– in the House of Commons am ar 3 Gorffennaf 1935.
Mr. V. ADAMS:
45.asked the Prime Minister when the House of Commons will be given an opportunity to confirm or reject the granting to Germany of 35 per cent. of our naval strength and 45 per cent. of our tonnage in submarines?
Mr Stanley Baldwin
, Bewdley
I understand that the Opposition desire to debate this matter on one of the allotted Supply Days.
Mr George Lansbury
, Poplar Bow and Bromley
May I ask the Prime Minister what will be the changed business for to-morrow?
Mr Stanley Baldwin
, Bewdley
Supply: Committee (10th Allotted Day). The
Mr George Lansbury
, Poplar Bow and Bromley
I wish them joy.
| Division No. 260.] | AYES. | [3.36 p.m. |
| Acland, Rt. Hon. sir Francis Dyke | Eady, George H. | Liddall, Walter S. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Eales, John Frederick | Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Elmley, Viscount | Llswellin, Major John J. |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G. (Wd. Gr'n) |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'ndsw'th) |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Entwistle, Cyril Fullard | Lockwood, John C. (Hackney, C.) |
| Apsley, Lord | Erskine-Bolst, Capt. C. C. (Blk'pool) | Lyons, Abraham Montagu |
| Assheton, Ralph | Essenhigh, Reginald Clare | Mabane, William |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. Sir Charles |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Everard, W. Lindsay | MacAndrew, Major J. O. (Ayr) |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Fermoy, Lord | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Fielden, Edward Brocklehurst | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. M. (Bassetlaw) |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | McEwen, Captain J. H. F. |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Ford, Sir Patrick J. | McKie, John Hamilton |
| Bennett, Capt. Sir Ernest Nathaniel | Fuller, Captain A. G. | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) |
| Blindoll, James | Gledhill, Gilbert | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. Sir Ian |
| Boulton, W. W. | Gluckstein, Louis Halie | Macquisten, Frederick Alexander |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest |
| Bower, Commander Robert Tatton | Granville, Edgar | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Mander, Geoffrey le M. |
| Braithwaite, Maj. A. N. (Yorks, E. R.) | Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro', W). | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Grimston, R. V. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. |
| Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Marsden, Commander Arthur |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Guy, J. C. Morrison | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. Ernest (Leith) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks., Newb'y) | Harris, Sir Percy | Milne, Charles |
| Browne, Captain A. C. | Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenningt'n) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Harvey, Major Sir Samuel (Totnes) | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale |
| Burnett, John George | Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres |
| Caine, G. R. Hall | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) |
| Campbell, Vice-Admiral G. (Burnley) | Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Morgan, Robert H. |
| Carver, Major William H. | Hope, Capt. Hon. A. O. J. (Aston) | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) |
| Cavzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) | Hore-Belisha, Rt. Hon. Leslie | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univer'ties) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Hornby, Frank | Morrison, William Shepherd |
| Chorlton, Alan Ernest Leofric | Horsbrugh, Florence | Moss, Captain H. J. |
| Clarke, Frank | Howltt, Dr. Alfred B. | Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. |
| Clayton, Sir Christopher | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. |
| Collins, Rt. Hon. Sir Godfrey | Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Hume, Sir George Hopwood | North, Edward T. |
| Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Hurd, Sir Percy | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Conant, R. J. E. | Hurst, Sir Herald B. | Orr Ewing, I. L. |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Iveagh, Countess of | Patrick, Colin M. |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir George L. | Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Pearson, William G. |
| Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry | Jamieson, Rt. Hon. Douglas | Peters, Dr. Sidney John. |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Janner, Barnett | Petherick, M. |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) | Pickthorn, K. W. M. |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Curry, A. C. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Bedford, E. A. |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Law, Sir Alfred | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) |
| Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Leckle, J. A. | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) |
| Donner, P. W. | Lees-Jones, John | Ramsbotham, Harwald |
| Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Duggan, Hubert John | Levy, Thomas | Rea, Sir Walter |
| Rickards, George William | Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter D. | Train, John |
| Ropner, Colonel L. | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) | Tree, Ronald |
| Ross, Ronald D. | Smith, Sir J. Walker- (Barrow-in-F.) | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) | Wallace, Sir John (Dunfermline) |
| Ruggles-Brise, Colonel Sir Edward | Smith, Sir Robert (Ab'd'n & K'dine, C.) | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Runge, Norah Cecil | Somerset, Thomas | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Russell, Albert (Kirkcaldy) | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir John S. |
| Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Spears, Brigadier-General Edward L. | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) | Spencer, Captain Richard A. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Rutherford, John (Edmonton) | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert R. | Watt, Major George Steven H. |
| Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) | Stevenson, James | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour |
| Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) | White, Henry Graham |
| Samuel, M. R. A. (W'ds'wth, Putney) | Stones, James | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard | Strickland, Captain W. F. | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Sandys, Duncan | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart | Wise, Alfred R. |
| Shepperson, Sir Ernest W. | Sutcliffe, Harold | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Simmonds, Oliver Edwin | Tate, Mavis Constance | |
| Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John | Thomson, Sir James D. W. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A. (C'thness) | Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) | Captain Sir George Bowyer and |
| Skelton, Archibald Noel | Touche, Gordon Cosmo | Major George Davies. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Maxton, James |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Griffiths, George A. (Yorks, W. Riding) | Owen, Major Goronwy |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. Clement R. | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvll) | Paling, Wilfred |
| Banfield, John William | Healy, Cahir | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Batey, Joseph | Jenkins, Sir William | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cleary, J. J. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | West, F. R. |
| Cove, William G. | Lawson, John James | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Leonard, William | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Daggar, George | Logan, David Gilbert | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Lunn, William | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Wilmot, John |
| Dobbie, William | McGovern, John | |
| Gardner, Benjamin Walter | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. Duncan Graham and Mr. Groves |
Question put, and agreed to.
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