§ (1) In section two hundred and ten of the Act of 1952 (Personal relief)for the reference to two hundred and forty pounds there shall be substituted a reference to two hundred and fifty pounds and for the references to one hundred and forty pounds there shall be substituted references to one hundred and fifty pounds.
§ (2) This section shall not be deemed to have required any change in the amounts deducted
1202§ or repaid under section one hundred and fifty-seven (Pay as you earn) of the Act of 1952 before the twenty-second day of June, nineteen hundred and sixty-one.—[Mr. Mitchison.]
§ Brought up, and read the First time.
§ Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause be read a Second time:—
§ The Committee divided: Ayes 182, Noes 235.
1205| Division No. 209.] | AYES | [4.48 p.m. |
| Ainsley, William | Callaghan, James | Ede, Rt. Hon. C. |
| Allaun, Frank (Salford, E.) | Castle, Mrs. Barbara | Edelman, Maurice |
| Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) | Chapman, Donald | Edwards, Robert (Bilston) |
| Bacon, Miss Alice | Chetwynd, George | Edwards, Walter (Stepney) |
| Baxter, William (Stirlingshire, W.) | Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) | Evans, Albert |
| Bence, Cyril | Cronin, John | Fernyhough, E. |
| Benson, Sir George | Crosland, Anthony | Fitch, Alan |
| Blyton, William | Cullen, Mrs. Alice | Fletcher, Eric |
| Boardman, H. | Darling, George | Foot, Michael (Ebbw Vale) |
| Bowden, Herbert W. (Leics. S.W.) | Davies, Rt. Hn. Clement (Montgomery) | Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) |
| Boyden, James | Deer, George | Gaitskell, Rt. Hon. Hugh |
| Braddock, Mrs. E. M. | de Freitas, Geoffrey | Ginsburg, David |
| Brockway, A. Fenner | Diamond, John | Gooch, E. G. |
| Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Dodds, Norman | Cordon Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. George (Belper) | Donnelly, Desmond | Gourlay, Harry |
| Butler, Herbert (Hackney, C.) | Driberg, Tom | Greenwood, Anthony |
| Butler, Mrs. Joyce (Wood Green) | Dugdale, Rt. Hon. John | Grey, Charles |
| Griffiths, David (Rother Valley) | MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) | Silverman, Julius (Aston) |
| Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) | Manuel, A. C. | Skeffington, Arthur |
| Grimond, J. | Mapp, Charles | Slater, Mrs. Harriet (Stoke, N.) |
| Hate, Leslie (Oldham, W.) | Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. | Slater, Joseph (Sedgefield) |
| Hall, Rt. Hn. Glenvil (Colne Valley) | Marsh, Richard | Small, William |
| Hamilton, William (West Fife) | Mason, Roy | Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) |
| Hannan, William | Mayhew, Christopher | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Hart, Mrs. Judith | Millan, Bruce | Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir Frank |
| Hayman, F. H. | Milne, Edward J. | Spriggs, Leslie |
| Henderson, Rt. Hn. Arthur (Rwly Regis) | Mitchison, G. R. | Steele, Thomas |
| Herbison, Miss Margaret | Monslow, Walter | Stewart, Michael (Fulham) |
| Hill, J. (Midlothian) | Moody, A. S. | Stonehouse, John |
| Hilton, A. V. | Mort, D. L. | Stones, William |
| Holman, Percy | Moyle, Arthur | Strachey, Rt. Hon. John |
| Holt, Arthur | Mulley, Frederick | Strauss, Rt. Hn. G. R. (Vauxhall) |
| Houghton, Douglas | Neal, Harold | Stross, Dr. Barnett (Stoke-on-Trent, C.) |
| Howell, Charles A. (Perry Barr) | Noel-Baker, Francis (Swindon) | Swingler, Stephen |
| Hoy, James H. | Noel-Baker, Rt. Hn. Philip (Derby, S.) | Sylvester, George |
| Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) | Oliver, G. H. | Symonds, J. B. |
| Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Oram, A. E. | Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) |
| Hunter, A. E. | Owen, Will | Taylor, John (West Lothian) |
