HC Deb 18 March 1935 vol 299 cc967-9

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 WILLIAMS

I 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.

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.