§ "That a sum, not exceeding £111,935,324, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1939. for Expenditure in respect oaf the Services included in Class V of the Civil Estimates, namely:
| £ | ||
| 1. | Ministry of Health (including a Supplementary sum of £20,000) | 16,752,572 |
| 2. | Board of Control | 99,991 |
| 3. | Registrar General's Office | 57,551 |
| 4. | National Insurance Audit Department | 110,890 |
| 5. | Friendly Societies Registry | 31,180 |
| 6. | Old Age Pensions | 30,617,000 |
| 7. | Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions | 11,500,000 |
| 8. | Ministry of Labour | 14,837,000 |
| 9. | Grants in respect of Employment Schemes | 2,420,000 |
| 10. | Commissioner for Special Areas (England and Wales) | 90 |
| 11. | Unemployment Assistance Board | 29,485,000 |
| 12. | Special Areas Fund | 5,500,000 |
| 13. | Financial Assistance in Special and other Areas | 501,344 |
| Scotland. | ||
| £ | ||
| 15. | Board of Control | 11,030 |
| 16. | Registrar General's Office | 11,586 |
| 17. | Commissioner for Special Areas (Scotland) | 90 |
| £111,935,324" |
§ Question put.
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 276; Noes, 15.
2855| Division No. 325.] | AYES. | [10.24 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Danville, Alfred | Lamb, Sir J. Q. |
| Agnew, Lieut-Comdr. P. G. | Dodd, J. S. | Law, Sir A. J. (High Peak) |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Doland, G. F. | Law, R. K. (Hull, S.W.) |
| Allen, Col. J. Sandeman (B'knhead) | Donner, P. W. | Leech, Sir J. W. |
| Anderson, Sir A. Garrett (C. of Ldn.) | Duckworth, Arthur (Shrewsbury) | Leighton, Major B. E. P. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Duckworth, W. R. (Most Side) | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. |
| Apsley, Lord | Dugdale, Captain T. L. | Liddall, W. S. |
| Aske, Sir R. W. | Duggan, H. J. | Lindsay, K. M. |
| Assheton, R. | Duncan, J. A. L. | Llewellin, Colonel J. J. |
| Astor, Major Hon. J. J. (Dover) | Dunglass, Lord | Loftus, P. C. |
| Baillie, Sir A. W. M. | Eastwood, J. F. | Lyons, A. M. |
| Baldwin-Webb, Col. J. | Eckersley, P. T. | Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) |
| Balfour, Capt. H. H. (Isle of Thanet) | Edmondson, Major Sir J. | MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. |
| Balniel, Lord | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | MaCorquodale, M. S. |
| Barclay-Harvey, Sir C. M. | Ellis, Sir G. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. M. (Ross) |
| Barrie, Sir C. C. | Elliston, Capt. G. S. | MacDonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Elmley, Viscount | Macdonald, Capt. P. (Isle of Wight) |
| Beauchamp, Sir B. C. | Emmott, C. E. G. C. | McKie, J. H. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Macmillan, H. (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. | Entwistle, Sir C. F. | Makins, Brigadier-General Sir Ernest |
| Birchall, Sir J. D. | Errington, E. | Manningham-Buller, Sir M. |
| Blair, Sir R. | Erskine-Hill, A. G. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Evans, Capt. A. (Cardiff, S.) | Markham, S. F. |
| Bower, Comdr. R. T. | Everard, W. L. | Marsden, Commander A. |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Fildes, Sir H. | Mason, Lt.-Col. Hon. G. K. M. |
| Brass Sir W. | Fleming, E. L. | Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. |
| Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Fox, Sir G. W. G. | Meller, Sir R. J. (Mitcham) |
| Broadbridge, Sir G. T. | Fremantle, Sir F. E. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (Hexham) | Furness, S. N. | Mitcheson, Sir G. G. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) | Fyfe, D. P. M. | Moore, Lieut.-Col. Sir T. C. R. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. | Moore-Brabazon, Lt.-Col. J. T. C. |
| Browne, A. C. (Belfast, W.) | Gluekstein, L. H. | Morgan, R. H |
| Bull B. B. | Gower, Sir R V. | Morris, J. P. (Salford, N.) |
| Bullock Capt. M. | Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) | Morris-Jones, Sir Henry |
| Burgin Rt. Hon. E. L. | Grant-Ferris, R. | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) |
| Butcher H. W. | Greene, W. P. C. (Worcester) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) |
| Butler, R. A. | Gretton, Col. Rt. Hon. J. | Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. |
| Campbell, Sir E. T. | Gridley, Sir A. B. | Munro, P. |
| Cartland J. R. H. | Grigg, Sir E. W. M. | Neven-Spenoe, Major B. H. H. |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Grimston, R. V. | Nicholson, G. (Farnham) |
| Cayzer, Sir H. R. (Portsmouth, S.) | Gritten, W. G. Howard | Nicolson, Hon. H. G. |
| Cazalet Thelma (Islington, E.) | Guest, Lieut.-Colonel H. (Drake) | O'Connor, Sir Terence J. |
| Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chlppenham) | Guest, Maj.Hon.O. (C'mb'rw'll, N.W.) | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh |
| Channon H. | Guinness, T. L. E. B. | Palmer, G. E. H. |
| Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) | Gunston, Capt. Sir D. W. | Patrick, C. M. |
| Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) | Hambro, A. V. | Peat, C. U. |
| Christie, J. A. | Hannah, I. C. | Perkins, W. R. D. |
| Clarry, Sir Reginald | Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Petherick, M. |
| Clydesdale, Marquess of | Haslam, sir J. (Bolton) | Pickthorn, K. W. M. |
| Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) | Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Ponsonby, Col. C. E. |
| Colfox, Major W. P. | Hely-Hutchinson, M. R. | Porritt, R. W. |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan- | pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton |
| Conant, Captain R. J. E. | Hepworth, J. | Proster Major H. A. |
| Cook, Sir T. R. A. M. (Norfolk, N.) | Herbert, A. P. (Oxford U.) | Radford, E. A. |
| Cook, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Herbert, Capt. Sir S. (Abbey) | Ramsay, Captain A. H. M. |
| Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) | Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir. S. | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Courthope, Col. Rt. Hon. Sir G. L. | Holmes, J. S. | Ramsden, Sir E. |
| Cox H. B. Trevor | Hopkinson, A. | Rankin, Sir R. |
| Craven-Ellis, W. | Horsbrugh, Florence | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) |
| Crott Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Page | Howtt, Dr. A. B. | Rayner, Major R. H. |
| Crooke, Sir J. Smedley | Hulbert, N. J. | Reed, A. C. (Exeter) |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | Hunloke, H. P. | Reed, Sir H. S. (Aylesbury) |
| Croom-Johnson, R. P. | Hunter, T. | Reid, W. Allan (Derby) |
| Cross, R. H. | Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir T. W. H. | Remer, J. R. |
| Crossley, A. C. | James, wing-Commander A. W. H. | Rickards, G. W. (Sklpton) |
| Crowder, J. F. E. | Jones, Sir G. W. H. (S'k N'w'gt'n) | Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) |
| Culverwell, C. T. | Jones, L. (Swansea W.) | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Davidson, Viscountess | Keeling, E. H. | Rowlands, G. |
| Davies, C. (Montgomery) | Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose) | Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. |
| Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel Sir E. A. |
| De Chair, S. S. | Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.) | Russell, Sir Alexander |
| De la Bére, R. | Kimball, L. | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) |
| Salmon, Sir I. | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir J. S, |
| Salt, E. W. | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| Samuel, M. R. A. | Storey, S. | Watt, Major G. S. Harvie |
| Sandeman, Sir N. S. | Strauss, H. G. (Norwich) | Wayland, Sir W. A |
| Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir P. | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) | Wells, Sir Sydney |
| Scott, Lord William | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Selley, H. R. | Tasker, Sir R. I. | Willougnby de Eresby, Lord |
| Shakespeare, G. H. | Tate, Mavis C. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel G. |
| Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) | Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne) | Wise, A. R. |
| Shaw, Captain W. T. (Forfar) | Thomas, J. P. L. | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Shepperson, Sir E. W. | Thomson, Sir J. D. W. | Wood, Hon. C. I. C. |
| Shute, Colonel Sir J. J. | Thorneycroft, G. E. P. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) | Touche, G. C. | Wragg, H. |
| Smith, Sir Louis (Hallam) | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. | Wright, Wing-Commander J. A. C. |
| Smithers, Sir W. | Turton, R. H. | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Somervell, Rt. Hon. Sir Donald | Wakefield, W. W. | |
| Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Walker-Smith, Sir J. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Southby, Commander Sir A. R. J. | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan | Captain Hope and Major |
| Spears, Brigadier-General E. L. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) | Herbert. |
| Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'ld) | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, R. T. D. (Barnstaple) | Harvey, T. E. (Eng. Univ's.) | Rothschild, J. A. de |
| Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | Jones, Sir H. Haydn (Merioneth) | Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's) |
| Foot, D. M. | Mander, G. le M. | White, H. Graham |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Owen, Major G. | |
| George, Megan Lloyd (Angtesey) | Rathbone, Eleanor (English Univ's.) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) | Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) | Sir Percy Harris and Sir Hugh |
| Seely |