HC Deb 30 May 1933 vol 278 cc1789-97

Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."

7.12 p.m.

Mr. LAWSON

This Clause deals with the unexpended balance of the Depreciation Fund established in connection with the 5 per cent. War Loan, 1929–47, and the 4 per cent. War Loan, 1929–42. I think that the sum dealt with amounts to something like £5,000,000. A better use might be made of this £5,000,000 than transferring it to the Exchequer. There is a vital need for money of this description to be used in other ways. If it had been possible, we would have moved that this money should have been transferred to a fund for the assistance of necessitous areas, and for the development of public works. No one in this House will deny the immediate need of some of those particular areas. The Government have admitted it. As a matter of fact, I understand that the Government desire to make some of the well-off areas come to the rescue of the necessitous areas. Many of us who come from these areas wish to know what has become of the negotiations in connection with the matter.

Everyone will admit that £5,000,000 put into use for the purpose of helping these areas would do more good than putting the money into the dead hands of the Treasury. I think the term used is that it would "fructify" in the hands of the people. Here are those great areas which at one time were among the most important in the country; which were the real foundation of this country's life, and in their time, and even now, are among the primary sources of life industrially, commercially and financially of this State. Yet when you go to the North or to the South you not only find hundreds of thousands of people who are in dire need, but areas which are so hardly pressed that bankruptcy is almost within sight for them.

The CHAIRMAN

I am afraid that the hon. Member is not in order in arguing this point on this particular Clause. The Clause is founded upon a Financial Resolution which is very definite and limited. It says: That the unexpected balance of the Depreciation Fund established in connection with the Four per cent. War Loan (1929–42) and the Five per cent. War Loan (1929–47) shall, at such time as the Treasury may determine, be paid into the Exchequer. We cannot argue the uses of that fund.

Mr. LAWSON

Is it not possible to argue that there is a better way of dealing with this £5,000,000?

The CHAIRMAN

No, I do not think it is on this Clause.

Sir S. CRIPPS

Is it not competent to argue that the Exchequer, having obtained that £5,000,000, should then pay it out and use it for the purpose of necessitous areas?

The CHAIRMAN

If the hon. and learned Member can get a Financial Resolution authorising that, it will be competent to argue it.

Sir S. CRIPPS

I understand that there is no Financial Resolution authorising its use, but that the Resolution merely states that it is to be paid into the Exchequer. Are we to understand that it is to remain there for ever?

The CHAIRMAN

There are all sorts of Resolutions and decisions of the House which will allow the money to be paid cut of the Exchequer.

Sip S. CRIPPS

We have heard from the Government that they intend to assist the necessitous areas, and they have given an undertaking that they will do so. Cannot we assume that they will bring forward a Financial Resolution in order to implement their promise? That is what we are asking them to do.

The CHAIRMAN

The hon. and learned Member can assume that, but he cannot discuss it on this Clause.

Sir S. CRIPPS

Is it not competent to argue that, having had the statement from the Government that they intend to do this work for necessitous areas, this is an opportunity for them to use a certain Capttal fund which is being paid into the Exchequer?

The CHAIRMAN

No, because on that theory the hon. and learned Member can discuss anything at all on this Clause. I am afraid that I must rule that out.

Mr. LAWSON

I am sorry that you cannot allow us to discuss this important subject on this Clause. It seems to us that this £5,000,000 which is placed in the hands of the Government could be usefully spent in other ways. The Government might carry out what seems to be their policy of expenditure on public works. It seems to us to be possible to use this fund for that purpose. We are going to challenge this Clause, because we think that £5,000,000 can certainly be used usefully in carrying out a policy which would bring life to necessitous areas and be more usefully used than allowing it to be in the hands of the Exchequer for the relief of the Income Tax payers. I am sure that if they had to decide upon this matter they would rather yield to the needs of those areas and the people who live in them than be relieved themselves.

7.20 p.m.

