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In paragraph 3 of the Sixth Schedule to the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 there shall be added after the words "the weighted populations in Scotland" the words "as hereinafter adjusted" and at the end of the paragraph, the following, that is to say:—
The adjustment to the total of the weighted populations in Scotland referred to in this paragraph is the addition to the said total of the number, if any, by which the number of registered unemployed in Scotland at the fifteenth day of January in the relevant year, or at the nearest practicable date thereto exceeds the number which bears the same proportion to the
§ number of registered unemployed in England and Wales at the same date as the registered working population in Scotland bears to the registered working population in England and Wales, both at the same date".
§ For the purposes of this paragraph the said numbers of registered unemployed and of registered working population shall be ascertained and certified by the Minister of Labour.—[Mr. Ross.]
§ Brought up, and read the First time.
§ Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause be read a Second time:—
§ The Committee divided: Ayes 139, Noes 169.
353| Division No. 102.] | AYES | [10.15 p.m. |
| Ainsley, William | Herbison, Miss Margaret | Pearson, Arthur (Pontypridd) |
| Albu, Austen | Hill, J. (Midlothian) | Peart, Frederick |
| Allaun, Frank (Salford, E.) | Hilton, A. V. | Prentice, R. E. |
| Bacon, Miss Alice | Holman, Percy | Price, J. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Baxter, William (Stirlingshire, W.) | Howell, Charles R. (Perry Barr) | Probert, Arthur |
| Beaney, Alan | Hoy, James H. | Pursey, Cmdr. Harry |
| Bence, Cyril | Hughes, Cledwyn (Anglesey) | Rankin, John |
| Bennett, J. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) | Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Redhead, E. C. |
| Benson, Sir George | Hunter, A. E. | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvon) |
| Blackburn, F. | Hynd, John (Attercliffe) | Robertson, John (Paisley) |
| Blyton, William | Janner, Sir Barnett | Rodgers, W. T. (Stockton) |
| Boardman, H. | Jay, Rt. Hon. Douglas | Rogers, G. H. R. (Kensington, N.) |
| Bottomley, Rt. Hon. A. G. | Johnson, Carol (Lewisham, S.) | Ross, William |
| Bowden, Rt.Hn. H. W. (Leics, S.W.) | Jones, Elwyn (West Ham, S.) | Short, Edward |
| Bray, Dr. Jeremy | Jones, J. Idwal (Wrexham) | Silverman, Julius (Aston) |
| Brockway, A. Fenner | Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) | Slater, Mrs. Harriet (Stoke, N.) |
| Butler, Herbert (Hackney, C.) | Kelley, Richard | Small, William |
| Carmichael, Neil | Kenyon, Clifford | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Castle, Mrs. Barbara | King, Dr. Horace | Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir Frank |
| Cliffe, Michael | Lawson, George | Spriggs, Leslie |
| Collick, Percy | Lee, Frederick (Newton) | Steele, Thomas |
| Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) | Lever, L. M. (Ardwick) | Stewart, Michael (Fulham) |
| Crossman, R. H. S. | Lewis, Arthur (West Ham, N.) | Stones, William |
| Cullen, Mrs. Alice | Loughlin, Charles | Swingler, Stephen |
| Dalyell, Tam | Mahon, Dr. J. Dickson | Taverne, D. |
| Davies, G. Elfred (Rhondda, E.) | McBride, N. | Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | McCann, John | Thomas, George (Cardiff, W.) |
| Deer, George | MacDermot, Mall | Thomas, Iorwerth (Rhondda, W.) |
| Delargy, Hugh | McInnes, James | Thompson, Dr. Alan (Dunfermline) |
| Dempsey, James | Maclean,SirFitzroy(Bute&N.Ayrs) | Thornton, Ernest |
| Dodds, Norman | MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) | Tomney, Frank |
| Edelman, Maurice | Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) | Wade, Donald |
| Edwards, Rt. Hon. Ness (Caerphilly) | Mallalieu, J.P.W. (Huddersfield, E.) | Wainwright, Edwin |
| Fernyhough, E. | Manuel, Archie | Watkins, Tudor |
| Finch, Harold | Mapp, Charles | Weitzman, David |
| Forman, J. C. | Mason, Roy | Wells, William (Walsall, N.) |
| Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) | Millan, Bruce | Whitlock, William |
| Galpern, Sir Myer | Milne, Edward | Wilkins, W. A. |
| Gordon Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. | Mitchison, G. R. | Williams, LI. (Abertillery) |
| Gourlay, Harry | Morris, John | Williams, W. F. (Openshaw) |
| Griffiths, David (Rother Valley) | Mulley, Frederick | Willis, E. G. (Edinburgh, E.) |
| Griffiths, W. (Exchange) | Neal, Harold | Winterbottom, R. E. |
