HC Deb 11 November 1964 vol 701 cc1046-51

Motion made, That, as from six o'clock in the evening of 11th November, 1964, the duty of customs on hydrocarbon oils shall be increased by sixpence a gallon, and all the provisions of the customs and excise Acts which depend on the rate of that duty shall have effect accordingly including in particular—

  1. (a) the enactments specifying the rate of excise duty on hydrocarbon oils, on petrol substitutes and on spirits used for making power methylated spirits, and
  2. (b) Part VI of the Customs and Excise Act 1952 and other enactments affording rebates of duty or any allowance.

And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this resolution should have statutory effect under the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1913.

The CHAIRMAN put the Question thereupon forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 90 (Ways and Means Resolutions):—

The Committee proceeded to a Division, and The CHAIRMAN having directed that the doors be locked—

Mr. R. J. Maxwell-Hyslop (Tiverton) (seated and covered)

May I raise a point of order, Dr. King? Did not I hear you order "Lock the doors", rather than "Clear the Lobbies", and, if so, is the Division valid in that case?

The Chairman

It was an error for which the new Chairman apologises to the Committee, and which I corrected at once by giving the correct instruction.

Ayes 303, Noes 293.

Division No. 3.] AYES [4.37p.m.
Abse, Leo Bradley, Tom Davies, S. O. (Merthyr)
Albu, Austen Bray, Dr. Jeremy de Freitas, Sir Geoffrey
Allaun, Frank (Salford, E.) Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. Delargy, Hugh
Alldritt, W. H Brown, Rt. Hn. George (Belper) Dell, Edmund
Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) Brown, Hugh D. (Glasgow, Provan) Dempsey, James
Armstrong, Ernest Brown, R. W. (Shoreditch & Fbury) Diamond, John
Atkinson, Norman Buchan, Norman (Renfrewshire, W.) Dodds, Norman
Bacon, Miss Alice Buchanan, Richard (Gl'sg'w,Spr'burn) Doig, Peter
Bagier, Gordon A. T. Butler, Herbert (Hackney, C.) Driberg Tom
Barnett, Joel Butler, Mrs. Joyce (Wood Green) Duffy, Dr. A. E. P.
Baxter, William Callaghan, Rt. Hn. James Dunn, James, A. (L'pool, Kirkdale)
Beaney, Alan Carmichael, Neil Dunnett, Jack (Nottingh'm, Central)
Bellenger, Rt. Hn. F. J. Carter-Jones, Lewis Edelman, Maurice
Bence, Cyril Castle, Rt. Hn. Barbara Edwards, Rt. Hn. Ness (Caerphilly)
Benn, Rt. Hn. Anthony Wedgwood Coleman, Donald Edwards, Robert (Bilston)
Bennett, J. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) Conlan, Bernard English, Michael
Binns, John Corbet, Mrs. Freda Ennals, David
Bishop, E. S. Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) Ensor, David
Blackburn, F. Crawshaw, Richard Evans, Albert (Islington, S. W.)
Blenkinsop, Arthur Crosland, Anthony Evans loan (Birmingham, Yardley)
Boardman, H. Crossman, Rt. Hn. R. H. S. Fernyhough, E.
Boston, T. G. Cullen, Mrs. Alice Finch, Harold
Bottomley, Rt. Hn. Arthur Dalyell, Tam Fitch, Alan
Bowden, Rt. Hn. H. W. (Leics S.W.) Darling, George Fitch, Alan
Bowles, Frank Davies, G. Elfed (Rhondda, E.) Fletcher, Eric (Islington, E.)
Boyden, James Davies, Harold (Leek) Fletcher, Ted (Darlington)