| Hynd, H. (Accrington) | Paget, R. T. | Thompson, Dr. Alan (Dunfermline) |
| Irvine, A. J. (Edge Hill) | Pannell, Charles (Leeds, W.) | Thomson, G. M. (Dundee, E.) |
| Janner, Sir Barnett | Parker, John | Thornton, Ernest |
| Jay, Rt. Hon. Douglas | Parkin, B. T. | Timmons, John |
| Jeger, George | Pavitt, Laurence | Tomney, Frank |
| Jenkins, Roy (Stechford) | Pearson, Arthur (Pontypridd) | Ungoed-Thomas, Sir Lynn |
| Johnson, Carol (Lewisham, S.) | Peart, Frederick | Wainwright, Edwin |
| Jones, Dan (Burnley) | Pentland, Norman | Warbey, William |
| Keller, Richard | Popplewell, Ernest | Wells, Percy (Faversham) |
| Kenyon, Clifford | Prentice, R. E. | White, Mrs. Eirene |
| Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. | Price, J. T. (Westhoughton) | Whitlock, William |
| King, Dr. Horace | Probert, Arthur | Wilkins, W. A. |
| Ledger, Ron | Proctor, W. T. | Willey, Frederick |
| Lee, Frederick (Newton) | Rankin, John | Willis, E. G. (Edinburgh, E.) |
| Lever, L. M. (Ardwick) | Redhead, E. C. | Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton) |
| Lewis, Arthur (West Ham, N.) | Reid, William | Winterbottom, R. E. |
| Logan, David | Reynolds, G. W. | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Mabon, Dr. J. Dickson | Roberts, Albert (Normanton) | Woof, Robert |
| McCann, John | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvon) | Yates, Victor (Ladywood) |
| MacColl, James | Robertson, John (Paisley) | Zilliacus, K. |
| McInnes, James | Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.) | |
| McKay, John (Wallsend) | Ross, William | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Mackie, John (Enfield, East) | Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. | Mr. G. H. R. Rogers and |
| McLeavy, Frank | Short, Edward | Mr. Lawson. |
| NOES | ||
| Agnew, Sir Peter | Cleaver, Leonard | Goodhew, Victor |
| Allan, Robert (Paddington, S.) | Cole, Norman | Grant, Rt. Hon. William |
| Arbuthnot, John | Cooke, Robert | Grant-Ferris, Wg Cdr. R. |
| Balniel, Lord | Cooper-Key, Sir Neill | Green, Alan |
| Barber, Anthony | Cordeaux, Lt.-Col. J. K. | Grosvenor, Lt.-Col. R. G. |
| Barlow, Sir John | Corfield, F. V. | Hall, John (Wycombe) |
| Barter, John | Costain, A. P. | Hamilton, Michael (Wellingborough) |
| Batsford, Brian | Coulson, J. M. | Harris, Frederic (Croydon, N.W.) |
| Baxter, Sir Beverley (Southgate) | Courtney, Cdr. Anthony | Harrison, Brian (Maldon) |
| Beamish, Col. Sir Tufton | Craddock, Sir Beresford | Harvey, Sir Arthur Vere (Macclesf'd) |
| Bell, Ronald | Critchley, Julian | Harvie Anderson, Miss |
| Bennett, Dr. Reginald (Gos & Fhm) | Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. | Hastings, Stephen |
| Berkeley, Humphry | Cunningham, Knox | Hay, John |
| Bidgood, John C. | Curran, Charles | Heald, Rt. Hon. Sir Lionel |
| Birch, Rt. Hon. Nigel | Currie, G. B. H. | Henderson, John (Cathcart) |
| Bishop, F. P. | Dalkeith, Earl of | Hendry, Forbes |
| Black, Sir Cyril | d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Henry | Hiley, Joseph |
| Bossom, Clive | Digby, Simon Wingfield | Hill, J. E. B. (S. Norfolk) |
| Bourne-Arton, A. | Donaldson, Cmdr. C. E. M. | Hirst, Geoffrey |
| Boyle, Sir Edward | Duncan, Sir James | Holland, Philip |
| Braine, Bernard | Duthie, Sir William | Hollingworth, John |
| Brewis, John | Eccles, Rt. Hon. Sir David | Hornsby-Smith, Rt. Hon. Patricia |
| Brooman-White, R. | Eden, John | Howard, Hon. G. R. (St. Ives) |
| Browne, Percy (Torrington) | Elliot, Capt. Walter (Carshalton) | Howard, John (Southampton, Test) |
| Bryan, Paul | Elliott, R.W. (Nwcstle-upon-Tyne, N.) | Hughes-Young, Michael |
| Buck, Antony | Emmet, Hon. Mrs. Evelyn | Hulbert, Sir Norman |
| Burden, F. A. | Errington, Sir Eric | Hurd, Sir Anthony |
| Butcher, Sir Herbert | Farey-Jones, F. W. | Iremonger, T. L. |
