§
Motion made, and Question proposed,
That a number of Air Forces, not exceeding 83,000, all ranks, be maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom at Home
§ and abroad, exclusive of those serving in India, during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1939."
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That a number, not exceeding 82,000, all ranks, be maintained for the said Service."—[Mr. Montague.]
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 90; Noes, 234.
377| Division No. 137.] | AYES. | [12.50 a.m. |
| Adams, D. (Consett) | Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) | Parkinson, J. A. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Pearson, A. |
| Ammon, C. G. | Hayday, A. | Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. |
| Banfield, J. W. | Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | Price, M. P. |
| Barr, J. | Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | Pritt, D. N. |
| Bellenger, F. J. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Quibell, D. J. K. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. | Hicks, E. G. | Ridley, G. |
| Bevan, A. | Hills, A. (Pontefract) | Ritson, J. |
| Broad, F. A. | Jagger, J. | Sexton, T. M. |
| Bromfield, W. | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) | Silkin, L. |
| Buchanan, G. | John, W. | Silverman, S. S. |
| Burke, W. A. | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Simpson, F. B. |
| Cocks, F. S. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) |
| Cripps, Hon. Sir Stafford | Leach, W. | Smith, E. (Stoke) |
| Daggar, G. | Logan, D. G. | Smith, T. (Normanton) |
| Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) | Lunn, W. | Stephen, C. |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Macdonald, G. (Ince) | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) |
| Day, H. | McEntee, V. La T. | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) |
| Dobbie, W. | McGhee, H. G. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Ede, J. C. | McGovern, J. | Thurtle, E. |
| Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | Maclean, N. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Marshall, F. | Tomlinson, G. |
| Frankel, D. | Maxton, J. | Watkins, F. C. |
| Gallacher, W. | Messer, F. | Watson, W. McL. |
| Garro Jones, G. M. | Milner, Major J. | Westwood, J. |
| Gibson, R. (Greenock) | Montague, F. | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Muff, G. | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Oliver, G. H. | |
| Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Paling, W. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Groves, T. E. | Parker, J. | Mr Anderson and Mr. Mathers. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Barclay-Harvey, Sir C. M. | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Comdr. P. G. | Baxter, A. Beverley | Burghley, Lord |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Beauchamp, Sir B. C. | Burgin, Rt. Hon. E. L. |
| Allen, Col. J. Sandeman (B'knhead) | Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Butcher, H. W. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. | Beechman, N. A. | Campbell, Sir E. T. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Bernays, R. H. | Cary, R. A. |
| Apsley, Lord | Birchall, Sir J. D. | Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) |
| Aske, Sir R. W. | Boulton, W. W. | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) |
| Assheton, R. | Boyce, H. Leslie | Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) |
| Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) | Bracken, B. | Channon, H. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Brass, Sir W. | Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) |
| Baillie, Sir A. W. M. | Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Clarke, Colonel R. S. (E. Grinstead) |
| Balfour, G. (Hampstead) | Brown, Col. D. C. (Hexham) | Clydesdale. Marquess of |
| Balfour, Capt. H. H. (Isle of Thanet) | Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) | Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) |
| Colfox, Major W. P. | Harbord, A. | Ramsay, Captain A. H. M. |
| Cclman, N. C. D. | Harris, Sir P. A. | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Colville, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. | Hely-Hutchinson, M. R. | Rankin, Sir R. |
| Conant, Captain R. J. E. | Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan- | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) |
| Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Hepworth, J. | Reed, A. C. (Exeter) |
| Cox, H. B. Trevor | Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Reid, J. S. C. (Hillhead) |
| Craven-Ellis, W. | Higgs, W. F. | Reid, W. Allan (Derby) |
| Croft, Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Page | Holdsworth, H. | Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) |
| Crooke, Sir J. S. | Hore-Belisha, Rt. Hon. L. | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | Horsbrugh, Florence | Ross, Major Sir R. D. (Londonderry) |