| Hamilton, William (West Fife) | Oliver, G. H. | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Harper, Joseph | O'Malley, B. K. | Woof, Robert |
| Hart, Mrs. Judith | Oswald, Thomas | Yates, Victor (Ladywood) |
| Hayman, F. H. | Padley, W. E, | |
| Henderson,Rt.Hn.Arthur(RwlyRegis) | Parker, John | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Mr. Ifor Davies and Mr. Grey | ||
| NOES | ||
| Agnew, Sir Peter | Bennett, Dr. Reginald (Gos & Fhm) | Brown, Alan (Tottenham) |
| Allason, James | Berkeley, Humphry | Bullus, Wing Commander Eric |
| Atkins, Humphrey | Biffen, John | Butcher, Sir Herbert |
| Awdry, Daniel (Chippenham) | Bingham, R. M. | Carr, Robert (Mitcham) |
| Balniel, Lord | Bishop, F. P. | Chataway, Christopher |
| Barber, Anthony | Bourne-Arton, A. | Chichester-Clark, R. |
| Barlow, Sir John | Box, Donald | Clark, Henry (Antrim, N.) |
| Barter, John | Braine, Bernard | Clarke, Brig. Terence(Portsmth, W.) |
| Bell, Ronald | Brooman-White, R. | Cleaver, Leonard |
| Cooke, Robert | Johnson Smith, Geoffrey | Rees, Hugh |
| Cordeaux, Lt.-Col. J. K. | Jones, Arthur (Northants, S.) | Renton, Rt. Hon. David |
| Corfield, F. V. | Jones,Rt. Hn. Aubrey (Hall Green) | Ridley, Hon. Nicholas |
| Coulson, Michael | Kaberry, Sir Donald | Roberts, Sir Peter (Heeley) |
| Craddock, Sir Beresford (Spelthorne) | Kerans, Cdr. J. S. | Rodgers, John (Sevenoaks) |
| Critchley, Julian | Kershaw, Anthony | Roots, William |
| Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. Sir Oliver | Kitson, Timothy | Ropner, Col. Sir Leonard |
| Curran, Charles | Langford-Holt, Sir John | Russell, Ronald |
| Currie, G. B. H. | Leavey, J. A. | St. Clair, M. |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Leburn, Gilmour | Seymour, Leslie |
| Deedes, Rt. Hon, W. F. | Legge-Bourke, Sir Harry | Shaw, M. |
| Donaldson, Cmdr, C. E. M. | Lilley, F. J. P. | Smith, Dudley (Br'ntf'd & Chiswick) |
| Drayson, G. B. | Lindsay, Sir Martin | Smyth, Rt. Hon. Brig. Sir John |
| Duncan, Sir James | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. Selwyn (Wirral) | Speir, Rupert |
| Eden, John | MacArthur, Ian | Stevens, Geoffrey |
| Elliott,R.W.(Newc'tle-upon-Tyne,N.) | McLaren, Martin | Steward, Harold (Stockport, S.) |
| Emmet, Hon. Mrs. Evelyn | McLaughlin, Mrs. Patricia | Stodart, J. A. |
| Farr, John | Maclay, Rt. Hon. John | Studholme, Sir Henry |
| Finlay, Graeme | McMaster, Stanley R. | Talbot, John E. |
| Fisher, Nigel | Macmillan, Maurice (Halifax) | Taylor, Edwin (Bolton, E.) |
| Foster, John | Macpherson,Rt. Hn.Niall(Dumfries) | Taylor, Frank (M'ch'st'r, Moss Side) |
| Fraser, Ian (Plymouth, Sutton) | Maddan, Martin | Temple, John M. |
| Gammans, Lady | Maginnis, John E. | Thompson, Sir Richard (Croydon, S.) |
| George, Sir John (Pollok) | Maitland, Sir John | Tiley, Arthur (Bradford, W.) |
| Gibson-watt, David | Markham, Major Sir Frank | Tilney, John (Wavertree) |
| Gilmour, Sir John (East Fife) | Matthews, Gordon (Meriden) | Touche, Rt. Hon. Sir Gordon |
| Glyn, Sir Richard (Dorset, N.) | Mawby, Ray | Turner, Colin |
| Gower, Raymond | Maxwell-Hyslop, R. J. | Turton, Rt. Hon. R. H. |
| Green, Alan | Maydon, Lt.-Cmdr, S. L. C. | Tweedsmuir, Lady |
| Gresham Cooke, R. | Mills, Stratton | van Straubenzee, W. R. |
| Garden, Harold | Miscampbell, Norman | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Hamilton, Michael (Wellingborough) | Montgomery, Fergus | Wakefield, Sir Wavell |
| Harrison, Col. Sir Harwood (Eye) | Morrison, John | Walder, David |
| Hastings, Stephen | Nabarro, Sir Gerald | Walker, Peter |
| Heald, Rt. Hon. Sir Lionel | Neave, Airey | Wall, Patrick |
| Hendry, Forbes | Nicholls, Sir Harmar | Ward, Dame Irene |
| Hill, J. E. B. (S. Norfolk) | Nugent, Rt. Hon. Sir Richard | Wells, John (Maidstone) |
| Hocking, Philip N. | Oakshott, Sir Hendrie | Whitelaw, William |
| Holland, Philip | Osborne, Sir Cyril (Louth) | Williams, Dudley (Exeter) |
| Hollingworth, John | Page, Graham (Crosby) | Wills, Sir Gerald (Bridgwater) |
| Hornby R. P. | Partridge, E. | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) |
| Hornsby-Smith, Rt. Hon. Dame P. | Peel, John | Woodnutt, Mark |
| Hughes Heillen, Vice-Admiral John | Percival, Ian | Woollam, John |
| Hughes-Young, Michael | Pitman, Sir James | Worsley, Marcus |
| Hutchison, Michael Clark | Pott, Percivall | |
| Irvine, Bryant Godman (Rye) | Prior, J. M. L. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| James, David | Proudfoot, Wilfred | Mr. Frank Pearson and |
| Johnson, Dr. Donald (Carlisle) | Pym, Francis | Mr. Batsford. |
| Johnson, Eric (Blackley) | Redmayne, Rt. Hon. Martin |