§ 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 be 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.
§ Mr. HoughtonI beg to move, That the Clause be read a Second time.
Here, again, we demonstrate our persistence in these matters, because this proposal was previously debated in 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959. We hope that the Financial Secretary to the Treasury will be able to concede the proposal this time.
It is proposed to give a parent the same tax relief in respect of an incapacitated child as is given in respect of a child over the age of sixteen undergoing full-time education. Once again, the proposal is based on a recommendation of the Royal Commission on the Taxation of Profits and Income, a proposal made in paragraph 193 of the Commission's Second Report.
When the Royal Commission studied this matter, which it said related to a special situation, the position was that when an incapacitated child reached the age of sixteen, child allowance to the parent was withdrawn and in certain circumstances the parent then fell back on the dependent relative relief in respect of that child. At that time, the drop in the amount of relief to the parent when the child reached the age of sixteen was the tax on £25—the drop was from £85 child allowance to £60 dependent relative allowance.
However, the drop now is very much greater, because the child allowance between the ages of twelve and sixteen has been substantially increased. It was £85, but it is now £125, so that there is a drop from £125 to £75, which is the 366 new level of dependent relative allowance proposed in the Bill. The child relief for a boy or girl undergoing extended education beyond the age of sixteen is now £150, and it is that relief which we wish to be given in respect of the incapacitated child between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one.
The argument which has been used in the past against this proposal is that in the case of incapacity of this kind the child can obtain National Assistance, subject to the income of the child but irrespective of the income of the parents. It is also said that National Assistance grants are not taxable and that in that sense the social services are taking care of the incapacitated beyond the age of sixteen.
I pointed out in our earlier debate that educational grants for children undergoing extended education beyond the age of sixteen are not taxable, so that it is irrelevant in this connection whether the child receives National Assistance which is not taxable.
It could be argued and has been argued in the past that if this proposal is accepted, there will still be a drop in the relief granted to the parent when the child reaches the age of twenty-one. However, at least it can be said of this proposal that the parent would have the benefit of the higher tax relief during the time the child was between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one. There would be a drop at the age of twenty-one, but there are compensating factors in the case of an incapacitated child reaching the age of twenty-one. The first is that the child would then be entitled to a higher National Assistance allowance than at a younger age, and the second point is that probably between the ages of 16 and 21 some efforts to train the child for some useful activity or occupation in life would prove moderately successful.
Therefore, we think that the parent of an incapacitated child between the ages of 16 and 21 should have the benefit of the same tax relief as the parent of a child between the same ages undergoing full-time education.
Another suggestion that has been made is that no parent in these circumstances need hesitate in allowing the child to apply for National Assistance 367 in its own right. We would suggest that the rôle of the National Assistance Board in these cases should be approached with some caution and that many parents would prefer to receive tax relief rather than that their child should receive National Assistance.
If the Chancellor were to say that he is prepared to give this relief to the parent on condition that National Assistance is not applied for while the higher tax relief was current that would be a matter for consideration. Some parents might prefer, and, indeed, it might be to their advantage, to have tax relief rather than the grant from the National Assistance Board.
There is one final point which is that when the child reaches the age of 21 the parent can make more adequate provision for it if he is in a position to do so and is willing to do so by way of a covenant which, as the Committee knows, would not apply to a child under the age of 21. Any disposition of the parent's income in favour of a minor is chargeable on the parent as part of his income, but at age 21 a covenant could be made in favour of an incapacitated son or daughter which would give the parent some tax relief on account of the undertaking to pay an annual income to the child.
In these circumstances, I hope that the wisdom of the Royal Commission plus the arguments that I have put before the Committee will lead the Financial Secretary to accept the new Clause. Here, again, the question of cost would be negligible. It is a question of whether the Committee believes that tax relief in these circumstances should be given if necessary in addition to social service payments and in extreme cases, perhaps, in substitution for them.
