§ The Treasury may by order direct that a rebate of 41—d. a gallon shall be allowed in respect of the duty on light hydrocarbon oils imposed under section two of the Finance Act, 1928 (as amended by subsequent enactments), in the case of—
- (a)any white spirit; and
- (b)any light oils, other than white spirit, which are not used as fuel in mechanically propelled vehicles constructed or adapted for use on roads.
§ Brought up, and read the First time.
§ Mr. Geoffrey LloydI beg to move, "That the Clause be read a Second time."
§ Question put.
§ The House divided: Ayes, 266 Noes, 282.
1727| Division No. 156.] | AYES | [10.18 p.m |
| Aitken, W. T. | Birch, Nigel | Butler, Rt. Hn. R. A. (S'ffr'n W'ld'n) |
| Alport, C. J. M. | Bishop, F. P. | Carr, Robert (Mitcham) |
| Amery, Julian (Preston, N.) | Black, C. W. | Carson, Hon. E. |
| Amory, Heathcoat (Tiverton) | Boles, Lt.-Col. D. C. (Wells) | Channon, H. |
| Arbuthnot, John | Bossom, A. C. | Churchill, Rt. Hon. W. S. |
| Ashton, H. (Chelmsford) | Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. | Clarke, Col. Ralph (East Grinstead) |
| Assheton, Rt. Hon. R. (Blackburn, W) | Boyle, Sir Edward | Clarke, Brig. Terence (Portsmouth, W.) |
| Astor, Hon. M. L. | Bracken, Rt. Hon. B | Cooper, Sqn. Ldr. Albert (Ilford, S.) |
| Baldock, Lt.-Cmdr J. M. | Braine, B. R. | Cooper-Key, E. M. |
| Baldwin, A. E. | Braithwaite, Sir Albert (Harrow, W.) | Corbett, Lt.-Col. Uvedale (Ludlow) |
| Banks, Col. C | Braithwaite, Lt.-Cdr. G. (Bristol, N.W.) | Craddock, Beresford (Spelthorne) |
| Baxter, A. B. | Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W | Cranbome, Viscount |
| Beamish, Maj. Tufton | Brooke, Henry (Hampstead) | Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. |
| Bell, R. M. | Browne, Jack (Govan) | Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. |
| Bennett, Sir Peter (Edgbaston) | Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Crouch, R. F. |
| Bennett, Dr. Reginald (Gosport) | Bullus, Wing Commander E. E. | Crowder, Capt. John (Finchley) |
| Bennett, William (Woodside) | Burden, F. A. | Crowder Petre (Ruistip—Northwood) |
| Bevim, J. R. (Liverpool, Texteth) | Butcher, H. W. | Cundiff, F. W. |
| Darling, Sir William (Edinburgh, S.) | Kerr, H. W. (Cambridge) | Redmayne, M. |
| Davies, Nigel (Epping) | Kingsmill, Lt.-Col. W. H | Remnant, Hon. P |
| de Chair, Somerset | Lambert, Hon. G. | Renton, D. L. M. |
| De la Bére, R. | Lancaster, Col. C. G | Roberts, Emrys (Merioneth) |
| Deedes, W. F. | Langford-Holt, J. | Roberts, Maj. Peter (Heeley) |
| Digby, S. Wingfield | Law, Rt. Hon. R. K | Robertson, Sir David (Caithness) |
| Dodds-Parker, A. D. | Leather, E. H. C. | Robinson, Roland (Blackpool, S.) |
| Donner, P. W | Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A M | Robson-Brown, W. |
| Douglas-Hamilton, Lord Malcolm | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Rodgers, John (Sevenoaks) |
| Drayson, G. B. | Lindsay, Martin | Roper, Sir Harold |
| Drewe, C. | Linstead, H. N. | Russell, R. S. |
