§ Amendment proposed: In page 9, leave out line 43 and insert:
§ (b) one school-leaving date.—[Mr. Hannan.]
§ Question put, That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Clause:—
§ The Committee divided: Ayes 155, Noes 99.
1629| Division No. 114.] | AYES | [7.55 p.m. |
| Agnew, Sir Peter | Duncan, Sir James | Kerans, Cdr. J. S. |
| Allason, James | Eccles, Rt. Hon. Sir David | Kerr, Sir Hamilton |
| Ashton, Sir Hubert | Elliot, Capt. Walter (Carshalton) | Kershaw, Anthony |
| Atkins, Humphrey | Elliott, R. W. (Nwcastle-upon-Tyne, N.) | Kimball, Marcus |
| Balniel, Lord | Farey-Jones, F. W. | Lancaster, Col. C. G. |
| Barlow, Sir John | Farr, John | Leather, E. H. C. |
| Batsford, Brian | Finlay, Graeme | Lewis, Kenneth (Rutland) |
| Baxter, Sir Beverley (Southgate) | Gammans, Lady | Lindsay, Sir Martin |
| Bennett, F. M. (Torquay) | Gardner, Edward | Linstead, Sir Hugh |
| Berkeley, Humphry | Gibson-Watt, David | Litchfield, Capt. John |
| Bitten, John | Gilmour, Sir John | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. Selwyn (Wirral) |
| Bishop, F. P. | Glover, Sir Douglas | Longden, Gilbert |
| Box, Donald | Grant, Rt. Hon. William | Loveys, Walter H. |
| Boyle, Sir Edward | Grant-Ferris, Wg. Cdr. R. | McLaren, Martin |
| Braine, Bernard | Green, Alan | McLaughlin, Mrs. Patricia |
| Brooman-White, R. | Gresham Cooke, R. | Macleod, Rt. Hn. Iain (Enfield, W.) |
| Brown, Alan (Tottenham) | Gurden, Harold | Markham, Major Sir Frank |
| Buck, Antony | Hall, John (Wycombe) | Mathew, Robert (Honiton) |
| Burden, F. A. | Hamilton, Michael (Wellingborough) | Matthews, Gordon (Meriden) |
| Chataway, Christopher | Harris, Frederic (Croydon, N. W.) | Maxwell-Hyslop, R. J. |
| Clark, Henry (Antrim, N.) | Harrison, Col. Sir Harwood (Eye) | Mott-Radclyffe, Sir Charles |
| Clark, William (Nottingham, S.) | Harvey, Sir Arthur Vere (Macclesf'd) | Osborn, John (Hallam) |
| Cole, Norman | Hastings, Stephen | Osborne, Sir Cyril (Louth) |
| Collard, Richard | Hiley, Joseph | Page, Graham (Crosby) |
| Cooper, A. E. | Hill, J. E. B. (S. Norfolk) | Pearson, Frank (Clitheroe) |
| Cooper-Key, Sir Neill | Hirst, Geoffrey | Peel, John |
| Cordeaux, Lt.-Col. J. K. | Holland, Philip | Percival, Ian |
| Corfield, F. V. | Hornby, R. P. | Pickthorne, Sir Kenneth |
| Coulson, Michael | Hughes-Young, Michael | Pilkington, Sir Richard |
| Craddock, Sir Beresford | Hulbert, Sir Norman | Pitman, Sir James |
| Critchley, Julian | Hutchison, Michael Clark | Pitt, Miss Edith |
| Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. Sir Oliver | Irvine, Bryant Godman (Rye) | Pott, Percivall |
| Dance, James | Jackson, John | Quennell, Miss J. M. |
| d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Henry | James, David | Rawlinson, Peter |
| Deedes, W. F. | Jennings, J. C. | Redmayne, Rt. Hon. Martin |
| Doughty, Charles | Johnson, Eric (Blackley) | Renton, David |
| du Cann, Edward | Johnson Smith, Geoffrey | Ridley, Hon. Nicholas |
| Ridsdale, Julian | Steward, Harold (Stockport, S.) | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Robinson, Rt. Hn. Sir. R. (B'pool, S.) | Stoddart-Scott, Col. Sir Malcolm | Vickers, Miss Joan |
| Roots, William | Studholme, Sir Henry | Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W.) |
| Ropner, Col. Sir Leonard | Summers, Sir Spencer (Aylesbury) | Walder, David |
| Russell, Ronald | Talbot, John E. | Ward, Dame Irene |
| Sandys, Rt. Hon. Duncan | Tapsell, Peter | Whitelaw, William |
| Scott-Hopkins, James | Taylor, Frank (M'ch'st'r, Moss Side) | Wills, Sir Gerald (Bridgwater) |
| Sharples, Richard | Teeling, Sir William | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) |
| Shepherd, William | Thatcher, Mrs. Margaret | Wise, A. R. |
| Skeet, T. H. H. | Thomas, Leslie (Canterbury) | Woodnutt, Mark |
| Smith Dudley (Br'ntf'd & Chiswick | Thompson, Kenneth (Walton) | Woollam, John |
| Smithers, Peter | Thompson, Richard (Croydon, S.) | Worsley, Marcus |
| Spearman, Sir Alexander | Thorneycroft, Rt. Hon. Peter | |