Sir S. CRIPPS

There is an important aspect of this Clause with which my hon. Friend has not dealt. It is that the money which is being taken here is a Capttal sum and that it is apparently going to be used for some ordinary revenue purpose. One has always understood that one of the criteria of Conservative finance is that we should not take Capttal sums and use them for revenue purposes, but that we should draw a clear distinction between revenue and Capttal and see that we get sufficient revenue in the year to meet all revenue purposes. As you, Sir Dennis, have stated, it is impossible to trace this particular £5,000,000 to any particular fund in the way of expenditure, but I may remind you that it was this £5,000,000 which the Chancellor of the Exchequer described as the ram caught in the thicket. It was the nest egg which he discovered when he was looking round for the purpose of relieving the Income Tax payer. Indeed, he told us, indirectly at any rate, that he would have been unable to relieve them unless he had discovered this sum of money. I want to ask the Financial Secretary whether he considers it a proper and sound financial proceeding to take a sum of money which has been put aside in a Capttal sinking fund, in a year when the Government are borrowing for another Capttal sinking fund and are paying money out of revenue for a sinking fund, and use it for revenue purposes; and not only for revenue purposes, but for the purpose of remitting a certain amount of taxation during the year. Can he justify on any sound financial criterion such an expenditure of the money?

The CHAIRMAN

I cannot allow the Financial Secretary to answer that question. The hon. and learned Gentleman's point is again out of order on this particular Clause. It is true that the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his Budget speech related this particular money to a particular object, but that has been discussed on a previous Clause and has been disposed of. This Clause merely transfers the fund to the Exchequer, but it does not say on what the Exchequer is going to spend it. It does not say whether the money is to be spent for Capttal or for revenue purposes.

Sir S. CRIPPS

As I understand it, money transferred to the Exchequer at such time as the Treasury may determine must of necessity when it gets into the Exchequer form part of the revenue balances of the Exchequer. I should like to ask your guidance whether that does not necessarily follow from the form of this Clause.

The CHAIRMAN

The money goes into the Exchequer to form part of the balances, but it can only be dealt with as authorised by this House in the ordinary form of financial procedure.

Sir S. CRIPPS

Am I not right in supposing that it can only be dealt with for revenue purposes under any existing authorisation which the Exchequer at this moment holds from this House?

The CHAIRMAN

That may be so, but the authorisation does not arise on this Clause at all.

Sir S. CRIPPS

Am I right in assuming, in a discussion of this Clause, that Exchequer moneys can only be expended on matters so far authorised by this House?I am surely not entitled to assume that some fresh authorisation is coming forward. As this £5,000,000, when the Clause is passed, will be paid into the Exchequer balances and will be spent according to existing authorisations, I cannot go beyond that, but I am unaware that there are any existing authorisations for expenditure on Capttal purposes.

The CHAIRMAN

That may be so. The hon. Member cannot discuss here whether it is to be expended for Capttal or whether it is to be expended for revenue purposes. The only opportunity of discussing how this money is to be spent is when Estimates are brought before the House for the expenditure of money.

Sir S. CRIPPS

I must limit my comment to the taking of money which is clearly Capttal money when the Govern- ment have put no proposals before the House of any sort to spend it for Capttal purposes, and I must ask the Financial Secretary whether he will inform us if the Government intend to bring forward any proposal as regards the expenditure of this £5,000,000 of Capttal money for Capttal purposes or whether they do not.

The CHAIRMAN

I must rule that out of order. When once this fund gets into the Exchequer, it is no longer a definite fund and the expenditure of it cannot be discussed.

Sir S. CRIPPS

This money is not yet in the Exchequer, and we are objecting to it going there. Before we vote on the Clause we desire to know whether there is any proposal to spend it for Capttal purposes. This is Capttal money in a separate Capttal fund, and we object to it going into the Exchequer without any plan or information as to how it is to be spent.

7.26 p.m.

