Orders of the Day — Agricultural Land (Utilisation) Bill. – in the House of Commons am ar 24 Gorffennaf 1931.
Dr Christopher Addison
, Swindon
I beg to move, "That this House doth disagree with the Lords in the said Amendment".
Mr George Lane-Fox
, Barkston Ash
There are many counties which at the present moment are doing well and carrying out their duty in regard to the provisions of smallholdings, and I do not think it would be advisable to withhold from them the privileges that other counties have got. This Bill seems to be creating a new class of subsidised smallholders.
Dr Christopher Addison
, Swindon
No, that is quite wrong. We are offering them the same terms, and we are simply carrying out the old arrangements.
Mr George Lane-Fox
, Barkston Ash
What I am afraid of is that under the terms of this Bill the conditions will be altered. I suggest that many county councils have carried out their duty, and have done their work very well in this respect.
Dr Christopher Addison
, Swindon
I agree that some county councils have done excellently and all we want is to ensure that they will go on doing their duty in this respect.
Sir George Newton
, Cambridge
We have been told that the county councils are not doing all that they ought to do in regard to the provision of smallholdings. Whatever view the Minister takes I respectfully suggest that by this Bill he is setting up a dual system of smallholdings management. Any loss incurred in regard to furnishing smallholdings will have to be borne by the taxpayer.
| Division No. 457.] | AYES. | [2.41 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (File, West) | Aske, Sir Robert | Broad, Francis Alfred |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Attlee, Clement Richard | Brooke, W. |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Brown, C. W. E. (Notts, Mansfield) |
| Aitchison, Rt. Hon. Craigie M. | Barnes, Alfred John | Brown, Ernest (Leith) |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Buchanan, G. |
| Alpass, J. H. | Bennett, Sir E. N. (Cardiff, Central) | Burgess, F. G. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Bennett, William (Battersea, South) | Burgin, Dr. E. L. |
| Angell, Sir Norman | Benson, G. | Buxton, C. R. (Yorks, W. R. Elland) |
| Arnott, John | Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret | Caine, Hall-, Derwent |
| Cameron, A. G. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Richards, R. |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Kelly, W. T. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Chater, Daniel | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Church, Major A. G. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Ritson, J. |
| Clarke, J. S. | Knight, Holford | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lang, Gordon | Romeril, H. G. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Rosbotham, D. S. T. |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Law, Albert (Bolton) | Rowson, Guy |
| Daggar, George | Law, A. (Rossendale) | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Dalton, Hugh | Lawrence, Susan | Samuel, H. Walter (Swansea, West) |
| Davies, D. L. (Pontypridd) | Lawson, John James | Sanders, W. S. |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) | Sawyer, G. F. |
| Devlin, Joseph | Leach, W. | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Dudgeon, Major C. R. | Lee, Frank (Darby, N. E.) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Duncan, Charles | Lees, J. | Sherwood, G. H. |
| Ede, James Chuter | Leonard, W. | Shield, George William |
| Edmunds, J. E. | Lloyd, C. Ellis | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Longbottom, A. W. | Shillakar, J. F. |
| Egan, W. H. | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Shinwell, E. |
| Evans, Major Herbert (Gateshead) | Lunn, William | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Freeman, Peter | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Simmons, C. J. |
| Gardner, B. W. (West Ha-n, Upton) | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Gardner, J. P. (Hammersmith, N.) | McElwee, A. | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) |
| George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd (Car'vn) | MacLaren, Andrew | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | McShane, John James | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Mansfield, W. | Sorensen, R. |
| Gillett, George M. | Marcus, M. | Stamford, Thomas W. |
| Glassey, A. E. | Marley, J. | Strauss, G. R. |
| Gossling, A. G. | Mathers, George | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln) |
| Gould, F. | Matters, L. W. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Maxton, James | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Granville, E. | Messer, Fred | Tillett, Ben |
| Gray, Milner | Millar, J. D. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Mills, J. E. | Toole, Joseph |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro' W.) | Milner, Major J. | Townend, A. E. |
| Graves, Thomas E. | Montague, Frederick | Vaughan, David |
| Grundy, Thomas W. | Morley, Ralph | Viant, S. P. |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Walker, J. |
| Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) | Wallace, H. W. |
| Hall, Capt. W. G. (Portsmouth, C.) | Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) | Watkine, F. C. |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Zetland) | Mort, D. L. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Hardie, David (Rutherglen) | Muggeridge, H. T. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Hardie, G. D. (Springburn) | Murnin, Hugh | Welsh, James (Paisley) |
| Harris, Percy A. | Naylor, T. E. | West, F. R. |
| Hayday, Arthur | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Westwood, Joseph |
| Hayes, John Henry | Noel-Buxton, Baroness (Norfolk, N.) | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) |
| Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Oliver, George Harold (Ilkeston) | Whiteley, William (Blaydon) |
| Henderson, Joseph (Ardwick) | Owen, Major G. (Carnarvon) | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) | Owen, H. F. (Hereford) | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Herriotts, J. | Palin, John Henry | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Hicks, Ernest George | Paling, Wilfrid | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Hoffman, P. C. | Palmer, E. T. | Wilson, J. (Oldham) |
| Hopkin, Daniel | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Horrabin, J. F. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Winterton, G. E. (Leicester, Loughb'gh) |
| Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) | Potts, John S. | Wood, Major McKenzie (Banff) |
| Isaacs, George | Quibell, D. J. K. | |
| John, William (Rhondda, West) | Ramsay, T. B. Wilson | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Jones, Rt. Hon. Leif (Camborne) | Rathbone, Eleanor | Mr. B. Smith and Mr. Charleton. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Chadwick, Capt. Sir Robert Burton | Galbraith, J. F. W. |
| Albery, Irving James | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Colman, N. C. D. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Balniel, Lord | Cranborne, Viscount | Gower, Sir Robert |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Crichton-Stuart, Lord C. | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) |
| Betterton, Sir Henry B. | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Crookshank, Capt. H. C. | Greene, W. P. Crawford |
| Bird, Ernest Roy | Cunliffe-Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft. | Dalrymple-White, Lt.-Col. Sir Godfrey | Gritten, W. G. Howard |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. (Hertford) | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Dawson, Sir Philip | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) |
| Broadbent, Colonel J. | Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Buchan, John | Dugdale, Capt. T. L. | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Eden, Captain Anthony | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Butler, R. A. | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Hennessy, Major Sir G. R. J. |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Everard, W. Lindsay | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Ferguson, Sir John | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Fielden, E. B. | Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) |
| Castle Stewart, Earl of | Ford, Sir P. J. | Knox, Sir Alfred |
| Cayzer, Sir C (Chester, City) | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Lamb, Sir J. Q. |
| Cazaiet, Captain Victor A. | Fremantie, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Moltan) |
| Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A. |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Ramsbotham, H. | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) | Reid, David D. (County Down) | Thomson, Mitchell-, Rt. Hon. Sir W. |
| Llewellin, Major J. J. | Remer, John R. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Long, Major Hon. Eric | Rentoul, Sir Gervais S. | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Macquisten, F. A. | Reynolds, Col. Sir James | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) | Wells, Sydney R. |
| Marjoribanks, Edward | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Milne, Wardlaw-, J. S. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynsmouth) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | Salmon, Major I. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Morrison, W. S. (Glos., Cirencester) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount |
| Nall-Cain, A. R. N. | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart | Womersley, W. J. |
| Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Shepperson, Sir Ernest Whittome | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Peake, Capt. Osbert | Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Wright, Brig.-Gen. W. O. (Tavist'k) |
| Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Smithers, Waldron | |
| Perkins, W. R. D. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir George Penny. |
| Power, Sir John Cecil | Stewart, W. J. (Belfast South) |
Bill read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
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