§
Motion made, and Question proposed,
That a number of Air Forces, not exceeding 118,000, all ranks, be maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom at Home and abroad, excluding those on the Indian Establishment, during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1940.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That a number not exceeding 117,900, all ranks, be maintained for the said Service." — [Mr. Dalton.]
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 89; Noes, 149.
2509| Division No. 62.] | AYES. | [11.53 p.m. |
| Adams, D. (Consett) | Banfield, J.W. | Bevan, A. |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Barnes, A.J. | Burks, W.A. |
| Adamson, Jennie L. (Dartford) | Batey, J. | Charieton, H. C. |
| Ammon, C. G. | Bellenger, F. J. | Chater, D. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. | Cocks, F. S. |
| Daggar, G. | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Quibell, D. J. K. |
| Dalton, H. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon T. | Richards, R. (Wrexham) |
| Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) | Kirby, B. V. | Ridley, G. |
| Davits, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Lathan, G. | Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens) |
| Day, H. | Lawson, J. J. | Silverman, S. S. |
| Dobbie, W. | Leach, W. | Simpson, F. B. |
| Dunn, E, (Rothar Valley) | Lunn, W. | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) |
| Ede, J. C. | Macdonald, G. (Ince) | Smith, E. (Stoke) |
| Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | McEntee, V. La T. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-ie-Sp'ng) |
| Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | McGhee, H. G. | Stokes, R. R. |
| Frankel, D. | MacLaren, A. | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) |
| Gardner, B. W. | Mainwaring, W. H. | Summerskill, Dr. Edith |
| Garro Jones, G. M. | Marshall, F. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Graham, D. M. (Hamilton) | Milner, Major J. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Haskney S.) | Tomlinson, G. |
| Grenfell, D. ft | Muff, G, | Viant, S. P. |
| Griffiths, J. (Lianelly) | Nathan, Colonel H. L. | Walkins, F. C. |
| Guest, Dr. L. H. (Islington, N.) | Noel-Baker, P. J. | Whiteley, W. (Blaydon) |
| Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Oliver, G. H. | Wilkinson, Ellen |
| Hayday, A. | Parker, J. | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | Parkinson, J. A. | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Hills, A. (Pontefract) | Pearson, A. | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Jagger, J. | Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. | |
| Jenkins, A. (Pontypeol) | Poole, C. C. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) | Price, M. P. | Mr. Mathers and Mr. Adamson. |
| John, W. | Pritt, D. N. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) | Fox, Sir G. W. G. | Procter, Major H. A. |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Fremantle, Sir F. E. | Radford, E. A. |
| Allen, Col. J. Sandeman (B'knhead) | Furness, S. N | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesey) | Reid, W. Allan (Derby) |
| Apsley, Lord | Gledhill, G. | Remer, J. R. |
| Aske, Sir R. W. | Gluckstein, L. H. | Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) |
| Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) | Grant-Ferris, R. | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Baldwin-Webb, Col. J. | Greene, W. P. C. (Worcester) | Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) |
| Balfour, Capt. H. H. (Isle of Thanet) | Cridtey, Sir A. B. | Rowlands, G. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddt'sbro, W.) | Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Guest, Lieut-Colonel H. (Drake) | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) |
| Beit, Sir A. L. | Guinness, T. L. E. B. | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) |
| Boulton, W. W. | Hannah, I. C. | Salmon, Sir I. |
| Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Hannon, Sir P. J. H. | Salt, E. W. |
| Broadbridge, Sir G. T. | Harris, Sir P. A. | Samuel, M. R. A. |
| Brooks, H. (Lewisham, W.) | Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) | Seely, Sir H. M. |
| Browne, A. C. (Belfast, W.) | Heneage, Lieut-Colonel A. P. | Shaw, Captain W. T. (Forfar) |
| Burgin, Rt. Hon. E. L. | Higgs, W. F. | Shepperson, Sir E. W. |
| Campbell, Sir E. T. | Holmes, J. S. | Simmonds, O. E. |
| Cartland, J. R. H. | Hopkinson, A. | Somarvell, Rt. Hon. Sir Donald |
| Cary, R. A. | Hulbert, N. J. | Southby, Commander Sir A. R. J. |
| Cazalet, Capl. V. A. (Chippenham) | Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir T. W. H. | Spears, Brigadier-General E. L. |
| Channon, H. | Jarvis, Sir J. J. | Spens. W. P. |
| Clydesdale, Marquess of | Jones, Sir G. W. H. (S'k N'w'gt'n) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd) |
| Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) | Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.) | Strauss, H. G. (Norwich) |
| Colfox, Major W. P. | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Latham, Sir P. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Colville, Rt. Hon. John | Law, R. K. (Hull, S.W.) | Thomas, J. P. L. |
| Conant, Captain R. J. E. | Lipson, D. L. | Thomson, Sir J. D. W. |
| Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S. G'gs) | Llewellin, Colonel J. J. | Thorneycroft, G. E. P. |
| Craven-Ellis, W. | Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Han. H. F. C. | MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. | Tufnell, Lieut-Commander R. L. |
| Cross, R. H. | McCorquodale. M. S. | Wakefield, W. W. |
| Crossley, A. C. | MaeDonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Cruddas, Col. B. | McKis, J. H. | Watt, Major G. S. Harvie |
| Culverwell, C. T. | Macnamara, Lieut.-Colonel J, R. J. | Whiteley, Major J. P. (Buckingham) |
| Donner, P. W. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Wiekham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R. |
| Dower, Lieut.-Col. A. V. G. | Markham, S. F. | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Duckworth, Arthur (Shrewsbury) | Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin |
| Duncan, J. A. L. | Medlicott, F. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut-Colonel G. |
| Dunglass, Lord | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Edmondson, Major Sir J. | Moore-Brabazon, Lt.-Col. J. T. C. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Elliston, Capt. G. S. | Morgan, R, H. (Worcester, Stourbridge) | Wragg, H. |
| Emrys-Evans,P. V. | Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. | Wright, Wing-Commander J. A. C. |
| Entwistle, Sir C. F. | Nail, Sir J. | York, C. |
| Errington, E. | Nicholson, G. (Farnnam) | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Enkine-Hill, A. G. | O'Connor, Sir Terence J. | |
| Evans, E. (Univ. of Wales) | Patrick, C. M. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Everard, Sir William Lindsay | Perkins, W. R. D. | Mr. Munro and Lieut.-Colonel |
| Fildes, Sir H. | Petherick, M. | Kerr. |
| Foot, D. M. | Pilkington, R. |
Question put, and agreed to.