HC Deb 11 June 1959 vol 606 cc1301-4

In subsection (1) of section two hundred and twelve of the Income Tax Act. 1952 (which relates to relief for children), after the words "if over the age of sixteen years at the commencement of that year, is receiving full-time instruction at any university, college, school or other educational establishment", there shall he inserted the words "or who, being over the age of sixteen years, but has not attained the age of twenty-one years at the commencement

of that year is incapacitated by illness, infirmity or disablement from undergoing full-time instruction at any school or other educational establishment or from following any gainful occupation ".—[Mr. Houghton.]

Brought up, and read the First time.

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

The Committee divided: Ayes 127, Noes 179.

Division No. 131.] AYES [9.32 p.m.
Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) Fletcher, Erio Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.)
Beswick, Frank Forman, J. C. Hunter, A. E.
Blackburn, F. Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) Hynd, H. (Accrington)
Blenkinsop, A. Gibson, C. W. Irvine, A. J. (Edge Hill)
Bottomley, Rt. Hon. A. G. Cordon Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. Isaacs, Rt. Hon. G. A.
Bowden, H. W. (Leicester, S.W.) Greenwood, Anthony Jay, Rt. Hon. D. P. T.
Brockway, A. F. Grey, C. F. Jeger, George (Code)
Brown, Thomas (Inoe) Griffiths, David (Rother Valley) Jenkins, Roy (Stechford)
Burke, W. A. Griffiths, William (Exchange) Johnson, James (Rugby)
Butler, Mrs. Joyce (Wood Green) Hall, Rt. Hn. Glenvil (Colne Valley) Jones, David (The Hartlepools)
Champion, A, J. Hamilton, W. W. Jones, J. Idwal (Wrexham)
Clunie, J. Hannan, W. Jones, T. W. (Merioneth)
Collick, P. H. (Birkenhead) Hastings, S. Kenyon, C.
Cronin, J. D. Hayman, F. H. Key, Rt. Hon. C. W.
Crossman, R. H. S. Healey, Denis King, Dr. H. M.
Darling, George (Hillsborough) Henderson, Rt. Hn. A. (Rwly Regis) Lawson, G. M.
Davies, Ernest (Enfield, E.) Herbison, Miss M. Lee, Miss Jennie (Cannock)
Deer, C. Hilton, A. V. Lever, Leslie (Ardwick)
de Freitas, Geoffrey Hobson, C. R. (Keighley) Lindgren, G. S.
Diamond, John Holmes, Horace McAlister, Mrs. Mary
Dodds, N. N. Houghton, Douglas McCann, J.
Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. Howell, Charles (Perry Barr) MacColl, J. E.
Edwards, Robert (Bilston) Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) MacDermot, Niall
McInnes, J. Plummer, Sir Leslie Stewart, Michael (Fulham)
McKay, John (Wallsand) Popplewell, E. Stonehouse, John
McLeavy, Frank Prentice, F. E. Stross,Dr.Barnett(Stoke-on-Trent,C.)
MacPherson, Macolm (Stirling) Price, Philips (Gloucestershire, W.) Taylor, John (West Lothian)
Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) Pursey, Cmdr. H. Thomson, George (Dundee, E.)
Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfd, E.) Redhead, E. C. Thornton, E.
Mellish, F. J. Reynolds, G. W. Ungoed-Thomas, Sir Lynn
Mitchlson, G. R. Rhodes, H Viant, S. P.
Moody, F. S. Rogers, George (Kensington, N.) Warbey, W. N.
Morrison,Rt.Hn.Herbert(Lewis'm,S.) Ross, William Weitzman, D.
Moyle, A. Royle, C. Wells, William (Walsall, N.)
Mulley, F. W. Silverman, Sydney (Nelson) Wheeldon, W. E.
Neal, Harold (Bolsorer) Skeffington, A. M. White, Mrs. Eirene (E. Flint)
Noel-Baker, Francis (Swindon) Slater, Mrs. H. (Stoke, N.) White, Henry (Derbyshire, N.E.)
Oliver, G. H. Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) Williams, Rt. Hon. T. (Don Valley)
Oram, A. E. Sorensen, R. W. Williams, W. R. (Openshaw)
Owen, W. J. Soskice, Rt. Hon, Sir Frank Willis, Eustace (Edinburgh, E.)
Padley, W. E. Sparks, J. A. Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton)
Pannell, Charles (Leeds, W.) Spriggs, Leslie
Parker, J. Steele, T. TELLERS FOR THE AYES:
Mr. Pearson and Mr. J. T. Price.
NOES
Agnew, Sir Peter Godber, J. B. Mawby, R. L.
Aitken, W. T. Graham, Sir Fergus Maydon, Lt.-Comdr. S. L. C.