§ Dr. KingI wish briefly to support the new Clause which my hon. Friend the Member for Sowerby (Mr. Houghton) has so ably moved. One of the saddest and yet most inspiring experiences that anyone can have is to meet the parents of an incapacitated child. It seems almost as if nature compensates for its ungenerosity to the defective child by giving it parents who are willing to make sacrifices beyond those made by ordinary parents. I would hope that the Treasury is going 368 to recognise some of that magnificent parenthood by the way it responds to the new Clause.
We are living at a time when we are doing far more for defective children of every category than ever before in the history of the country. Parents of spastic children, of epileptic children and all the rest come together. Special schools are expanding in every kind of way, but there still remain a number of children who will never go to school at all and who will be a burden on their parents right through their lives. There will be children for whom no special schools are available. There will be children who after they have reached the age of 16 will have to return home from special schools.
What we are asking for in the new Clause is that just as we recognise the fact that the parent who is fortunate enough to have a very bright child which goes on to the university or other institutes of further education after the age of 16 has expenses to meet and give that parent a tax concession because we recognise that a bright child, even if it receives a university grant, is still an expense to the parent, so the parent of a totally incapacitated child should receive a tax concession to help him meet expenses comparable with those borne by the parent of a child who goes on to university.
I hope that the hon. Gentleman will recognise this, first because this question has been put to him, and secondly because it gives him an opportunity of honouring the devotion and the care which the parents of such children lavish on them. I hope that he will accept this new Clause.
§ 10.45 p.m.
§ Sir E. BoyleI do not quarrel with what the hon. Gentleman has just said about the special schools, which were one of my special responsibilities when I was at the Ministry of Education, or with what he said about the parents of incapacitated children. None the less, there are two reasons, which I shall explain briefly, as time is getting on, why I cannot advise the Committee to accept the Clause, and why I believe, as was stated in the last discussion, that provision for incapacity is more suitably dealt with directly under the social services than by way of tax reliefs.
369 The first consideration has been put in past years, but I put it to the Committee again. Like any other child in the country, the incapacitated child below the age of sixteen is the responsibility of its parents who, of course, qualify for the child allowance in the ordinary way. Once the child reaches the age of sixteen the State steps in, and when the child cannot work the social services provide maintenance grants through the National Assistance Board, as the hon. Member for Sowerby (Mr. Houghton) said, quite irrespective of the means of its parents, and those grants are given in line with changes in the cost of living.
Through them, the incapacitated child who has no income from capital of its own, like the vast majority in Britain, and no basic income in its own right, receives the ordinary scale of grants in force at present for an incapacitated person with no capital, or income resources of his own. The scale is as follows: At the age of sixteen, it is thirty shillings a week; at eighteen it is thirty-six shillings a week, plus an allowance for its share of the family rent up to a maximum of fifteen shillings; at the age of twenty-one it is forty-six shillings a week, the rate for an incapacitated adult. These are the full grants payable in ordinary circumstances.
§ Dr. KingThat is far less than is allowed in the grants to a student going to university, and still the parent of such a student gets a tax concession for his children.
§ Sir E. BoyleYes. I am pointing out that it seems to me reasonable that grants at sixteen to an incapacitated child—and after all it is only a fairly small proportion of the population, though we hope it will grow, that goes to university—should rightly be the direct responsibility of the State, through the social services.
It seems rather hard to justify giving an allowance of £150 for an incapacitated child between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one, while keeping the allowance for all other dependent relatives at the level of £75. If a child allow 370 ance were to be given at a level of £150 for an incapacitated child under the age of twenty-one, I am sure that there would be a claim that it should continue after that age, because many parents, particularly those whose incomes are derived from earnings at work, would not wish to enter into covenants to pay the child annuity for the necessary period of seven years.
If one type of dependent relative or incapacitated child between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one was given an allowance of £150, I am sure that there would be a demand that a bigger allowance should be given for dependent relatives, whatever the degree of relationship. The case of the incapacitated child cannot really be distinguished from the rest. For instance, the cost of looking after an adult relative suffering from a serious malady, who cannot do anything for himself or herself, can be as heavy as or heavier than the cost of looking after a wholly incapacitated child between the age of 16 and 21.
In discussing an earlier Clause, I was careful to say that I did not base my argument primarily or to any great degree on the question of cost. I am bound to say that if this Clause were accepted there would certainly be pretty rapid pressure for an increase in the dependent relative allowance, which would cost a considerable amount.
