HC Deb 26 June 1956 vol 555 cc425-7

Part I of the Eighth Schedule to the Finance Act, 1948 (as amended by subsequent enactments and by order of the Treasury under section twenty-one of that Act) shall have effect with the substitution for the words "10 per cent". wherever those words occur, of

the words "one-quarter of one per cent."—[Mr. H. Wilson.]

Brought up, and read the First time.

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause be head a Second time:—

The Committee divided: Ayes 154, Noes 200.

Division No. 239.] AYES [11.1. p.m
Ainsley, J. W. Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) Orbach, M.
Albu, A. H. Hall, Rt. Hn. Glenvil (Colne Valley) Oswald, T.
Allaun, Frank (Salford, E.) Hannan, W. Paget, R. T.
Awbery, S. S. Hayman, F. H. Palmer, A. M. F.
Bacon, Miss Alice Herbison, Miss M. Pargiter, G. A.
Baird, J. Hobson, C. R. Parker, J.
Benson, G. Holman, P. Parkin, B. T.
Beswick, F. Howell, Charles (Perry Bar) Pearson, A.
Blackburn, F. Hoy, J. H. Pearl, T. F.
Blenkinsop, A. Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) Price, J. T. (Westhoughton)
Blyton, W. R. Hunter, A. E. Probert, A. R.
Bottomley, Rt. Hon. A. G. Irvine, A. J. (Edge Hill) Randall, H. E.
Bowden, H. W. (Leicester, S.W.) Irving, S. (Dartford) Rankin, John
Braddock, Mrs. Elizabeth Janner, B. Redhead, E. C.
Brockway, A. F. Jay, Rt. Hon. D. P. T. Robens, Rt. Hon. A.
Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. Jeger, George (Goole) Roberts, Albert (Normanton)
Brown, Rt. Hon. George (Belper) Jeger, Mrs. Lena (Holbn & St. Pncs, S.) Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvon)
Brown, Thomas (Ince) Jenkins, Roy (Stechford) Short, E. W.
Burke, W. A. Johnson, James (Rugby) Shurmer, P. L. E.
Butler, Herbert (Hackney, C.) Johnston, Douglas (Paisley) Silverman, Julius (Aston)
Butler, Mrs. Joyce (Wood Green) Jones, Elwyn (W. Ham, S.) Simmons, C. J. (Brierley Hill)
Callaghan, L. J. Jones, Jack (Rotherham) Slater, Mrs. H. (Stoke, N.)
Castle, Mrs. B. A. Jones, J. Idwal (Wrexham) Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.)
Coldrick, W. Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) Sorensen, R. W.
Collick, P. H. (Birkenhead) Kenyon, C. Sparks, J. A.
Corbet, Mrs. Freda King, Dr. H. M. Stones, W. (Consett)
Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) Lee, Miss Jennie (Cannock) Stross, Dr. Barnett (Stoke-on-Trent, C.)
Crossman, R. H. S. Lever, Leslie (Ardwick) Summerskill, Rt. Hon. E.
Davies, Ernest (Enfied, E.) Logan, D. G. Swingler, S. T.
Deer, G. Mabon, Dr. J. Dickson Sylvester, G. O.
Dodds, N. N. MacColl, J. E. Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield)
Donnelly, D. L. McGhee, H. G. Taylor, John (West Lothian)
Dugdale, Rt. Hn. John (W. Brmwch) McInnes, J. Thomas, George (Cardiff)
Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. McLeavy, Frank Thomson, George (Dundee, E.)
Edwards, Rt. Hon John (Brighouse) MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) Thornton, E.
