Decreased Allowance Per Head with Increased Electors' Roll London, Apr. 23.
The House of Commons to-day continued the committee stage of the bill giving votes to women on equal terms with men.
By 220 votes to 71 it accepted a new clause moved by Mr. Arthur: Henderson (Labour) reducing the maximum: scale of a candidate's election expenses from Td. as at present allowed for each elector in. countries and from 5d. as allowed fat present for each election in Soroughs to 6d. and 4d, respective Supporters of the clause were anxious that in view of the increase of electorates by 5,000,000 women the expenditure allowed to candidates should not be so increased as to hamper a man of small means.
In leaving this matter to a free vote of the House, the Home Secretary, Sir William—Joynson-Hicks, ave figures from the general election of 1924 which showed that successful candidates then Spent on an. average of 4.34. per head of the electorate in London boroughs, '3.4Nd. in other English boroughs und '5.204. in English counties, In Scottish boroughs expenditure was very coughs 487d. in counties much smaller, being 24d, in bot
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