Therefore, on consideration of the possible consequentials and for the reasons often explained in the past by former Treasury Ministers, I regret that I must ask the Committee to reject this Clause.
§ Mr. HoughtonI can put the hon. Gentleman's fears at rest by saying categorically that we should not regard a concession on this new Clause as grounds for claiming an improvement in the dependent relative allowance. That destroys the last vestiges of the case against this Clause. Therefore, I ask my hon. Friends to support me in the Division Lobby.
§ Question put, That the Clause be read a Second time:—
§ The Committee divided: Ayes 143, Noes 205.
363| Division No. 110.] | AYES | [10.25 p.m. |
| Abse, Leo | Hale, Leslie (Oldham, w.) | Pavitt, Laurence |
| Ainsley, William | Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil (Colne Valley) | Pentland, Norman |
| Allaun, Frank (Saltford, E.) | Hamilton, William (West Fife) | Popplewell, Ernest |
| Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) | Hannan, William | Prentice, R. E. |
| Awbery, Stan | Hart, Mrs. Judith | Price, J. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Bacon, Miss Alice | Hayman, F. H. | Probert, Arthur |
| Baxter William (Stirlingshire, W.) | Herbison, Miss Margaret | Pursey, Cmdr. Harry |
| Beaney, Alan | Hilton, A. V. | Randall, Harry |
| Benn, Hn. A. Wedgwood (Brist'l, S.E.) | Holman, Percy | Rankin, John |
| Benson, Sir George | Holt, Arthur | Redhead, E. C. |
| Blackburn, F. | Houghton, Douglas | Reid, William |
| Blyton, William | Hoy, James H. | Roberts, Albert (Normanton) |
| Bowden, Herbert W. (Leics, S.W.) | Hughes, Cledwyn (Anglesey) | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvon) |
| Bowles, Frank | Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Rogers, G. H. R. (Kensington, N.) |
| Boyden, James | Hunter, A. E. | Ross, William |
| Braddock, Mrs. E. M. | Hynd, H. (Accrington) | Silverman, Sydney (Nelson) |
| Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Hynd, John (Attercliffe) | Skeffington, Arthur |
| Butler, Mrs. Joyce (Wood Green) | Irvine, A. J. (Edge Hill) | Slater, Mrs. Harriet (Stoke, N.) |
| Callaghan, James | Irving, Sydney (Dartford) | Slater, Joseph (Sedgefield) |
| Castle, Mrs. Barbara | Jay, Rt. Hon. Douglas | Small, William |
| Chapman, Donald | Jeger, George | Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) |
| Chetwynd, George | Jones, Dan (Burnley) | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Cliffe, Michael | Jones, Jack (Rotherham) | Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir Frank |
| Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) | Jones, J. Idwal (Wrexham) | Spriggs, Leslie |
| Cronin John | Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) | Stewart, Michael (Fulham) |
| Crossman, R. H. S. | Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. | Stonehouse, John |
| Cullen, Mrs. Alice | King, Dr. Horace | Stones, William |
| Darling, George | Lawson, George | Strachey, Rt. Hon. John |
| Davies, Rt. Hn. Clement (Montgomery) | Lee, Frederick (Newton) | Stross, Dr. Barnett (Stoke-on-Trent, C.) |
| Davies, Ifor (Gower) | Lewis, Arthur (West Ham. N.) | Summerskill, Dr. Rt. Hon. Edith |
| Deer, George | Logan, David | Swain, Thomas |
| Delargy, Hugh | Loughlin, Charles | Swingler, Stephen |