| Speir, Rupert | Thornton-Kemsley, Sir Colin | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Stanley, Hon. Richard | Touche, Rt. Hon. Sir Gordon | Mr. Chichester-Clark and |
| Stevens Geoffrey | van Straubenzee, W. R. | Mr. Gordon Campbell. |
| NOES | ||
| Ainsley, William | Hart, Mrs. Judith | Parker, John |
| Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) | Hayman, F. H. | Peart, Frederick |
| Beaney, Alan | Herbison, Miss Margaret | Proctor, W. T. |
| Bennett, J. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) | Holman, Percy | Randall, Harry |
| Blackburn, F. | Holt, Arthur | Roberts, Albert (Normanton) |
| Blyton, William | Houghton, Douglas | Robertson, John (Paisley) |
| Bowden, Rt. Hn. H. W. (Leics, S. W.) | Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) | Ross, William |
| Brockway, A. Fenner | Hunter, A. E. | Silverman, Sydney (Nelson) |
| Butler, Mrs. Joyce (Wood Green) | Janner, Sir Barnett | Skeffington, Arthur |
| Callaghan, James | Jeger, George | Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) |
| Chapman, Donald | Jones, Elwyn (West Ham, S.) | Snow, Julian |
| Corbet, Mrs. Freda | Kelley, Richard | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Davies, Harold (Leek) | Kenyon, Clifford | Stonehouse, John |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | King, Dr. Horace | Stones, William |
| Deer, George | Lawson, George | Strachey, Rt. Hon. John |
| Dempsey, James | Lee, Frederick (Newton) | Stross, Dr. Barnett (Stoke-on-Trent, C.) |
| Dodds, Norman | Lee, Miss Jennie (Cannock) | Symonds, J. B. |
| Driberg, Tom | Lewis, Arthur (West Ham, N.) | Thompson, Dr. Alan (Dunfermline) |
| Ede, Rt. Hon. C. | Mabon, Dr. J. Dickson | Thomson, G. M. (Dundee, E.) |
| Edwards, Robert (Bilston) | McInnes, James | Tomney, Frank |
| Evans, Albert | McKay, John (Wallsend) | Ungoed-Thomas, Sir Lynn |
| Foot, Michael (Ebbw Vale) | McLeavy, Frank | Wainwright, Edwin |
| Forman, J. C. | MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) | Warbey, William |
| Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) | Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield, E.) | Weitzman, David |
| Galpern, Sir Myer | Mitchison, G. R. | White, Mrs. Eirene |
| Ginsburg, David | Moody, A. S. | Whitlock, William |
| Gordon Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. | Morris, John | Willey, Frederick |
| Griffiths, David (Rother Valley) | Moyle, Arthur | Williams, W. T. (Warrington) |
| Griffiths, W. (Exchange) | Mulley, Frederick | Willis, E. C. (Edinburgh, E.) |
| Grimond, Rt. Hon. J. | Noel-Baker, Rt. Hn. Philip (Derby, S.) | Winterbottom, R. E. |
| Hale, Leslie (Oldham, W.) | Oram, A. E. | |
| Hall, Rt. Hn. Glenvil (Colne Valley) | Paget, R. T. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Hamilton, William (West Fife) | Pannell, Charles (Leeds, W.) | Mr. Charles A. Howell and |
| Hannan, William | Pargiter, G. A. | Mr. Redhead. |
§ Clause ordered to stand part of the Bill.
§ Bill, reported with an Amendment.
§ 8.0 p.m.
§ Mr. E. G. Willis (Edinburgh, East)On a point of order. I could not hear the business which is being conducted.
§ Mr. Deputy-Speaker (Sir William Anstruther-Gray)The business was clearly conducted. I heard What was said to me and I do not think it is necessary to repeat the well-known formula with which the House is acquainted.
§ Mr. WillisSurely it is for hon. Members to hear the business. It is not a kind of conversation conducted at the 1630 far end of the House. We here certainly did not hear what was being said.
§ Mr. Deputy-SpeakerIf it please the House to hear what happened, so be it.
§ Mr. Michael Hughes-Young (Lord Commissioner of the Treasury)I beg to report that the Committee has gone through the Bill and made a further Amendment thereto.
§ Mr. Deputy-SpeakerThat is quite clear. Bill to be considered, when?
§ Mr. Hughes-YoungNow, Mr. Deputy-Speaker.
§ Bill, as amended (in Standing Committee, and on recommittal), considered.