Edwards, Rt. Hon. Ness (Caerphilly) Mahon, Simon Timmons, J.
Edwards, Robert (Bilston) Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) Tomney, F.
Edwards, W. J. (Stepney) Mann, Mrs. Jean Turner-Samuels, M.
Evans, Albert (Islington, S.W.) Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. Ungoed-Thomas, Sir Lynn
Evans, Edward (Lowestoft) Mason, Roy Usborne, H. C.
Evans, Stanley (Wednesbury) Mayhew, C. P. Weitzman, D.
Fernyhough, E. Mikardo, Ian Wheeldon, W. E.
Finch, H. J. Mitchison, G. R. Wilkins, W. A.
Fletcher, Eric Monslow, W. Williams, W. R. (Openshaw)
Forman, J. C. Moody, A. S. Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton)
Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) Moyle, A. Winterbottom, Richard
Gaitskell, Rt. Hon. H. T. N. Mulley, F. W. Woof, R. E.
Gibson, C. W. Neal, Harold (Bolsover) Yates, V. (Ladywood)
Gooch, E. G. Noel-Baker, Francis (Swindon) Younger, Rt. Hon. K.
Gordon Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. O'Brien Sir Thomas Zilliacus, K.
Grey, C. F. Oliver, G. H.
Griffiths, David (Rother Valley) Oram, A. E. TELLERS FOR THE AYES:
Mr. Horace Holmes and
Mr. George Rogers.
NOES
Aitken, W. T. Arbuthnot, John Baldwin, A. E.
Allan, R. A. (Paddington, S.) Armstrong, C. W. Balniel, Lord
Amery, Julian (Preston, N.) Ashton, H. Barlow, Sir John
Amory, Rt. Hn. Heathcoat (Tiverton) Atkins, H. E. Barter, John
Anstruther-Gray, Major Sir William Baldock, Lt.-Cmdr. J. M. Baxter, Sir Beverley
Bell, Philip (Bolton, E.) Harrison, Col. J. H. (Eye) Nabarro, G. D. N.
Bennett, F. M. (Torquay) Harvey, Air Cdre. A. V. (Macclesfd) Nairn, D. L. S.
Bidgood, J. C. Harvey, John (Walthamstow, E.) Neave, Airey
Biggs-Davison, J. A. Heald, Rt. Hon. Sir Lionel Nicholls, Harmar
Bishop, F. P. Heath, Rt. Hon. E. R. G. Nicolson, N. (B'n'm'th, E. & Chr'ch)
Black, C. W. Hill, Mrs. E. (Wythenshawe) Nield, Basil (Chester)
Body, R. F. Holland-Martin, C. J. Nugent, G. R. H.
Bossom, Sir Alfred Holt, A. F. Oakshott, H. D.
Boyle, Sir Edward Hornby, R. P. O'Neill, Hn. Phelim (Co. Antrim, N.)
Braine, B. R. Hornsby-Smith, Miss M. P. Orr-Ewing, Charles Ian (Hendon, N.)
Brooke, Rt. Hon. Henry Howard, Hon. Greville (St. Ives) Page, R. G.
Browne, J. Nixon (Craigton) Hudson, Sir Austin (Lewisham, N.) Pannell, N. A. (Kirkdale)
Bryan, [...]. Hudson, W. R. A. (Hull, N.) Peyton, J. W. W.
Burden, F. F. A. Hughes Hallett, Vice-Admiral J Pilkington, Capt. R. A.
Butler, Rt. Hn. R. A. (Saffron Walden) Hughes-Young, M. H. C. Pitman, I. J.
Carr, Robert Hylton-Foster, Sir H. B. H. Pitt, Miss E. M.
Chichester-Clark, R. Irvine, Bryant Godman (Rye) Powell, J. Enoch
Cole, Norman Jenkins, Robert (Dulwich) Price, Henry (Lewisham, W.)
Conant, Maj. Sir Roger Jennings, J. C. (Burton) Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. L.
Cooper, Sqn. Ldr. Albert Jennings, Sir Roland (Hallam) Raikes, Sir Victor
Cooper-Key, E. M. Johnson, Dr. Donald (Carlisle) Ramsden, J. E.
