson, Major Thomas E. | Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) |
| Craven-Ellis, William | Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Reid, William Allan (Derby) |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Ker, J. Campbell | Remer, John R. |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | Kerr, Hamilton W. | Renwick, Major Gustav A. |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Kimball, Lawrence | Robinson, John Roland |
| Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard | Knox, Sir Alfred | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Rosbotham, Sir Samuel |
| Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. C. C. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Law, Sir Alfred | Rothschild, James A. de |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Law, Richard K. (Hull, S. W.) | Runge, Norah Cecil |
| Doran, Edward | Leckie, J. A. | Russell, Albert (Kirkcaldy) |
| Dower, Captain A. V. G. | Leech, Dr. J. W. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Duckworth, George A. V. | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Rutherford, John (Edmonton) |
| Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) |
| Duggan, Hubert John | Liddall, Walter S. | Salmon, Sir Isidore |
| Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Lindsay, Noel Ker | Salt, Edward W. |
| Dunglass, Lord | Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe- | Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney) |
| Eady, George H. | Llewellin, Major John J. | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Locker-Lampson, Rt Hn. G.(Wd. Gr's) | Savery, Samuel Servington |
| Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey | Lockwood, John C. (Hackney, C.) | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| Elmley, Viscount | Loder, Captain J. de Vere | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Shaw, Captain William T. (Fortar) |
| Emrye-Evans, P. V. | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. | Shepperson, Sir Ernest W. |
| Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Lyons, Abraham Montagu | Shute, Colonel J. J. |
| Essenhigh, Reginald Clare | Mabane, William | Simmonds, Oliver Edwin |
| Foot, Dingle (Dundee) | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter D. |
| Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | McCorquodale, M. S. | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Haliam) |
| Fox, Sir Gilford | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Smith, R. W. (Ab'rd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Fraser, Captain Ian | MacDonald, Maicolm (Bassetlaw) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Fremantle, Sir Francis | Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Somervell, Donald Bradley |
| Fuller, Captain A. G. | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Soper, Richard |
| Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton | McKeag, William | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Gibson, Charles Granville | McKie, John Hamilton | Spears, Brigadier-General Edward L. |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. |
| Gledhill, Gilbert | Macmillan, Maurice Harold | Spens, William Patrick |
| Gluckstein, Louis Halle | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest | Stanley, Lord (Lancaster, Fylde) |
| Glyn, Major Raiph G. C. | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) |
| Goff Sir Park | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Stevenson, James |
| Goldie, Noel B. | Mason, Col. Glyn K. (Croydon, N.) | Stones, James |
| Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Storey, Samuel |
| Gower, Sir Robert | Merriman, Sir F. Boyd | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Graham, Sir F. Fergus (C'mb'rl'd, N.) | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Graves, Marjorie | Milne, Charles | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton. |
| Grenfell, E. C. (City of London) | Mitchell, Harold P.(Br'tf'd & Chisw'k) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray F. |
| Grimston, R. V. | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart. |
| Gritten, W. G. Howard | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) | Sutcliffe, Harold. |
| Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon F. E. | Moreing, Adrian C | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Gunston, Captain D. W. | Moss, Captain H. J. | Thompson, Luke |
| Guy, J. C. Morrison | Munro, Patrick | Thomson, Sir Frederick Charles |
| Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Nail, Sir Joseph | Thorp, Linton Theodore |
| Hales, Harold K. | Nail-Cain, Hon. Ronald | Train, John |
| Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Hamilton, Sir R. W.(Orkney & Ztl'nd) | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Hanley, Dennis A. | North, Edward T. | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Nunn, William | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Harbord, Arthur | O'Donovan, Dr. William James | Wallace, John (DunferMilne) |
| Hartington, Marquess of | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Hartland, George A. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenningt'n) | Palmer, Francis Noel | Warrender. Sir Victor A. G. |
| Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Patrick, Colin M. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Peake, Captain Osbert | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour. |
| Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) | Pearson, William G. | Wells, Sydney Richard |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Peat, Charles U. | White, Henry Graham |
| Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Penny, Sir George | Whyte, Jardine Bell |
| Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chelmsford) | Percy, Lord Eustace | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Heneage, Lieut-Colonel Arthur P. | Perkins, Walter R. D. | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Herbert, Capt. S. (Abbey Division) | Peto, Geoffrey K. (W'verh'pt'n, Bliston) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel Georgs |
| Hope, Capt. Hon. A. O. J. (Aston) | Pickford, Hon. Mary Ada | Wise, Alfred R. |
| Hope, Sydney (Chester, Stalybridge) | Potter, John | Womersley, Walter James |
| Hornby, Frank | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | PowNail, Sir Assheton | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Procter, Major Henry Adam | |
| Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Pybus, Percy John | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. | Lieut.-Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward and Mr. Blindell. |
| NOES. | ||
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Cape, Thomas |
| Banfield, John William | Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Cocks, Frederick Seymour |
| Batey, Joseph | Buchanan, George | Cove, William G. |
| Daggar, George | Holdsworth, Herbert | Milner, Majar James |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Janner, Barnett | Nathan, Major H, L. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Jenkins, Sir William | Owen, Major Goronwy |
| Dobble, William | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Parkinson, John Alien |
| Edwards, Charles | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Price, Gabriel |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univ.) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Roberts, Aled (Wrexham) |
| Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | Kirkwood, David | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Thorne, William James |
| George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) | Lawson, John James | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur | Logan, David Gilbert | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Lunn, William | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Grundy, Thomas W. | McEntee, Valentine L. | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | McGovern, John | Williams. Thomas (York. Don Valley) |
| Harris, Sir Percy | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | |
| Hicks, Ernest George | Mainwaring, William Henry | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hirst, George Henry | Maxton, James | Mr. John and Mr. Groves. |
§ Resolution to be reported To-morrow.