| Dempsey, James | Mabon, Dr. J. Dickson | Sylvester, George |
| Diamond, John | McCann, John | Symonds, J. B. |
| Dodds, Norman | MacColl, James | Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) |
| Dugdale, Rt. Hon. John | McInnes, James | Taylor, John (West Lothian) |
| Ede, Rt. Hon. Chuter | McKay, John (Wallsend) | Thornton, Ernest |
| Edwards, Rt. Hon. Ness (Caerphilly) | Mackie, John | Thorpe, Jeremy |
| Edwards, Robert (Bilston) | Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) | Timmons, John |
| Edwards, Walter (Stepney) | Manuel, A. C. | Wade, Donald |
| Evans, Albert | Mapp, Charles | Ward, Dame Irene (Tynemouth) |
| Fernyhough, E. | Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. | Watkins, Tudor |
| Fitch, Alan | Marsh, Richard | Weitzman, David |
| Fletcher, Eric | Mason, Roy | Wells, William (Walsall, N.) |
| Foot, Dingle | Mendelson, J. J. | Wheeldon, W. E. |
| Forman, J. C. | Millan, Bruce | Whitlock, William |
| Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) | Mitchison, G. R. | Williams, D. J. (Neath) |
| George, Lady Megan Lloyd | Monslow, Walter | Williams, Rev. LI. (Abertillery) |
| Ginsburg, David | Morris, John | Williams, W. R. (Openshaw) |
| Gooch, E. G. | Noel-Baker Francis (Swindon) | Willis, E. G. (Edinburgh, E.) |
| Gordon Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. | Oram, A. E. | Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton) |
| Gourlay, Harry | Owen, Will | Winterbottom, R. E. |
| Greenwood, Anthony | Padley, W. E. | Woof, Robert |
| Grey, Charles | Paget, R. T. | Yates, Victor (Ladywood) |
| Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) | Pannell, Charles (Leeds, W.) | |
| Grimond, J. | Pargiter, G. A. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Gunter, Ray | Mr. Mahon and Mr. Howell. | |
| NOES | ||
| Agnew, Sir Peter | Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. H. | Critchley, Julian |
| Aitken, W. T. | Brooman-White, R. | Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. |
| Allason, James | Browne, Percy (Torrington) | Cunningham, Knox |
| Amory, Rt. Hn. D. Heathcoat (Tiv'tn) | Bullard, Denys | Curran, Charles |
| Ashton, Sir Hubert | Bullus, Wing Commander Eric | Currie, G. B. H. |
| Balniel, Lord | Butcher, Sir Herbert | Dance, James |
| Barber, Anthony | Campbell, Sir David (Belfast, S.) | d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Henry |
| Barter, John | Carr, Compton (Barons Court) | Deedes, W. F. |
| Batsford, Brian | Chichester-Clark, R. | de Ferranti, Basil |
| Baxter, Sir Beverley (Southgate) | Clark, Henry (Antrim, N.) | Digby, Simon Wingfield |
| Bell, Ronald (S. Bucks.) | Clark, William (Nottingham, S.) | Donaldson, Cmdr. C. E. M. |
| Bennett, Dr. Reginald (Gos & Fhm) | Clarke, Brig. Terence (Portsmth, W.) | Doughty, Charles |
| Bevins, Rt. Hon. Reginald (Toxteth) | Collard, Richard | Drayson, G. B. |
| Bidgood, John C. | Cooke, Robert | du Cann, Edward |
| Biggs-Davison, John | Cooper, A. E. | Duncan, Sir James |
| Bingham, R. M. | Cordeaux, Lt.-Col. J. K. | Elliott, R. W. |
| Bishop, F. P. | Cordle, John | Emery, Peter |
| Black, Sir Cyril | Corfield, F. V. | Emmet, Hon. Mrs. Evelyn |
| Bossom, Clive | Costain, A. P. | Errington, Sir Eric |
| Box, Donald | Coulson, J. M. | Farey-Jones, F. W. |
| Boyle, Sir Edward | Courtney, Cdr. Anthony | Farr, John |