| Croom-Johnson, R. P. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) | Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) |
| Cross, R. H. | Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (South port) | Rothschild, J. A. de |
| Crossley, A. C. | Hulbert, N. J. | Rowlands, G. |
| Crowder, J. F. E. | Hunter, T. | Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. |
| Cruddas, Col. B. | Hutchinson, G. C. | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel Sir E. A. |
| Davidson, Viscountess | Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir T. W. H. | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) |
| Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | James, Wing-Commander A. W. H. | Salmon, Sir I. |
| Dodd, J. S. | Jarvis, Sir J. J. | Salt, E. W. |
| Doland, G. F. | Jones, Sir G. W. H. (S'k N'w'gt'n) | Samuel, M. R. A. |
| Dower, Major A. V. G. | Jones, Sir H. Haydn (Merioneth) | Savery, Sir Servington |
| Duckworth, Arthur (Shrewsbury) | Jones, L. (Swansea W.) | Scott, Lord William |
| Duckworth, W. R. (Moss Side) | Keeling, E. H. | Seely, Sir H. M. |
| Duggan, H. J. | Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose) | Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) |
| Duncan, J. A. L. | Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.) | Shute, Colonel Sir J. J. |
| Dunglass, Lord. | Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet Sir R. | Simmonds, O. E. |
| Eastwood, J. F. | Kimball, L. | Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's) |
| Eckersley, P. T. | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) |
| Edmondson, Major Sir J. | Latham, Sir P. | Smith, L. W. (Hallam) |
| Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | Leech, Sir J. W. | Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) |
| Ellis, Sir G. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. | Somervell. Sir D. B. (Crewe) |
| Emery, J. F. | Levy, T. | Southby, Commander Sir A. R. J. |
| Emmott, C. E. G. C. | Liddall, W. S. | Spens, W. P. |
| Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Llewellin, Lieut.-Col. J. J. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Entwistle, Sir C. F. | Loftus, P. C. | Strauss, E. A. (Southwark, N.) |
| Errington, E. | Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) | Strauss, H. G. (Norwich) |
| Erskine-Hill, A. G. | McCorquodale, M. S. | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- (N'thw'h) |
| Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | Macdonald, Capt. P. (Isle of Wight) | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Everard, W. L. | McKie, J. H. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Fleming, E. L. | Macnamara, Capt. J. R. J. | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Foot, D. M. | Magnay, T. | Tate, Mavis C. |
| Fox, Sir G. W. G. | Makins, Brig.-Gen. E. | Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne) |
| Fremantle, Sir F. E. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) |
| Fyfe, D. P. M. | Marsden, Commander A. | Thomson, Sir J. D. W. |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Maxwell, Hon. S. A. | Touche, G. C. |
| George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesey) | Mayhew Lt.-Col. J. | Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C. |
| Gibson, Sir C. G. (Pudsey and Otley) | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Wakefield. W. W. |
| Gledhill, G. | Mitchell, H. (Brentford and Chiswick) | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Evan |
| Gluckstein, L. H. | Moore-Brabazon, Lt.-Col. J. T. C. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) | Morgan, R. H. | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Grant-Ferris, R. | Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Granville, E. L. | Munro, P. | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| Greene, W. P. C. (Worcester) | Nall, Sir J. | White, H. Graham |
| Gretton, Col. Rt. Hon. J. | Neven-Spence, Major B. H. H. | Whiteley, Major J. P. (Buckingham) |
| Gridley, Sir A. B. | Nicolson, Hon. H. G. | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) | O'Connor, Sir Terence J. | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin) |
| Grigg, Sir E. W. M. | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Grimston, R. V. | Palmer, G. E. H. | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Guest, Lieut.-Colonel H. (Drake) | Patrick, C. M. | Wood, Hon. C. I. C. |
| Guest, Maj. Hon. O. (C'mb'rw'll, N. W.) | Petherick, M. | Wragg, H. |
| Guinness, T. L. E. B. | Porritt, R. W. | Wright, Wing-Commander J. A. C. |
| Gunston, Capt. Sir D. W. | Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Hambro, A. V | Procter, Major H. A. | |
| Hannah, I. C. | Radford, E. A. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hannon, Sir P. J. H. | Raikes, H. V. A. M. | Captain Arthur Hope and |
| Captain Dugdale. |
§
Original Question,
That a number of Air Forces, not exceeding 83,000, all ranks, be maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom at Home and abroad, exclusive of those serving in India, during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1939,
§ put, and agreed to.