Cordeaux, Lt.-Col. J. K. Johnson, Eric (Blackley) Redmayne, M.
Corfield, Capt. F. V. Jones, Rt. Hon. Aubrey (Hall Green) Rees-Davies, W. R.
Crouch, R. F. Joseph, Sir Keith Remnant, Hon. P.
Cunningham, Knox Kaberry, D. Renton, D. L. M.
Currie, G. B. H. Keegan, D. Ridsdale, J. E.
Dance, J. C. G. Kerby, Capt. H. B. Rippon, A. G. F.
Davidson, Viscountess Kerr, H. W. Roberts, Sir Peter (Heeley)
D'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Henry Kershaw, J. A. Robertson, Sir David
Deedes, W. F. Kimball, M. Robinson, Sir Roland (Blackpool, S.)
Digby, Simon Wingfield Kirk, P. M. Schofield, Lt.-Col. W.
Donaldson, Cmdr. C. E. McA. Lambert, Hon. G. Shepherd, William
Doughty, C. J. A. Leavey, J. A. Simon, J. E. S. (Middlesbrough, W.)
Drayson, G. B. Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H. Smithers, Peter (Winchester)
du Cann, E. D. L. Legh, Hon. Peter (Petersfield) Spearman, Sir Alexander
Eden, J. B. (Bournemouth, West) Lindsay, Hon. James (Devon, N.) Spence, H. R. (Aberdeen, W.)
Errington, Sir Eric Lindsay, Martin (Solihull) Spens, Rt. Hn. Sir P.(Kens'g't'n, S.)
Farey-Jones, F. W. Linstead, Sir H. N. Stanley, Capt. Hon. Richard
Fell, A. Lloyd, Maj. Sir Guy (Renfrew, E.) Steward, Harold (Stockport, S.)
Fisher, Nigel Longden, Gilbert Stoddart-Scott, Col. M.
Fleetwood-Hesketh, R. F. Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Studholme, Sir Henry
Fletcher-Cooke, C. McAdden, S. J. Summers, Sir Spencer
Foster, John Macdonald, Sir Peter Taylor, Sir Charles (Eastbourne)
Fraser, Sir Ian (M'cmbe & Lonsdale) McKibbin, A. J. Taylor, William (Bradford, N.)
Freeth, D. K. Mackie, J. H. (Galloway) Thompson, Kenneth (Walton)
Galbraith, Hon. T. G. D. McLaughlin, Mrs. P. Thompson, Lt.-Cdr. R. (Croydon, S.)
Gammans, Sir David Maclay, Rt. Hon. John Thornton-Kemsley, C. N.
Garner-Evans, E. H. McLean, Neil (Inverness) Tilney, John (Wavertree)
George, J. C. (Pollok) Macleod, Rt. Hn. Iain (Enfield, W.) Turner, H. F. L.
Gibson-Watt, D. MacLeod, John (Ross & Cromarty) Vane, W. M. F.
Gower, H. R. Macmillan, Rt. Hn. Harold (Bromley) Vickers, Miss J. H.
Graham, Sir Fergus Maddan, Martin Vosper, D. F.
Grant-Ferris, Wg Cdr. R. (Nantwich) Maitland, Hon. Patrick (Lanark) Wall, Major Patrick
Green, A. Manningham-Buller, Rt. Hn. Sir R. Ward, Hon. George (Worcester)
Gresham Cooke, R. Markham, Major Sir Frank Ward, Dame Irene (Tynemouth)
Grimston, Hon. John (St. Albans) Marlowe, A. A. H. Waterhouse, Capt. Rt. Hon. C.
Grimston, Sir Robert (Westbury) Marples, A. E. Williams, Paul (Sunderland, S.)
Grosvenor, Lt.-Col. R. G. Mathew, R. Wills, G. (Bridgwater)
Gurden, Harold Maude, Angus Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro)
Hall, John (Wycombe) Mawby, R. L. Wood, Hon. R.
Harris, Frederic (Croydon, N.W.) Maydon, Lt.-Comdr, S. L. C. Woollam, John Victor
Harrison, A. B. C. (Maldon) Molson, Rt. Hon. Hugh
TELLERS FOR THE NOES:
Mr. Godber and Mr. Anthony Barber.