HC Deb 30 May 1938 vol 336 cc1727-31

Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.

[Captain BOURNE in the Chair.]

Motion made, and Question put, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to enable the Treasury and the Postmaster-General to carry out certain arrangements made by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom with Cable and Wireless, Limited, and in connection with those arrangements to amend the law with respect to the calculation of the Post Office net surplus, it is expedient to authorise—

  1. (a) the payment into the Exchequer of any dividends or other sums received by the Treasury in respect of any shares in Cable and Wireless, Limited, accepted by the Treasury under such arrangements;
  2. (b) the waiver by the Postmaster-General of a claim against Cable and Wireless, Limited, in respect of a right conceded to that company to operate a wireless telegraph service with Kenya;
  3. (c) the payment out of the Consolidated Fund of such sums as may become payable there from under Section thirty-nine of the Finance Act, 1933, into the Post Office Fund by reason of the inclusion for the purpose of the statement required to be made under Section thirty-eight of the Finance Act, 1933, in the revenue of the Post Office of a sum calculated at the rate of one hundred and fifty thousand pounds per annum.''—(King's Recommendation signified).—[Lord Stanley.]

The Committee divided: Ayes, 183; Noes, 109.

Division No. 224.] AYES. [7.24 p.m.
Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. Broadbridge, Sir G. T. Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.)
Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) Brown, Col. D. C. (Hexham) Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.)
Agnew, Lieut.-Comdr. P. G. Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) Courtauld, Major J. S.
Amery, Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. Bull, B. B. Cox, H. B. Trevor
Anderson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (So'h Univ's) Butcher, H. W. Cranborne, Viscount
Aske, Sir R. W. Campbell, Sir E. T. Crooks, Sir J. S.
Astor, Major Hon. J. J. (Dover) Cartland, J. R. H. Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C.
Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) Carver, Major W. H. Croom-Johnson, R. P.
Barrie, Sir C. C. Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) Cross, R. H.
Beechman, N. A. Channon, H. Crossley, A. C.
Belt, Sir A. L. Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) Crowder, J. F. E.
Bernays, R. H. Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) Culverwell, C. T.
Bossom, A. C. Christie, J. A. Davidson, Viscountess
Boyce, H. Leslie Clarke, Frank (Dartford) Davies, C. (Montgomery)
Bracken, B. Colville, Rt. Hon. John Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil)
Briscoe, Capt. R. G. Conant, Captain R. J. E. Denman, Hon. R. D.
Denville, Alfred Law, R. K. (Hull, S.W.) Rowlands, G.
Dixon, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. Leech, Sir J. W. Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R.
Doland, G. F. Leighton, Major B. E. P. Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury)
Duckworth, W. R. (Moss Side) Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. Salmon, Sir I.
Edmondson, Major Sir J. Lipson, D. L. Salt, E. W.
Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. Lloyd, G. W. Samuel, M. R. A.
Emrys-Evans, P. V. Locker-Lampson, Comdr. O. S. Sandeman, Sir N. S.
Entwistle, Sir C. F. Loftus, P. C. Sanderson, Sir F. B.
Errington, E. Lyons, A. M. Sandys, E. D.
Erskine-Hill, A. G. Macdonald, Capt. P. (Isle of Wight) Scott, Lord William
Evans, Capt. A. (Cardiff, S.) McKie, J. H. Shepperson, Sir E. W.
Fleming, E. L. Macquisten, F. A. Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen)
Fox, Sir G. W. G. Magnay, T. Somervell. Sir D. B. (Crewe)
Fremantle, Sir F. E. Makins, Brig.-Gen. E. Somerville, A. A. (Windsor)
Furness, S. N. Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde)
Fyfe, D. P. M. Markham, S. F. Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd)
Gluckstein, L. H. Mason, Lt.-Col. Hon. G. K. M. Storey, S.
Glyn, Major Sir R. G. C. Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. Stourton, Major Hon. J. J.
Goldie, N. B. Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) Strauss, E. A. (Southwark, N.)
Gower, Sir R. V. Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) Strauss, H. G. (Norwich)
Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) Moore, Lieut.-Col. Sir T. C. R. Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn)
Grant-Ferris, R. Moreing, A. C. Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F.
Gridley, Sir A. B. Morgan, R. H. Tasker, Sir R. I.