| Brewis, John | Craddock, Sir George Beresford | Fell, Anthony |
| Fisher, Nigel | Kimball, Marcus | Rees-Davies, W. R. |
| Fletcher-Cooke, Charles | Kirk, Peter | Renton, David |
| Forrest, George | Leavey, J. A. | Ridley, Hon. Nicholas |
| Fraser, Ian (Plymouth, Sutton) | Legge-Bourke, Maj. Sir Harry | Ridsdale, Julian |
| Freeth, Denzil | Lewis, Kenneth (Rutland) | Roberts, Sir Peter (Heeley) |
| Gammans, Lady | Lilley, F. J. P. | Robinson, Sir Roland (Blackpool, S.) |
| Gardner, Edward | Linstead, Sir Hugh | Roots, William |
| George, J. C. (Pollok) | Litchfield, Capt. John | Ropner, Col. Sir Leonard |
| Gibson-Watt, David | Longden, Gilbert | Royle, Anthony (Richmond, Surrey) |
| Glover, Sir Douglas | Loveys, Walter H. | Scott-Hopkins, James |
| Glyn, Dr. Alan (Clapham) | Low, Rt. Hon. Sir Toby | Sharples, Richard |
| Godber, J. B. | Lucas, Sir Jocelyn (Portsmouth, S.) | Shaw, M. |
| Gower, Raymond | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh | Simon, Sir Jocelyn |
| Grant, Rt. Hon. William (Woodside) | MacArthur, Ian | Skeet, T. H. H. |
| Grant-Ferris, Wg Cdr. R. (Nantwich) | McLaren, Martin | Smith, Dudley (Br'ntf'd & Chiswick) |
| Green, Alan | McLaughlin, Mrs. Patricia | Spearman, Sir Alexander |
| Gresham Cooke, R. | MacLeod, John (Ross & Cromarty) | Speir, Rupert |
| Grosvenor, Lt.-Col. R. G. | McMaster, Stanley R. | Stevens, Geoffrey |
| Hail, John (Wycombe) | Macpherson, Niall (Dumfries) | Steward, Harold (Stockport, S.) |
| Hamilton, Michael (Wellingborough) | Maddan, Martin | Stoddart-Scott, Col. Sir Malcolm |
| Harris, Reader (Heston) | Maginnis, John E. | Storey, Sir Samuel |
| Harrison, Col. J. H. (Eye) | Maitland, Cdr. Sir John | Studholme, Sir Henry |
| Harvey, Sir Arthur Vere (Macclesf'd) | Markham, Major Sir Frank | Summers, Sir Spencer (Aylesbury) |
| Harvey, John (Walthamstow, E.) | Mathew, Robert (Honiton) | Summer, Donald (Orpington) |
| Harvie Anderson, Miss | Mathew, Gordon (Meriden) | Talbot, John E. |
| Heald, Rt. Hon. Sir Lionel | Mawby, Ray | Teeling, William |
| Heath, Rt. Hon. Edward | Maydon, Lt,-Cmdr. S. L. C. | Temple, John M. |
| Henderson, John (Cathcart) | Montgomery, Fergus | Thatcher, Mrs. Margaret |
| Hendry, Forbes | Morgan, William | Thomas, Peter (Conway) |
| Hicks Beach, Maj. W. | Nabarro, Gerald | Thompson, Kenneth (Walton) |
| Hiley, Joseph | Neave, Airey | Thornton-Kemsley, Sir Colin |
| Hill, Mrs. Eveline (Wythenshawe) | Nicholson, Sir Godfrey | Tiley, Arthur (Bradford, W.) |
| Hill, J. E. B. (S. Norfolk) | Noble, Michael | Turner, Colin |
| Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Nugent, Sir Richard | Turton, Rt. Hon. R. H. |
| Hirst, Geoffrey | Orr-Ewing, C. Ian | Tweedsmuir, Lady |
| Hocking, Philip N. | Osborne, John (Hallam) | van Straubenzee, W. R. |
| Holland, Philip | Osborne, Cyril (Louth) | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Hollingworth, John | Page, A. J. (Harrow, West) | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir John |
| Hopkins, Alan | Page, Graham | Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W.) |
| Hornby, R. P. | Pannell, Norman (Kirkdale) | Wakefield, Sir Wavell (St. M'lebone) |
| Howard, Gerald (Cambridgeshire) | Partridge, E. | Wall, Patrick |
| Howard, Hon. G. R. (St. Ives) | Pearson, Frank (Clitheroe) | Watts, James |