| Dugdale, Maj. Sir T. (Richmond) | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. G (King's Norton) | Ryder, Capt. R. E. D. |
| Duncan, Capt. J. A. L. | Lloyd, Maj. Guy (Renfrew, E.) | Salter, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Dunglass, Lord | Lloyd, Selwyn (Wirral) | Sandys, Rt. Hon. D |
| Duthie, W. S. | Lockwood, Lt.-Col. J. C. | Savory, Prof. D. L. |
| Eccles, D. M. | Longden, Gilbert (Herts, S.W.) | Scott, Donald |
| Erroll, F. J. | Low, A. R. W. | Shepherd, William |
| Fisher, Nigel | Lucas, Sir Jocelyn (Portsmouth, S.) | Smiles, Lt.-Col. Sir Walter |
| Fletcher, Walter (Bury) | Lucas, P. B. (Brentford) | Smithers, Peter (Winchester) |
| Fort, R | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh | Smyth, Brig. J. G. (Norwood) |
| Foster, John | McAdden, S. J. | Snadden, W. McN. |
| Fraser, Hon. Hugh (Stone) | McCorquodale, Rt. Hon. M. S. | Soames, Capt. C. |
| Fyfe, Rt. Hon. Sir David Maxwell | Macdonald, A. J. F. (Roxburgh) | Spearman, A. C. M. |
| Gage, C. H. | Macdonald, Sir Peter (I. of Wight) | Spence, H. R. (Aberdeenshire, W.) |
| Galbraith, Cmdr. T. D. (Pollok) | Mackeson, Brig. H. R. | Spens, Sir Patrick (Kensington, S.) |
| Galbraith, T. G. D. (Hillhead) | McKibbin, A. | Stanley, Capt. Hon. Richard (N. Fylde) |
| Gammans, L. D. | McKie, J. H (Galloway) | Stevens, G. P. |
| Garner-Evans, E. H. (Denbign) | Maclay, Hon. John | Steward, W. A. (Woolwich, W.) |
| Gates, Maj. E. E. | Maclean, Fitzroy | Stoddart-Scolt, Col. M. |
| George, Lady Megan Lloyd | MacLeod, Iain(Enfield, W.) | Storey, S. |
| Granville, Edgar (Eye) | MacLeod, John (Ross and Cromarty) | Strauss, Henry (Norwich, S.) |
| Gridley, Sir Arnold | Maitland, Cmdr. J. W. | Stuart, Rt. Hon. James (Moray) |
| Grimston, Hon. John (St. Albans) | Manningham-Buller, R. E. | Studholme, H, G. |
| Grimston, Robert (Westbury) | Marlowe, A. A. H. | Summers, G. S |
| Hare, Hon. J. H. (Woodbridge) | Marples, A. E. | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Harris, Frederic (Croydon, N.) | Marshall, Douglas (Bodmin) | Taylor, Charles (Eastbourne) |
| Harris, Reader (Heston) | Marshall, Sidney (Sutton) | Taylor, William (Bradford, N.) |
| Harvey, Air Cdre. A. V. (Macclesfield) | Maude, Angus (Ealing, S.) | Teevan, T. L. |
| Harvey, Ian (Harrow, E.) | Maude, John (Exeter) | Thomas, J. P. L. (Hereford) |
| Harvie-Watt, Sir George | Maudling, R, | Thompson, Kenneth Pugh (Walton) |
| Hay, John | Mellor, Sir John | Thompson, Lt.-Cmdr R. (Croydon, W.) |
| Head, Brig. A. H. | Molson, A. H. E. | Thorneycroft, Peter (Monmouth) |
| Headlam, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir Cuthbert | Monckton, Sir Walter | Thornton-Kemsley, Col. C. N. |
| Heald, Lionel | Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir Thomas | Thorp, Brig. R A. F |
| Hicks-Beach, Maj. W. W | Morrison, John (Salisbury) | Tilney, John |
| Higgs, J. M. C. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) | Touche, G. C. |
| Hill, Dr Charles (Luton) | Mott-Radclyffe, C. E. | Turner, H. F. L |
| Hill, Mrs. E. (Wythenshawe) | Nabarro, G. | Turton, R. H. |
| Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Nicholls Harmar | Tweedsmuir, Lady |
| Hirst, Geoffrey | Nicholson, G. | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Hollis, M. C | Noble, Cmdr. A. H. P | Vaugham-Morgan, J. K |
| Holmes, Sir Stanley (Harwich) | Nugent, G. R. H. | Wade, D. W. |
| Hope, Lord John | Nutting, Anthony | Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W) |
| Hopkinson, Henry | Oakshott, H. D. | Walker-Smith, D. C. |
| Hornsby-Smith, Miss P. | Odey, G. W | Ward, Hon. George (Worcester) |
| Horsbrugh, Rt. Hon. Florence | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Ward, Miss I. (Tynemouth) |
| Howard, Gerald (Cambridgeshire) | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. W. D. | Waterhouse, Capt. Rt. Hon. C |
| Howard, Greville (St. Ives) | Orr, Capt. L. P. S. | Watkinson, H. |
| Hudson, Sir Austin (Lewisham, N.) | Orr-Ewing, Charles Ian (Hendon, N.) | Webbe, Sir H. (London & Westminster) |
| Hudson, Rt. Hon. Robert (Southport) | Orr-Ewing, Ian L. (Weston-super-Mare) | Wheatley, Maj. M. J. (Poole) |
| Hudson, W. R. A. (Hull, N.) | Osborne, C. | White, Baker (Canterbury) |
| Hulbert, Wing Cmdr. N, J. | Peake, Rt. Hon. O. | Williams, Charles (Torquay) |
| Hurd, A. R. | Perkins, W. R. D. | Williams, Gerald (Tonbridge) |
| Hutchinson, Geoffrey (llford, N.) | Peto, Brig. C. H. M. | Williams, Sir Herbert (Croydon, E) |
| Hutchison, Lt.-Com. Clark (E'b'rgh W.) | Pickthorn, K. | Wills, G. |
| Hutchison, Col. James (Glasgow) | Pitman, I. J. | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) |
| Hylton-Foster, H. B | Powell, J. Enoch | Wood, Hon. R. |
| Jennings, R. | Price, Henry (Lewisham, W) | York, C. |
| Johnson, Howard (Kemptown) | Prior-Palmer, Brig. O | |
| Jones, A (Hall Green) | Profumo, J. D. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Jeynson-Hicks, Hon. L. W | Raikes, H. V. | Major Conant and Mr. Vosper. |
| Kaberry, D | Rayner, Brig. R | |
| NOES | ||
| Acland, Sir Richard | Balfour, A. | Blyton, W. R. |
| Adams, Richard | Barnes, Rt. Hon. A. J | Boardman, H. |
| Albu, A. H. | Bartley, P. | Booth, A. |
| Allen, Arthur (Bosworth) | Bellenger, Rt. Hon. F J | Bottomley, A. G |
| Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) | Benn, Wedgwood | Bowden, H. W. |
| Anderson, Frank (Whitehaven) | Benson, G. | Bowles, F. G. (Nuneaton) |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon C. R | Beswick, F. | Braddock, Mrs. Elizabeth |
| Awbery, S. S. | Bevan, Rt. Hon. A (Ebbw Vale) | Brook, Dryden (Halifax) |
| Ayles, W. H. | Bing, G. H. C. | Brooks, T. J. (Normanton) |
| Baird, J. | Blenkinsop, A. | Broughton, Dr. A. D. D |
| Brawn, Rt. Hon. George (Belper) | Holmes, Horace (Hemsworth) | Parker, J. |
| Brown, Thomas (Ince) | Houghton, D. | Paton, J. |
| Burke, W. A. | Hoy, J. | Pearson, A. |
| Burton, Miss E. | Hubbard, T. | Peart, T. F. |
| Butler, Herbert (Hackney, S) | Hudson, James (Ealling, N.) | Porter, G. |
| Callaghan, L. J. | Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) | Price, Joseph T. (Westhoughton) |