The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Hore-Belisha)

I do not want to appear discourteous to the hon. and learned Gentleman, but, in so far as the Rules of Order permit me, I will give him an answer. We all fall victims to the narrow Rules of Procedure sometimes, and I very much condole with the hon. Members opposite. As they know, this Depreciation Fund is being taken into the Exchequer because the purpose for which the money was required has now lapsed. In those circumstances, it is only natural that it should be taken into the Exchequer. My right hon. Friend in his Budget speech explained the circumstances in which it was being taken into the Exchequer and the circumstances in which it would be taken out. His speech closely connected this fund with the concession to the Income Tax payers. These are two non-recurrent items. This fund is non-recurrent, and the purpose for which it is to be used is equally non-recurrent. I hope that without transgressing the Rules of Order, I have been able to give some satisfaction to the hon. and learned Gentleman.

Question put, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."

The Committee divided: Ayes, 284; Noes, 44.

Division No. 206.] AYES. [6.50 p.m.
Attlee, Clement Richard Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) Parkinson, John Allen
Buchanan, George Hicks, Ernest George Price, Gabriel
Cape, Thomas Hirst, George Henry Rathbone, Eleanor
Cocks, Frederick Seymour Jenkins, Sir William Salter, Dr. Alfred
Cove, William G. Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) Smith, Tom (Normanton)
Cripps, Sir Stafford Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Tinker, John Joseph
Daggar, George Kirkwood, David Wallhead, Richard C.
Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah
Dobble, William Lawson, John James Williams, David (Swansea, East)
Edwards, Charles Lunn, William Williams, Edward John (Ogmore)
Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) McEntee, Valentine L. Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley)
Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur McGovern, John
Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) Mainwaring, William Henry TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—
Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) Maxton, James Mr. John and Mr. G. Macdonald.
Grunoy, Thomas W. Milner, Major James
NOES.
Acland, Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Dyke Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford)
Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel Crooks, J. Smedley Hamilton, Sir R. W.(Orkney & Zetl'nd)
Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) Hanley, Dennis A.
Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. Cross, R. H. Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry
Albery, Irving James Dalkeith, Earl of Harbord, Arthur
Anstruther-Gray, W. J. Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. C. C. Hartington, Marquess of
Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. Davies, Edward C. (Montgomery) Hartland, George A.
Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) Davies, Maj. Geo.F.(Somerset,Yeovil) Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes)
Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. Dawson, Sir Philip Haslam, Henry (Horncastle)
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. Haslam, Sir John (Bolton)
Baldwin-Webb, Colonel J. Donner, p. W. Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M.
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Doran, Edward Heilgers, Captain F. F. A.
Barclay-Harvey, C. M. Drewe, Cedric Herbert, Capt. S. (Abbey Division)
Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel Holdsworth, Herbert
Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) Dunglass, Lord Hore-Belisha, Leslie
Bennett, Capt. Sir Ernest Nathaniel Eales, John Frederick Hornby, Frank
Blaker, Sir Reginald Eastwood, John Francis Horne, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S.
Blindell, James Elliot, Major Rt. Hon. Walter E. Horobin, Ian M.
Boothby, Robert John Graham Elliston, Captain George Sampson Horsbrugh, Florence
Bossom, A. C. Elmley, Viscount Howard, Tom Forrest
Boulton, W. W. Emrys- Evans, P. V. Howitt, Dr. Alfred B.
Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport)
Boyce, H. Leslie Evans, David Owen (Cardigan) Hume, Sir George Hopwood
Braithwaite, Maj. A.N. (Yorks, E. R.) Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univ.) Hurd, Sir Percy
Briant, Frank Falle, Sir Bertram G. Hurst, Sir Gerald B.
Briscoe, Capt. Richard George Fielden, Edward Brocklehurst Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas W. H.
Broadbent, Colonel John Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) Iveagh, Countess of
Brocklebank, C. E. R. Forestier-Walker, Sir Leolin Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.)
Brown, Ernest (Leith) Fox, Sir Gifford Jesson, Major Thomas E.
Brown,Brig-Gen. H.C. (Berks., Newb'y) Fraser, Captain Ian Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields)
Browne, Captain A. C. Fremantle, Sir Francis Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West)
Burnett, John George Fuller, Captain A. G. Kerr, Hamilton W.
Burton, Colonel Henry Walter Ganzoni, Sir John Knox, Sir Alfred
Cadogan, Hon. Edward Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton
Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) Lambert, Rt. Hon. George
Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) Law, Sir Alfred
Caporn, Arthur Cecil Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John Lees-Jones, John
Cayzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) Glossop, C. W. H. Lennox-Boyd, A. T.
Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) Gluckstein, Louis Halle Levy, Thomas
Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) Gaff, Sir Park Lewis, Oswald
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) Goldie, Noel B. Liddall, Walter S.
Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer Goodman, Colonel Albert W. Lindsay, Noel Ker
Clarke, Frank Granville, Edgar Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe-
Clarry, Reginald George Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas Lloyd, Geoffrey
Cobb, Sir Cyril Grenfell, E. C. (City of London) Lockwood, John C. (Hackney, C.)
Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander
Colfox, Major William Philip Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro', W.) Lymington, Viscount
Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. Gritten, W. G. Howard Lyons, Abraham Montagu
Conant, R. J. E. Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. Mabane, William
Cook, Thomas A. Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C. G. (Partick)
Cooke, Douglas Gunston, Captain D. W. MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr)
Cooper, A. Duff Guy, J. C. Morrison McCorquodale, M. S.
Courthope, Colonel Sir George L Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness)
Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry Hales, Harold K. McKeag, William
McKie, John Hamilton Raikes, Henry V. A. M. Spencer, Captain Richard A.
Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H.
McLean, Major Sir Alan Ramsbotham, Herwald Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland)
McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) Ramsden, Sir Eugene Stevenson, James
Macquisten, Frederick Alexander Rawson, Sir Cooper Stewart, J. H. (Fife, E.)
Maitland, Adam Ray, Sir William Stones, James
Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest Rea, Walter Russell Storey, Samuel
Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) Strauss, Edward A.
Marsden, Commander Arthur Reid, David D. (County Down) Strickland, Captain W. F.
Martin, Thomas B. Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) Stuart, Lord C. Crichton-
Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John Reid, William Allan (Derby) Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart
Merriman, Sir F. Boyd Rentoul, Sir Gervals S. Tate, Mavis Constance
Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) Roberts, Aled (Wrexham) Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford)
Milne, Charles Robinson, John Roland Thompson, Luke
Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) Ropner, Colonel L. Thomson, Sir Frederick Charles
Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale Rosbotham, Sir Samuel Thorp, Linton Theodore
Moreing, Adrian C. Ross, Ronald D. Titchfield, Major the Marquess or
Morgan, Robert H. Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement
Morris, Owen Temple (Cardiff, E.) Runge, Norah Cecil Turton, Robert Hugh
Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) Rutherford, John (Edmonton) Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon
Morrison, William Shephard Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) Wallace, John (DunferMilne)
Muirhead, Major A. J. Salmon, Sir Isidore Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull)
Munro, Patrick Salt, Edward W. Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend)
Murray-Phillpson, Hylton Raiph Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock)
Nail-Cain, Hon. Ronald Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney) Wardlaw-Milne, Sir John S.
Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart Warrender, Sir Victor A. G.
Newton, Sir Douglas George C. Sanderson, sir Frank Barnard Waterhouse, Captain Charles
Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) Savery, Samuel Servington Wedderburn,Henry James Scrymgeour-
O'Connor, Terence James Scone, Lord Wells, Sydney Richard
O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. White, Henry Graham
Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) Whiteside, Borras Noel H.
Pearson, William G. Shepperson, Sir Ernest W. Whyte, Jardine Bell
Peat, Charles U. Shuts, Colonel J. J. Wills, Wilfrid D.
Penny, Sir George Skelton, Archibald Noel Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George
Peters, Dr. Sidney John Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter D. Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount
Petherick, M. Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley
Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) Smith-Carington, Neville W. Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff)
Peto, Geoffrey K.(W'verh'pt'n, Bliston) Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'oaks)
Pickering, Ernest H. Somerville, D. G. (Willesden, East)
Pike, Cecil F. Soper, Richard TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Potter, John Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. Mr. Womersley and Commander
Procter, Major Henry Adam Spears, Brigadier-General Edward L. Southby.