Alport, C. J. M. Grant-Ferris, Wg Cdr. R. (Nantwich) Medlicott, Sir Frank
Amery, Julian (Preston, N.) Green, A. Nabarro, G. D. N.
Amory, Rt. Hn. Heathcoat(Tiverton) Gresham Cooke, R. Nairn, D. L. S.
Arbuthnot, John Grimond, J. Neave, Airey
Armstrong, C. W. Grimston, Hon. John (St. Albans) Nicolson, N. (B'n'm'th. E.& Chr'ch)
Ashton, H. Grosvenor, Lt.-Col. R. G. Noble, Michael (Argyll)
Atkins, H. E. Gurden, Harold O'Neill, Hn.Phelim (Co. Antrim, N.)
Baldwin, Sir Archer Harris, Frederic (Croydon, N.W.) Osborne, C.
Balniel, Lord Harris, Reader (Heston) Page, R. G.
Barber, Anthony Harrison, Col. J. H. (Eye) Pannell, N. A. (Kirkdale)
Barlow, Sir John Heald, Rt. Hon. Sir Lionel Partridge, E.
Barter, John Heath, Rt. Hon. E. R. G. Peel, W. J.
Batsford, Brian Henderson-Stewart, Sir James Pickthorn, Sir Kenneth
Baxter, Sir Beverley Hesketh, R. F. Pilkington, Capt. R. A.
Bell, Philip (Bolton, E.) Hicks-Beach, Maj. W. W. Pitman, I. J.
Bell, Ronald (Bucks, S.) Hill, John (S. Norfolk) Pott, H. P.
Bevins, J. R. (Toxteth) Hinchingbrooke, Viscount Powell, J. Enoch
Bidgood, J. C. Hirst, Geoffrey Price, David (Eastleigh)
Biggs-Davison, J. A. Hobson, John(Warwick &Leam'gt'n) Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. L.
Bingham, R. M. Holland-Martin, C. J. Redmayne, M.
Bishop, F. P. Holt, A. F. Rees-Davies, W. R.
Black, Sir Cyril Hornby, R. P. Remnant, Hon. P.
Body, R. F. Hornsby-Smith, Miss M. P. Ridsdale, J. E.
Bonham Carter, Mark Howard, Gerald (Cambridgeshire) Roper, Sir Harold
Bowen, E. R. (Cardigan) Howard, John (Test) Ropner, Col. Sir Leonard
Boyd-Carpenter, Rt. Hon. J. A. Hughes Hallett, Vice-Admiral J. Russell, R. S.
Boyle, Sir Edward Hughes-Young, M. H. C. Sharples, R. C.
Brewis, John Hulbert, Sir Norman Shepherd, William
Brooman-White, R. C. Hutchison, Michael Clark (E'b'gh,S.) Simon, J. E. S. (Middlesbrough, W.)
Burden, F. F. A. Hyde, Montgomery Smithers, Peter (Winchester)
Butler, Rt. Hn.R.A.(Saffron Walden) Hylton-Foster, Rt. Hon. Sir Harry Spearman, Sir Alexander
Carr, Robert Irvine, Bryant Godman (Rye) Stanley, Capt. Hon. Richard
Cary, Sir Robert Jenkins, Robert (Dulwich) Stevens, Geoffrey
Chichester-Clark, R. Johnson, Dr. Donald (Carlisle) Steward, Sir William (Woolwich, W.)
Clarke, Brig. Terence (Prtsmth, W.) Johnson, Eric (Blackley) Stuart, Rt. Hon. James (Moray)
Conant, Maj. Sir Roger Jones, Rt. Hon. Aubrey (Hall Green) Studholme, Sir Henry
Cooper, A. E. Kerr, Sir Hamilton Summers, Sir Spencer
Cordeaux, Lt.-Col. J. K. Lambton, Viscount Taylor, Sir Charles (Eastbourne)
Corfield, F. V. Leather, E. H. C. Teeling, W.
Craddock, Beresford (Spelthorne) Leburn, W. G. Thornton-Kemsley, Sir Colin
Crowder, Sir John (Finchley) Lindsay, Martin (Solihull) Tiley, A. (Bradford, W.)
Cunningham, Knox Linstead, Sir H. N. Turton, Rt. Hon. R. H.
Currie, C. B. H. Lloyd, Maj. Sir Guy (Renfrew, E.) Vickers, Miss Joan
Dance. J. C. G. Longden, Gilbert Wade, D. W.
D'Avigdor-Goldsmid, sir Henry Loveys, Walter H. Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W.)
Deedes, W. F. Lucas, Sir Jocelyn (Portsmouth, S.) Wall, Patrick
Dodds-Parker, A. D. Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Ward, Rt. Hon. G. R. (Worcester)
Doughty, C, J. A. MacDonald, Sir Peter Ward, Dame Irene (Tynemouth)
Dugdale, Rt. Hn. Sir T. (Richmond) McLaughlin, Mrs. P. Webbe, Sir H.
Duncan, Sir James McLean, Neil (Inverness) Webster, David
Eden, J. B. (Bournemouth, West) McMaster, Stanley Whitelaw, W. S. I.
Erroll, F. J. Macpherson, Niall (Dumfries) Williams, Paul (Sunderland, S.)
Finlay, Graeme Madden, Martin Williams, R. Dudley (Exeter)
Fisher, Nigel Maitland, Hon. Patrick (Lanark) Wills, Sir Gerald (Bridgwater)
Fletcher-Cooke, C. Manningham-Buller, Rt. Hn. Sir F. Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro)
Garmans, Lady Marlowe, A. A. H.
Garner-Evans, E. H. Marshall, Douglas TELLERS FOR THE NOES:
Glover, D. Mathew, R. Mr. Legh and Mr. Bryan.
Glyn, Col. Richard H. Maudling, Rt. Hon. R.