| Carmichael, J. | Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Price, Philips (Gloucestershire, W) |
| Castle, Mrs. B. A | Hughes, Moelwyn (Islington, N.) | Proctor, W. T. |
| Champion, A. J. | Hynd, H. (Accrington) | Pryde, D. J. |
| Chetwynd, G. R | Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe) | Pursey, Cmdr H |
| Clunie, J. | Irvine, A J (Edge Hill) | Rankin, J. |
| Cocks, F. S. | Irving, W. J. (Wood Green) | Rees, Mrs. D. |
| Coldrick, W | Isaacs, Rt. Hon. G. A. | Reeves, J. |
| Collick, P. | Janner, B. | Reid, Thomas (Swindon) |
| Collindridge, F | Jay, D. P. T. | Reid, William (Camlachie) |
| Cook, T. F. | Jeger, George (Goole) | Rhodes, H. |
| Cooper, Geoffrey (Middlesbrough, W) | Jeger, Dr. Santo (St. Pancras, S.) | Richards, R. |
| Cooper, John (Deptford) | Jenkins, R. H. | Robens, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Cove, W. G. | Johnson, James (Rugby) | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvonshire) |
| Craddock, George (Bradford, S) | Jones, David (Hartlepool) | Robertson, J. J. (Berwick) |
| Crawley, A. | Jones, Frederick Elwyn (W. Ham, S.) | Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.) |
| Crosland, C. A. R | Jones, Jack (Rotherham) | Rogers, George (Kensington, N.) |
| Crossman, R. H. S | Jones, William Elwyn (Conway) | Ross, William |
| Cullen, Mrs. A | Keenan, W. | Royle, C |
| Daines, P. | Kenyon, C. | Shackleton, E. A. A |
| Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. | King, Dr. H. M. | Silverman, Julius (Erdington) |
| Darling, George (Hillsborough) | Kinghorn, Sqn. Ldr. E | Silverman, Sydney (Nelson) |
| Davies, A. Edward (Stoke, N.) | Kinley, J. | Simmons, C. J. |
| Davies, Ernest (Enfield, E.) | Lang, Gordon | Slater, J. |
| Davies, Harold (Leek) | Lee, Miss Jennie (Cannock) | Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) |
| Davies, Stephen (Merthyr) | Lever, Harold (Cheetham) | Smith, Norman (Nottingham, S) |
| da Freitas, Geoffrey | Lever, Leslie (Ardwick) | Snow, J. W. |
| Deer, G. | Lewis, Arthur (West Ham, N } | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Delargy, H. J | Lewis, John (Bolton, W.) | Soskice, Rt. Hon Sir Frank |
| Diamond, J. | Lindgren, G. S. | Strauss, Rt. Hon. George (Vauxhall) |
| Dodds, N. N. | Lipton, Lt.-Col. M | Stross, Dr. Barnett |
| Donnelly, D. | Logan, D. G. | Summersklll, Rt Hon. Edith |
| Driberg, T. E. N | Longden, Fred (Small Heath) | Sylvester, G.O |
| Dugdale, Rt. Hon. J (W Bromwich) | McAllister, G. | Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) |
| Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. | MacColl, J. E. | Taylor, Robert (Morpeth) |
| Edelman, M. | McGhee, H. G | Thomas, David (Aberdare) |
| Edwards, John (Brighouse) | McGovern, J. | Thomas, George (Cardiff) |
| Edwards, Rt. Hon. Ness (Caerphilly) | Mclnnes, J | Thomas, Iorworth (Rhondda, W) |
| Edwards, W. J. (Stepney) | Mack, J. D. | Thomas, Ivor Owen (Wrekin) |
| Evans Albert (Islington, S W) | McKay, John (Wallsend) | Thorneycroft, Harry (Clayton) |