Question, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill," put, and agreed to.

Division No. 207.] AYES. [7.29 p.m.
Acland, Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Dyke Fielden, Edward Brocklehurst McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston)
Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) Macmillan, Maurice Harold
Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) Forestier-Walker, Sir Leolin Maitland, Adam
Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. Fox, Sir Gifford Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest
Albery, Irving James Fraser, Captain Ian Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot
Anstruther-Gray, W. J. Fuller, Captain A. G. Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R.
Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. Ganzoni, Sir John Marsden, Commander Arthur
Aske, Sir Robert William Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton Mason, Col. Glyn K. (Croydon, N.)
Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John
Bailey, Eric Alfred George George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) Merriman, sir F. Boyd
Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. Gillett, Sir George Masterman Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest)
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley Glossop, C. W. H. Milne, Charles
Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) Gluckstein, Louis Halle Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham)
Barclay-Harvey, C. M. Glyn, Major Raiph G. C. Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale
Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar Goff, Sir Park Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr)
Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey Goldie, Noel B. Moreing, Adrian C.
Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) Goodman, Colonel Albert W. Morgan, Robert H.
Bird, Ernest Roy (Yorks., Skipton) Granville, Edgar Morris, Owen Temple (Cardiff, E.)
Blindell, James Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh)
Bootbby, Robert John Graham Graves, Marjorie Morrison, William Shepherd
Bottom, A. C. Grenfell, E. C. (City of London) Muirhead, Major A. J.
Boulton, W. W. Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John Murray-Phillpson, Hylton Raiph
Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro',W.) Nail-Cain, Hon. Ronald
Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. Gritten, W. G. Howard Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H.
Braithwaite, Maj. A. N. (Yorks, E. R.) Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. North, Edward T.
Braithwaite, J. G. (Hillsborough) Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. O'Connor, Terence James
Briant, Frank Gunston, Captain D. W. O'Donovan, Dr. William James
Briscoe, Capt. Richard George Guy, J. C. Morrison O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh
Broadbent, Colonel John Hales, Harold K. Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A.
Brown, Ernest (Leith) Hamilton, Sir R. W.(Orkney & Zetl'nd) Palmer, Francis Noel
Browne, Captain A. C. Hammersley, Samuel S. Pearson, William G.
Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. Hanley, Dennis A. Peat, Charles U.
Burnett, John George Harbord, Arthur Penny, Sir George
Cadogan, Hon. Edward Harris, Sir Percy Percy, Lord Eustace
Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) Hartington, Marquess of Perkins, Walter R. D.
Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenningt'n) Peters, Dr. Sidney John
Caporn, Arthur Cecil Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) Petherick, M.
Carver, Major William H. Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple)
Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (P'rtsm'th, S.) Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. Peto, Geoffrey K. (W'verh'pt'n, Bilst'n)
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N.(Edgbaston) Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. Pickering, Ernest H.
Clarke, Frank Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. Pike, Cecil F.
Clarry, Reginald George Herbert, Capt. S. (Abbey Division) Potter, John
Cobb, Sir Cyril Holdsworth, Herbert Procter, Major Henry Adam
Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. Hore-Belisha, Leslie Raikes, Henry V. A. M.
Colfox, Major William Philip Hornby, Frank Ramsbotham, Herwald
Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. Horne, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. Ramsden, Sir Eugene
Conant, R. J. E. Horobin, Ian M. Rawson, Sir Cooper
Cook, Thomas A. Horsbrugh, Florence Rea, Walter Russell
Cooke, Douglas Howard, Tom Forrest Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter)
Cooper, A. Duff Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. Reid, James S. C. (Stirling)
Courtauld, Major John Sewell Hume, Sir George Hopwood Reid, William Allan (Derby)
Courthope, Colonel Sir George L. Hurd, Sir Percy Rentoul Sir Gervals S,.
Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry Hurst, Sir Gerald B. Roberts, Aled (Wrexham)
Craven-Ellis, William Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas W. H. Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall)
Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) Robinson, John Roland
Crooke, J. Smedley Jesson, Major Thomas E. Ropner, Colonel L.
Crookshank, Col.C.de Windt (Bootle) Johnston, J. W. (Clackmannan) Rosbotham, Sir Samuel
Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) Ross, Ronald D.
Cross, R. H. Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge)
Crossley, A. C. Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) Runge, Norah Cecil
Curry, A. C. Kerr, Hamilton W. Rutherford, John (Edmonton)
Dalkeith, Earl of Kimball, Lawrence Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l)
Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) Knox, Sir Alfred Salmon, Sir Isidore
Denman, Hon. R. D. Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton Salt, Edward W.
Dickie, John P. Law, Sir Alfred Samuel, Samuel (W'dtworth, Putney)
Donner, P. W. Lees-Jones, John Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart
Doran, Edward Lennox-Boyd, A. T. Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard
Drewe, Cedric Lewis, Oswald Savery, Samuel Servington
Dunglass, Lord Liddall, Walter S. Shakespeare, Geoffrey H.
Eales, John Frederick Lindsay, Noel Ker Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell)
Eastwood, John Francis Lloyd, Geoffrey Shepperson, Sir Ernest W.
Elliot, Major Rt. Hon. Walter E. Lockwood, John C. (Hackney, C.) Shute, Colonel J. J.
Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander Skelton, Archibald Noel
Elliston, Captain George Sampson Lyons, Abraham Montagu Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter D.
Elmley, Viscount Mabane, William Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich)
Emmott, Charles E. G. C. MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) Smith, R. W.(Ab'rd'n amp; Kinc'dine, C.)
Emrys-Evans, P. V. McCorquodale, M. S. Smith-Carington, Neville W.
Entwistle, Cyril Fullard MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) Smithers, Waldron
Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) Somervell, Donald Bradley
Erskine-Boist, Capt. C. C. (Blackpool) McKeag, William Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor)
Evans, David Owen (Cardigan) McKie, John Hamilton Soper, Richard
Falle, Sir Bertram G. Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E.
Fermoy, Lord McLean, Major Sir Alan Southby, Commander Archibald R. J
Spears, Brigadier-General Edward L. Thompson, Luke Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour-
Spencer, Captain Richard A. Thomson, Sir Frederick Charles Wells, Sydney Richard
Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. Thorp, Linton Theodore Whiteside, Borras Noel H.
Spens, William Patrick Titchfield, Major the Marquess of Whyte, Jardine Bell
Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement Wills, Wilfrid D.
Stevenson, James Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George
Stewart, J. H. (Fife, E.) Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount
Stones, James Wallace, John (DunferMilne) Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley
Storey, Samuel Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff)
Strauss, Edward A. Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noaks)
Strickland, Captain W. F. Wardlaw-Milne, Sir John S.
Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—
Tate, Mavis Constance Waterhouse, Captain Charles Lieut.-Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward and Mr. Womersley.
NOES.
Attlee, Clement Richard Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) Nathan, Major H. L.
Buchanan, George Hirst, George Henry Parkinson, John Allen
Cape, Thomas Jenkins, Sir William Price, Gabriel
Cocks, Frederick Seymour Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) Salter, Dr. Alfred
Cove, William G. Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Smith, Tom (Normanton)
Cripps, Sir Stafford Kirkwood, David Tinker, John Joseph
Daggar, George Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George Wallhead, Richard C.
Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) Lawson, John James Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah
Dobble, William Logan, David Gilbert Williams, David (Swansea, East)
Edwards, Charles Lunn, William Williams, Edward John (Ogmore)
Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) McEntee, Valentine L. Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly)
Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur McGovern, John Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley)
Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan)
Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) Mainwaring, William Henry TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Groves, Thomas E. Maxton, James Mr. C. Macdonald and Mr. John.
Grundy, Thomas W. Milner, Major James