Grimston, R. V. Morris-Jones, Sir Henry Tate, Mavis C.
Guest, Lieut.-Colonel H. (Drake) Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L.
Hambro, A. V. Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) Wakefield, W. W.
Hannah, I. C. Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. Walker-Smith, Sir J.
Hannon, Sir P. J. H. Munro, P. Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan
Harbord, A. O'Connor, Sir Terence J. Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull)
Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend)
Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. Perkins, W. R. D. Wardlaw-Milne, Sir J. S.
Holy-Hutchinson, M. R. Petherick, M. Watt, Major G. S. Harvie
Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. Plokthorn, K. W. M. Wayland, Sir W. A
Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan- Pilkington, R. Wedderburn, H. J. S.
Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. Ponsonby, Col. C. E. Wells, S. R.
Hopkinson, A. Procter, Major H. A. Whitsley, Major J. P. (Buckingham)
Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) Ramsay, Captain A. H. M. Wickham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R.
Hume, Sir G. H. Ramsbotham, H. Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin)
Hutchinson, G. C. Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl
Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir T. W. H. Reed, A. C. (Exeter) Withers, Sir J. J.
Jones, Sir G. W. H. (S'k N'w'gt'n) Reed, Sir H. S. (Aylesbury) Womersley, Sir W. J.
Keeling, E. H. Reid, W. Allan (Derby) Wright, Wing-Commander J. A. C.
Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose) Remer, J. R. Young, A. S. L. (Partick)
Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.) Rickards, G. W. (Skipton)
Latham, Sir P. Ropner, Colonel L. TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—
Law, Sir A. J. (High Peak) Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) Captain Dugdale and Major Herbert.
NOES.
Adams, D. (Consett) Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) Muff, G.
Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) Hardie, Agnes Nathan, Colonel H. L.
Adamson, W. M. Harris, Sir P. A. Noel-Baker, P. J
Ammon, C. G. Harvey, T. E. (Eng. Univ's.) Oliver, G. H.
Barnes, A. J. Hayday, A. Paling, W.
Bellenger, F, J. Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) Parker, J.
Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. Henderson, T. (Tradeston) Pearson, A.
Benson, G. Hills, A. (Pontefract) Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W.
Bevan, A. Hopkin, D. Price, M. P.
Broad, F. A. John, W. Quibell, D. J. K.
Bromfield, W. Jones, Sir H. Haydn (Merioneth) Ridley, G.
Brown, C. (Mansfield) Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Ritson, J.
Burke, W. A. Kelly, W. T. Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens)
Cape, T. Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. Salter, Dr. A. (Bermondsey)
Cluse, W. S. Kirby, B. V. Seely, Sir H. M.
Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R Lansbury, Rt. Hon. G. Sexton, T. M.
Cove, W. G. Lathan, G Shinwell, E.
Cripps, Hon. Sir Stafford Lawson, J. J. Silkin, L.
Daggar, G. Leach, W. Simpson, F. B.
Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) Leslie, J. R. Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe)
Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) Logan, D. G. Smith, E. (Stoke)
Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) Macdonald, G. (Ince) Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly)
Dobbie, W. McEntee, V. La T. Smith, T. (Normanton)
Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) McGhee, H. G. Stephen, C.
Ede, J. C. McGovern, J. Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng)
Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough E.) MacLaren, A. Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.)
Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) Maclean, N. Summerskill, Edith
Foet, D. M. Marshall, F. Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth)
Frankel, D. Mathers, G. Thorne, W.
Gardner, B. W. Maxton, J. Thurtle, E.
Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. Messer, F. Tinker, J. J.
Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) Milner, Major J. Viant, S. P.
Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) Watkins, F. C.
Guest, Dr. L. H. (Islington, N.) Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) Watson, W. McL.
White, H. Graham Williams, T. (Don Valley) Young, Sir R. (Newton)
Wilkinson, Ellen Wilson, C.H. (Attercliffe)
Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Mr. Whiteley and Mr. Groves.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolution to be reported To-morrow.