HC Deb 08 March 1939 vol 344 cc2302-3

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a number of Land Forces, not exceeding 185,700, all ranks, be maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom at home and abroad, exclusive of India and Burma, during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1940.

Motion made, and Question put, That a number, not exceeding 185,600, all ranks, be maintained for the said Service."—[Mr. Lawson.]

The Committee divided: Ayes, 66; Noes, 141.

Division No. 60.] AYES. [12.40 a.m.
Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) Henderson, A. (Kingswlnfard) Quibell, D. J. K.
Barr, J. Henderson, J. (Ardwick) Ridley, G.
Bellanger, F. J. Hills, A. (Pontefract) Silverman, S. S.
Benn, Rt. Han. W. W. Jenkins, A. (Pentycool) Simpson, F. B.
Benson, G. Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe)
Burks, W. A. John, W. Smith, E. (Stoke)
Cooks, F. S. Kirby, B. V. Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly)
Daggar, G. Lawson, J. J. Smith, T. (Normanton)
Dalton, H. Leach, W. Sorensen, R. W.
Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) Leonard, W. Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng)
Day, H. Logan, D. G. Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth)
Dobbie, W. Lunn, W. Tinker, J. J.
Ede, J. C. Macdonald, G. (Inca) Tomlinson, G.
Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) McEntes, V. La T. Watkim, F. C.
Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. Marshall, F. Watson, W. McL.
Frankel, D, Morgan, J. (York, W.R., Doneaster) Westwood, J.
Gallacher, W. Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) Wilkinson, Ellen
Garro Jones, G. M. Nathan, Colonel H. L. Williams, E. J. (Ogmore)
Graham, D. M. (Hamilton) Parker, J. Windsor, W. (Hull, C.)
Grenfell, D. R. Parkinson, J. A. Woods, G. S. (Finsbury)
Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W.
Hall, J. H. (Whiteshapel) Price, M. P. TELLERS FOR THE AYES.
Hayday, A. Pritt, D. N. Mr. Mathers and, Mr. Anderson
NOES.
Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) Clarke, Colonel R. S. (E. Grinstead) Fremantle, Sir F. E.
Albery, Sir Irving Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) Furness, S. N.
Allen, Col. J. Sandeman (B'knhead) Colman, N. C. D. Gluckstein, L. H.
Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir W. J. (Armagh) Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) Graham, Captain A. C. (Wlrral)
Aske, Sir R. W. Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S. G'gs) Greene, W. P. C. (Worcester)
Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) Cross R. H. Gridley, Sir A. B.
Beamish, Rear-Admiral T P. H. Cruddas, Col. B. Griffith, F- Kingsley (M ddl'sbro, W.)
Beauchamp, Sir B. C. Culverwell, C. T. Grimston, R. V.
Bernays, R. H. De la Bère, R. Guest, Lieut.-Colonel H. (Drake)
Bossom, A. C. Dodd, J. S Hambro, A. V.
Beulton, W. W. Dower, Lieut.-Col. A. V. G. Hannon, Sir P. J. H.
Boyce, H. Leslie Duggan, H. J. Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P.
Braithwaite, J. G. (Holderness) Duncan, J. A. L. Higgs, W. F.
Brass, Sir W. Dunglass, Lord Holdsworth, H.
Brisce[...], Capt R. G. Edmondson, Major Sir J. Holmes, J. S.
Broadbridge, Sir G. T. Emery, J. F. Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J.
Brooke, H. (Lewisham, W.) Errington, E. Hore-Belisha, Rt. Hon. L.
Brawns, A. C. (Ballast, W.) Erskine-Hill, A. G. Hutchinson, G. C.
Bull, B. B. Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose)
Channon, H. Fildes, Sir H. Kerr, J. Graham (Soottish Univs.)
Chapman, A. (Ruthirglen) Fox, Sir G. W G. Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet Sir R.
Kimball, L. Ponson by, Col. C. E. Southby, Commander Sir A. R. J.
Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. Porritt, R. W. Spent. W. P.
Lamb, Sir J. Q. Rankin, Sir R. Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd)
Latham, Sir P. Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) Storey, S.
Leech, Sir J. W. Rayner, Major R. H. Strauss, H. C. (Norwich)
Leighton, Major B. E. P. Reed, A. C. (Exeter) Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn)
Lyons, A. M. Reed, Sir H. S. (Aylesbury) Titchfield, Marquess of
Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) Reid, W. Allan (Derby) Touche, G. C.
MaCorquodala, M. S. Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) Tree, A. R. L. F.
Maodonald. Capt. P. (lsle of Wight) Ropner, Colonel L. Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L.
McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. Ron Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) Turton, R. H.
McKie, J. H. Rothschild, J. A. de Wakefieid, W. W.
Maonamara, Lieut.- Colonel J. R. J. Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. Walker-Smith, Sir J.
Maitland, Sir Adam Russell, Sir Alexander Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull)
Makins, Brigadier-General Sir Ernest Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend)
Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. Salmon, Sir I. Warrender, Sir V.
Markham, S. F. Samuel, M. R. A. Watt, Major G. S. Harvie
Maxwell, Hon. S. A. Sanderson, Sir F. B. Wells, Sir Sydney
Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. Sandys, E. D. Whiteley, Major J. P. (Buckingham)
Medlicott, F. Scott, Lord William Williams. H. G. (Croydon, S.)
Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) Seely, Sir H. M. Wise, A. R.
Mills, Major J. D. (Naw Forast) Shaw, Captain W. T. (Forfar) Wood, Hon. C. I. C.
Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. Shepperson, Sir E. W. York, C.
Munro, P. Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) Young, A. S. L. (Partick)
Nicolson, Hon. H. G. Smith, Sir Louis (Hallam)
Palmer, G. E. H. Smithers, Sir W. TELLERS FOR THE NOES
Petherick, M. Somervell, Rt. Hon. Sir Donald Captain Waterhouse and Major
Herbert.

Original Question put, and agreed to.