§
Motion made, and Question proposed,
That a number of Land Forces, not exceeding 152,200, all ranks, be maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom at Home and abroad, excluding His Majesty's Indian Possessions (other than Aden),
§ during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1936."
§ Mr. EDWARD WILLIAMSI beg to move, "That a number not exceeding 149,200, all ranks, be maintained for the said Service."
§ Question put.
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 44; Noes, 206.
969| Division No. 109.] | AYES. | 11.29 p.m.] |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Gardner, Benjamin Walter | Mainwaring, William Henry |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot |
| Banfield, John William | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Mander, Geoffrey le M. |
| Batey, Joseph | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Milner, Major James |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Hicks, Ernest George | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Jenkins, Sir William | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Buchanan, George | John, William | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, North) |
| Cape, Thomas | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cleary, J. J. | Kirkwood, David | West, F. R. |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Daggar, George | Lawson, John James | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Davies, David L, (Pontypridd) | Leonard, William | Wilmot, John |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Logan, David Gilbert | |
| Davies, Stephen Owen | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Dobbie, William | McEntee, Valentine L. | Mr. Groves and Mr. Paling. |
| Foot, Dingle (Dundee) | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Balniel, Lord | Braithwaite, Maj. A. N. (Yorks, E. R.) |
| Alnsworth, Lieut.-Colonel Charles | Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Braithwaite, J. G. (Hillsborough) |
| Albery, Irving James | Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar | Brass, Captain Sir William |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey | Briscoe, Capt. Richard George |
| Apsley, Lord | Bateman, A. L. | Broadbent, Colonel John |
| Aske, Sir Robert William | Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Brocklebank, C. E. R. |
| Assheton, Ralph | Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Blindell, James | Brown, Ernest (Leith) |
| Balley, Eric Alfred George | Bossom, A. C. | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks., Newb'y) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Bower, Commander Robert Tatton | Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. |
| Buchan, John | Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | O'Connor, Terence James |
| Burghley, Lord | Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) | O'Donovan, Dr. William James |
| Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie | Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Palmer, Francis Noel |
| Campbell, Vice-Admiral G. (Burnley) | Hornby, Frank | Peake, Osbert |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Horsbrugh, Florence | Pearson, William G. |
| Carver, Major William H. | Howard, Tom Forrest | Perkins, Walter R. D. |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Hume, Sir George Hopwood | Petherick, M. |
| Cazalet, Thelma (lslington, E.) | Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer | Peto, Geoffrey K. (W'verh'pt'n, Bliston) |
| Christie, James Archibald | Hutchison, W. D. (Essex, Romf'd) | Pickthorn, K. W. M. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas W. H. | Potter, John |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Jamleson, Douglas | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) |
| Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Ker, J. Campbell | Ramsbotham, Herwald |
| Conant, R. J. E. | Kerr, Lieut.-Col. Charles (Montrose) | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) |
| Cook, Thomas A. | Kerr, Hamilton W. | Remer, John R. |
| Copeland, Ida | Keyes, Admiral Sir Roger | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir George L. | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Latham, Sir Herbert Paul | Ross, Ronald D. |
| Craven-Ellis, William | Leckle, J. A. | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) |
| Crooke, J. Smedley | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield, B'tside) |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Rutherford, John (Edmonton) |
| Croom-Johnson, R. P. | Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe- | Salmon, Sir Isldore |
| Cross, R. H. | Llewellin, Major John J. | Sandys, Edwin Duncan |
| Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. C. C. | Lloyd, Geoffrey | Selley, Harry R. |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Lockwood, John C. (Hackney, C.) | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| Dickie, John p. | Loder, Captain J. de Vera | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Doran, Edward | Loftus, Pierce C. | Smith, Sir Robert (Ab'd'n & K'dlne, C.) |
| Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. |
| Duggan, Hubert John | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Lyons, Abraham Montagu | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'morland) |
| Eastwood, John Francis | Mabane, William | Stones, James |
| Emrys-Evans, P. V. | MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C. G. (Partick) | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Erskine-Bolst, Capt. C. C. (Blk'pool) | MacAndrsw, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Essenhigh, Reginald Clare | McCorquodale, M. S. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. |
| Evans, Capt. Arthur (Cardiff, S.) | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Evans, David Owen (Cardigan) | McLean, Major Sir Alan | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Magnay, Thomas | Thomson, Sir Frederick Charles |
| Fermoy, Lord | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Fraser, Captain Sir Ian | Mason, Col. Glyn K. (Croydon, N.) | Todd, Lt.-Col. A. J. K. (B-wick-on-T.) |
| Fremantle, Sir Francis | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Tree, Ronald |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Gillett, Sir George Masterman | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Mitcheson, G. G. | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Gluckstein, Louis Halle | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Goff, Sir Park | Moreing, Adrian C. | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Goldie, Noel B. | Morris, John Patrick (Salford, N.) | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Gower, Sir Robert | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univer'ties) | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Greene, William P. C. | Morrison, William Shepherd | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir Arnold (Hertf'd) |
| Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. | Wilson, Clyde T. (West Toxteth) |
| Grimston, R. V. | Munro, Patrick | Wise, Alfred R. |
| Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount |
| Gunston, Captain D. W. | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | |
| Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Normand, Rt. Hon. Wilfrid | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | North, Edward T. | Sir George Penny and Sir Walter Womersley. |
| Harvey, Major Sir Samuel (Totnes) | Nunn, William |
Resolution agreed to.