| Campbell, Gordon (Moray & Nairn) | Finlay, Graeme | Irvine, Bryant Godman (Rye) |
| Carr, Compton (Barons Court) | Fisher, Nigel | James, David |
| Carr, Robert (Mitcham) | Fraser, Ian (Plymouth, Sulton) | Jenkins, Robert (Dulwich) |
| Cary, Sir Robert | Freeth, Denzil | Johnson, Eric (Blackley) |
| Channon, H. P. G. | Gammans, Lady | Johnson Smith, Geoffrey |
| Chichester-Clark, R. | Gardner, Edward | Kerby, Capt. Henry |
| Clark, Henry (Antrim, N.) | Glover, Sir Douglas | Kerr, Sir Hamilton |
| Clark, William (Nottingham, S.) | Glyn, Dr. Alan (Clapham) | Kirk, Peter |
| Clarks, Brig. Terence (Portsmth, W.) | Glyn, Sir Richard (Dorset, N.) | Kitson, Timothy |
| Lagden, Godfrey | Nugent, Sir Richard | Stevens, Geoffrey |
| Langford Holt, J. | Oakshott, Sir Hendrie | Steward, Harold (Stockport, S.) |
| Leather, E. H. C. | Orr, Capt. L. P. S. | Stodart, J. A. |
| Leavey, J. A. | Orr-Ewing, C. Ian | Stoddart-Scott, Col. Sir Malcolm |
| Leburn, Gilmour | Osborn, John (Hallam) | Studholme, Sir Henry |
| Legge-Bourke, Sir Harry | Osborne, Cyril (Louth) | Summers, Sir Spencer (Aylesbury) |
| Lewis, Kenneth (Rutland) | Page, John (Harrow, West) | Tapsell, Peter |
| Lindsay, Martin | Page, Graham (Crosby) | Taylor, Sir Charles (Eastbourne) |
| Linstead, Sir Hugh | Partridge, E. | Taylor, Edwin (Bolton, E.) |
| Litchfield, Capt. John | Pearson, Frank (Clitheroe) | Teeling, William |
| Lloyd, Rt. Hon. Selwyn (Wirral) | Peel, John | Temple, John M. |
| Longden, Gilbert | Percival, Ian | Thomas, Leslie (Canterbury) |
| Loveys, Walter H. | Peyton, John | Thompson, Kenneth (Walton) |
| Lucas, Sir Jocelyn | Pickthorn, Sir Kenneth | Thompson, Richard (Croydon, S.) |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh | Pike, Miss Mervyn | Thornton-Kemsley, Sir Colin |
| McAdden, Stephen | Pilkington, Sir Richard | Tiley, Arthur (Bradford, W.) |
| MacArthur, Ian | Pitt, Miss Edith | Turner, Colin |
| McLaren, Martin | Pott, Percivall | van Straubenzee, W. R. |
| McLaughlin, Mrs. Patricia | Powell, Rt. Hon. J. Enoch | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir John |
| Maclay, Rt. Hon. John | Price, David (Eastleigh) | Vickers, Miss Joan |
| Maclean, Sir Fitzroy (Bute & N. Ayrs.) | Prior-Palmer, Brig. Sir Otho | Vosper, Rt. Hon. Dennis |
| MacLeod, John (Ross & Cromarty) | Proudfoot, Wilfred | Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W.) |
| McMaster, Stanley R. | Pym, Francis | Walder, David |
| Macmillan, Rt. Hn. Harold (Bromley) | Quennell, Miss J. M. | Walker, Peter |
| Macmillan, Maurice (Halifax) | Ramsden, James | Wall, Patrick |
| Macpherson, Niall (Dumfries) | Rawlinson, Peter | Ward, Dame Irene |
| Maddan, Martin | Redmayne, Rt. Hon. Martin | Watkinson, Rt. Hon. Harold |
| Maginnis, John E. | Rees, Hugh | Webster, David |
| Markham, Major Sir Frank | Rees Davies, W. R. | Whitelaw, William |
| Marlowe, Anthony | Renton, David | Williams, Paul (Sunderland, S.) |
| Marshall, Douglas | Ridsdale, Julian | Wills, Sir Gerald (Bridgwater) |
| Marten, Neil | Robinson, Sir Roland (Blackpool, S.) | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) |
| Mathew, Robert (Honiton) | Ropner, Col. Sir Leonard | Wise, A. R. |
| Matthews, Gordon (Meriden) | Russell, Ronald | Woodhouse, C. M. |
| Mawby, Ray | Seymour, Leslie | Woodnutt, Mark |
| Maxwell-Hyslop, R. J. | Sharples, Richard | Woollam, John |
| Mills, Stratton | Shaw, M. | Worsley, Marcus |
| Montgomery, Fergus | Skeet, T. H. H. | Yates, William (The Wrekin) |
| More, Jasper (Ludlow) | Smith, Dudley (Br'ntf'rd & Chiswick) | |
| Morrison, John | Smithers, Peter | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Nabarro, Gerald | Spearman, Sir Alexander | Colonel Sir H. Harrison and |
| Nicholson, Sir Godfrey | Speir, Rupert | Mr. Gibson-Watt. |
| Noble, Michael | Stanley, Hon. Richard |