| Howard, John (Southampton, Test) | Peel, John | Webster, David |
| Hughes Hallett, Vice-Admiral John | Percival, Ian | Wells, John (Maidstone) |
| Hughes-Young, Michael | Peyton, John | Whitelaw, William |
| Hurd, Sir Anthony | Pickthorn, Sir Kenneth | Williams, Dudley (Exeter) |
| Hutchison, Michael Clark | Pike, Miss Mervyn | Williams, Paul (Sunderland, S.) |
| Iremonger, T. L. | Pilkington, Capt. Richard | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) |
| Irvine, Bryant Godman (Rye) | Pitman, I. J. | Wise, A. R. |
| Jackson, John | Pott, Percivall | Wolrige-Gordon, Patrick |
| James, David | Powell, J. Enoch | Woodhouse, C. M. |
| Jenkins, Robert (Dulwich) | Prior, J. M. L. | Woodnutt, Mark |
| Johnson, Dr. Donald (Carlisle) | Proudfoot, Wilfred | Woollam, John |
| Johnson, Eric (Blackley) | Ramsden, James | Worsley, Marcus |
| Joseph, Sir Keith | Rawlinson, Peter | |
| Kerby, Capt. Henry | Redmayne, Rt. Hon. Martin | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Kerr, Sir Hamilton | Rees, Hugh | Mr. Bryan and Mr. Finlay. |
| Division No. 111.] | AYES | [10.52 p.m. |
| Abse, Leo | Hannan, William | Price, J. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Ainsley, William | Hart, Mrs. Judith | Probert, Arthur |
| Allaun, Frank (Salford E.) | Hayman, F. H. | Randall, Harry |
| Awbery, Stan | Herblson, Miss Margaret | Rankin, John |
| Bacon, Miss Alice | Holman, Percy | Redhead, E. C. |
| Baxter, William (Stirlingshire, W.) | Holt, Arthur | Reid, William |
| Beaney, Alan | Hough ton, Douglas | Roberts, Albert (Normanton) |
| Benn, Hn. A. Wedgwood (Brist'l. S. E.) | Hoy, James H. | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvon) |
| Benson, Sir George | Hughes, Cledwyn (Anglesey) | Rogers, G. H. R. (Kensington, N.) |
| Blackburn, F. | Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Ross, William |
| Blyton, William | Hunter, A. E. | Silverman, Sydney (Nelson) |
| Bowden, Herbert W. (Leics, S.W.) | Hynd, H. (Accrington) | Skeffington, Arthur |
| Boyden, James | Hynd, John (Attercliffe) | Slater, Mrs. Harriet (Stoke, N.) |
| Braddock, Mrs. E. M. | Jay, Rt. Hon. Douglas | Slater, Joseph (Sedgefield) |
| Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Jeger, George | Small, William |
| Castle, Mrs. Barbara | Jones, Dan (Burnley) | Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) |
| Cliffe, Michael | Jones, Jack (Rotherham) | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Craddock, George (Bradford, 8.) | Jones, J. Idwal (Wrexham) | Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir Frank |
| Cronin John | Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) | Spriggs, Leslie |
| Cullen, Mrs. Alice | King, Dr. Horace | Stonehouse, John |
| Davies, Rt. Hn. Clement (Montgomery) | Lawson, George | Stones, William |
| Davies, Ifor (Cower) | Lewis, Arthur (West Ham, N.) | Stross, Dr. Barnett (Stoke-on-Trent, C.) |
| Deer, George | Logan, David | Summerskill, Dr. Rt. Hon. Edith |
| Deer, George Delargy, Hugh | Loughiln, Charles | Swain, Thomas |
| Dempsey, James | Mabon, Dr. J. Dickson | Swingler, Stephen |
| Diamond, John | McCann, John | Symonds, J. B. |
| Dodds, Norman | MacColl, James | Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) |
| Dugdale, Rt. Hon. John | McInnes, James | Taylor, John (West Lothian) |