| Evans, Edward (Lowestoft) | Mackay, R. W. G. (Reading, N.) | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Evans, Stanley (Wednesbury) | McLeavy, F. | Timmons, J. |
| Ewart, R. | MacMillan, Malcolm (Western Isles) | Tomney, F. |
| Fernyhough, E. | McNeil, Rt. Hon. H. | Turner-Samuels, M. |
| Field, Capt. W. J | MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) | Ungoed-Thomas, Sir Lynn |
| Finch, H. J. | Mainwaring, W. H, | Usborne, H. |
| Fletcher, Eric (Islington, E) | Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) | Vernon, W. F |
| Follick, M. | Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield, E.) | Viant, S. P. |
| Foot. M M | Mann, Mrs. Jean | Wallace, H. W |
| Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) | Manuel, A. C. | Watkins, T. E. |
| Freeman, John (Watford) | Mathers, Rt. Hon G | Webb, Rt. Hon. M. (Bradford, C) |
| Freeman, Peter (Newport) | Mayhew, C. P | Weitzman, D. |
| Gaitskell, Rt. Hon. H. T. N | Mellish, R. J. | Wells, Percy (Faversham) |
| Ganley, Mrs. C S | Messer, F. | Wells, William (Walsall) |
| Gibson, C. W. | Middleton, Mrs. L | West, D. G. |
| Gilzean, A. | Mikardo, Ian. | White, Mrs. Eirene (E Flint) |
| Glanville. James (Consett) | Mitchison, G. R. | White, Henry (Derbyshire, N.E.) |
| Gordon-Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C | Moeran, E. W. | Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W |
| Greenwood, Anthony(Rossendale)) | Monslow, W. | Wigg, G. |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Arthur (Wakefield) | Moody, A. S. | Wilcock, Group Capt C. A. B |
| Grenfell, Rt. Hon. D. R. | Morgan, Dr. H B | Wilkes, L |
| Grey, C F. | Morley, R | Wilkins, W. A. |
| Griffiths, David (Rother Valley) | Morris, Percy (Swansea, W.) | Willey, Frederick (Sunderland) |
| Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) | Mort, D. L. | Willey, Octavius (Cleveland) |
| Griffiths, William (Exchange) | Moyle, A. | Williams, David (Neath) |
| Gunter, R. J. | Mulley, F. W | Williams, Rev. Ltywelyn (Abertillery) |
| Haire John E (Wycombe) | Murray, J. D | Williams,Ronald (Wigan) |
| Hale, Joseph (Rochdale) | Nally, W. | Williams, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Don V'lly) |
| Hale, Leslie (Oldham, W.) | Neal, Harold (Bolsover) | Williams, W. T. (Hammersmith,S.) |
| Hall Rt Hon. Glenvil (Colne Valley) | Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P. J | Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton) |
| Hall, John (Gateshead, W.) | O'Brien, T. | Winterbottom, Ian (Nottingham, C.) |
| Hamilton, W. W | Oldfield, W. H | Winterbottom, Richard (Brightside) |
| Hannan, W | Oliver, G. H. | Wise, F. J. |
| Hardy, E. A | Orbach, M. | Woodburn, Rt. Hon A |
| Hargreaves, A | Padley, W. E. | Woods, Rev. G. S. |
| Hastings, S | Paget R. T. | Yates, V. F. |
| Hayman, F H. | Paling, Rt. Hon Wilfred (Dearne v'lly) | Younger, Rt. Hon K |
| Henderson, Rt. Hn. Arthur (Tipton) | Paling, Will T. (dewsbury) | |
| Hobson, C. R. | Pannell, T. C. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Holman, P. | Pargiter. G. A | Mr. Popplewell and Mr. Sparks. |