| Ede, Rt. Hon. Chuter | McKay, John (Wallsend) | Thornton, Ernest |
| Edwards, Rt. Hon. Ness (Caerphilly) | Mackie, John | Thorpe, Jeremy |
| Edwards, Robert (Bilston) | Mahon, Simon | Timmons, John |
| Evans, Albert | Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) | Wade, Donald |
| Fernyhough, E. | Manuel, A. C. | Ward, Dame Irene (Tynemouth) |
| Fitch, Alan | Mapp, Charles | Watkins, Tudor |
| Fletcher, Eric | Marsh, Richard | Weitzman, David |
| Foot, Dingle | Mendelson, J. J. | Wells, William (Walsall, N.) |
| Forman, J. C. | Millan, Bruce | Wheeldon, W. E. |
| Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) | Mitchison, G. R. | Whitlock, William |
| George, Lady Megan Lloyd | Monslow, Walter | Williams, D. J. (Neath) |
| Ginsburg, David | Morris, John | Williams, W. R. (Openshaw) |
| Gordon Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. | Noel-Baker, Francis (Swindon) | Willis, E. G. (Edinburgh, E.) |
| Gourlay, Harry | Oram, A. E. | Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton) |
| Greenwood, Anthony | Paget, R. T. | Winterbottom, R. E. |
| Grey, Charles | Pannell, Charles (Leeds, W.) | Woof, Robert |
| Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) | Pargiter, C. A. | Yates, Victor (Ladywood) |
| Grimond, J. | Pavitt, Laurence | |
| Gunter, Ray | Pentland, Norman | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil (Coine Valley) | Popplewell, Ernest | Mr. Charles Howell and |
| Hamilton, William (West Fife) | Prentice, R. E. | Mr. Sydney Irving. |
| NOES | ||
| Agnew, Sir Peter | Cordeaux, Lt.-Col. J. K. | Freeth, Denzil |
| Aitken, W. T. | Cordle, John | Gammans, Lady |
| Allason, James | Corfield, F. V. | Gardner, Edward |
| Amory, Rt. Hn. D. Heathcoat (Tiv'tn) | Coulson, J. M. | George, J. C. (Pollok) |
| Ashton, Sir Hubert | Courtney, Cdr. Anthony | Gibson-Watt, David |
| Balniel, Lord | Craddock, Sir Beresford | Glover, Sir Douglas |
| Barber, Anthony | Critchley, Julian | Glyn, Dr. Alan (Clapham) |
| Barter, John | Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. | Godber, J. B. |
| Batsford, Brian | Curran, Charles | Gower, Raymond |
| Baxter, Sir Beverley (Southgate) | Currie, G. B. H. | Grant, Rt. Hon. William (Woodside) |
| Bidgood, John C. | Dance, James | Grant-Ferris, Wg Cdr. R. (Nantwich) |
| Biggs-Davison, John | d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Henry | Green, Alan |
| Bingham, R. M. | Deedes, W. F. | Gresham Cooke, R. |
| Bishop, F. P. | de Ferranti, Basil | Grosvenor, Lt.-Col. R. G. |
| Bossom, Clive | Donaldson, Cmdr. C. E. M. | Hall, John (Wycombe) |
| Box, Donald | Doughty, Charles | Hamilton, Michael (Wellingborough) |
| Boyle, Sir Edward | Drayson, G. B. | Harris, Reader (Heston) |
| Brewis, John | du Cann, Edward | Harrison, Col. J. H. (Eye) |
| Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. H. | Duncan, Sir James | Harvey, Sir Arthur Vere (Macclesf'd) |
| Brooman-White, R. | Elliott, R. W. | Harvey, John (Walthamstow, E.) |
| Browne, Percy (Torrington) | Emery, Peter | Harvie Anderson, Miss |
| Bullard, Denys | Errington, Sir Eric | Heald, Rt. Hon. Sir Lionel |
| Bullus, Wing Commander Eric | Farey-Jones. F. W. | Heath, Rt. Hon. Edward |
| Butcher, Sir Herbert | Farr, John | Hendry, Forbes |
| Campbell, Sir David (Belfast, S.) | Fell, Anthony | Hicks Beach, Maj. W. |
| Carr, Compton (Barons Court) | Finlay, Graeme | Hiley, Joseph |
| Clark, Henry (Antrim, N.) | Fisher, Nigel | Hill, Mrs. Eveline (Wythenshawe) |
| Clark, William (Nottingham, S.) | Fletcher-Cooke, Charles | Hill, J. E. B. (S. Norfolk) |
| Collard, Richard | Forrest, George | Hinchingbrooke, Viscount |
| Cooke, Robert | Fraser, Ian (Plymouth, Sutton) | Hirst, Geoffrey |
| Hocking, Philip N. | Nabarro, Gerald | Speir, Rupert |
| Holland, Philip | Neave, Airey | Stevens, Geoffrey |
| Hollingworth, John | Nicholson, Sir Godfrey | Steward, Harold (Stockport, S.) |
| Hornby, R P. | Noble, Michael | Stoddart-Scott, Col. Sir Malcolm |
| Howard, John (Southampton, Test) | Osborn, John (Hallam) | Storey, Sir Samuel |
| Hughes Hallett, Vice-Admiral John | Osborne, Cyril (Louth) | Studholme, Sir Henry |
| Hughes-Young, Michael | Page, A. J. (Harrow, West) | Summers, Sir Spencer (Aylesbury) |
| Hutchison, Michael Clark | Page, Graham | Sumner, Donald (Orpington) |
| Irvine, Bryant Godman (Rye) | Panned, Norman (Kirkdale) | Talbot, John E. |
| Jackson, John | Partridge, E. | Temple, John M. |
| James, David | Pearson, Frank (Clitheroe) | Thatcher, Mrs. Margaret |
| Johnson, Dr. Donald (Carlisle) | Peel, John | Thomas, Peter (Conway) |
| Johnson, Eric (Blackley) | Percival, Ian | Thompson, Kenneth (Walton) |
| Joseph, Sir Keith | Peyton, John | Thornton-Kemsley, Sir Colin |
| Kerby, Capt. Henry | Pickthorn, Sir Kenneth | Tiley, Arthur (Bradford, W.) |
| Kerr, Sir Hamilton | Pike, Miss Mervyn | Turner, Colin |
| Kimball, Marcus | Pilkington, Capt. Richard | Turton, Rt. Hon. R. H. |
| Kirk, Peter | Pitman, I. J. | Tweedsmuir, Lady |
| Leavey, J. A. | Pott, Percivall | van Straubenzee, W. R. |
| Legge-Bourke, Maj. Sir Harry | Powell, J. Enoch | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Lewis, Kenneth (Rutland) | Prior, J. M. L. | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir John |
| Lilley, F. J. P. | Proudfoot, Wilfred | Vickers, Miss Joan |
| Litchfield, Capt. John | Rawlinson, Peter | Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W.) |
| Longden, Gilbert | Redmayne, Rt. Hon. Martin | Wall, Patrick |
| Loveys, Walter H. | Rees, Hugh | Watts, James |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh | Rees-Davies, W. R. | Webster, David |
| Mac Arthur, Ian | Renton, David | Wells, John (Maidstone) |
| McLaren, Martin | Ridley, Hon. Nicholas | Whitelaw, William |
| McLaughlin, Mrs. Patricia | Ridsdale, Julian | Williams, Dudley (Exeter) |
| MacLeod, John (Ross & Cromarty) | Robinson, sir Roland (Blackpool, S.) | Williams, Paul (Sunderland, S.) |
| McMaster, Stanley R. | Roots, William | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) |
| Macpherson, Niall (Dumfries) | Ropner, Col. Sir Leonard | Wise, A. R. |
| Maddan, Martin | Royle, Anthony (Richmond, Surrey) | Wolrige-Gordon, Patrick |
| Maginnis, John E. | Scott-Hopkins, James | Woodhouse, C. M. |
| Markham, Major Sir Frank | Sharples, Richard | Woodnutt, Mark |
| Matthews, Gordon (Meriden) | Shaw, M. | Woollam, John |
| Mawby, Ray | Skeet, T. H. H. | Worsley, Marcus |
| Montgomery, Fergus | Smith, Dudley (Br'ntf'rd & Chiswick) | |
| Morgan, William | Spearman, Sir Alexander | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Mr. Bryan and Mr. Chichester-Clark. |