Braddock, Mrs. E. M. Davies, Ifor (Gower) Fletcher, Raymond (Ilkeston)
Floud, Bernard Lewis, Arthur (West Ham, N.) Rhodes, Geoffrey
Foley, Maurice Lewis, Ron (Carlisle) Richard, Ivor
Foot, Dingle (Ipswich) Lipton, Marcus Roberts, Albert (Normanton)
Foot, Michael (Ebbw Vale) Lomas, Kenneth Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvon)
Ford, Ben Loughlin, Charles Robertson, John (Paisley)
Fraser, Rt. Hn. Tom (Hamilton) Mabon, Dr. J. Dickson Robinson, Rt. Hn. K. (St. Pancras, N.)
Freeson, Reginald McBride, Nell Rodgers, William (Stockton)
Galpern, Sir Myer McCann, J. Rose, Paul B.
Garrett, W. E. MacColl, James Ross, Rt. Hn. William
Garrow, A. MacDermot, Niall Rowland, Christopher
George, Lady Megan Lloyd McGuire, Michael Sheldon, Robert
Ginsburg, David McInnes, James Shinwell, Rt. Hn. E.
Gourlay, Harry McKay, Mrs. Margaret Shore, Peter (Stepney)
Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Anthony MacKenzie, Gregor (Rutherglen) Short, Rt. Hn. E. (N'c'tle-on-Tyne,C.)
Gregory, Arnold Mackie, John (Enfield, E.) Short, Mrs. Renée (W'hampton. N. E.)
Grey, Charles MacMillan, Malcolm Silkin, John (Deptford)
Griffiths, David (Rother Valley) MacPherson, Malcolm Silkin, S. C. (Camberwell, Dulwich)
Griffiths, Rt. Hn. James (Llanelly) Mahon, Peter (Preston, S.) Silverman, Julius (Aston)
Griffiths, Will (Manchester Exchange) Mahon, Simon (Bootle) Silverman, Sydney (Nelson)
Gunter, Rt. Hn. R. J. Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) Slater, Mrs. Harriet (Stoke, N.)
Hale, Leslie Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield, E.) Slater, Joseph (Sedgefield)
Hamilton, James (Bothwell) Manuel, Archie Small, William
Hamilton, William (West Fife) Marsh, Richard Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.)
Hamling, William (Woolwich, W.) Mason, Roy Snow, Julian
Hannan, William Maxwell, Robert Solomons, Henry
Harper, Joseph Mayhew, Christopher Sorensen, R. W.
Harrison, Walter (Wakefield) Mellish, Robert Soskice, Rt. Hn. Sir Frank
Hart, Mrs. Judith Mendelson, J. J. Steele, Thomas
Hattersley, Ray Mikardo, Ian Stewart, Rt. Hn. Michael
Hayman, F. H. Millan, Bruce Stonehouse, John
Hazell, Bert Miller, Dr. M. S. Stones, William
Healey, Rt. Hn. Denis Milne, Edward (Blythe) Strauss, Rt. Hn. G. R. (Vauxhall)
Heffer, Eric S. Molloy, William Stross, Sir Barnett (Stoke-on. Trent, C.)
Henderson, Rt. Hn. Arthur Monslow, Walter Summerskill, Dr. Shirley
Herbison, Rt. Hn. Margaret Morris, Alfred (Wythenshawe) Swain, Thomas
Hobden, Dennis (Brighton, K'town) Morris, John (Aberavon) Swingler, Stephen
Holman, Percy Morrison, Charles (Devizes) Symonds, J. B.
Horner, John Mulley, Rt. Hn. Frederick (SheffieldPk) Taverne, Dick
Houghton, Rt. Hn. Douglas Murray, Albert Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield)
Howarth, Harry (Wellingborough) Neal, Harold Thomas, George (Cardiff, W.)
Howarth, Robert L. (Bolton, E.) Newens, Stan Thomas, Iorwerth (Rhondda, W.)
Howell, Denis (Small Heath) Noel-Baker, Francis (Swindon) Thomson, George (Dundee, E.)
Howie, W. Noel-Baker, Rt. Hn. Philip (Derby, S.) Thornton, Ernest
Hoy, James Norwood, Christopher Tinn, James
Hughes, Cledwyn (Anglesey) Oakes, Gordon Tomney, Frank
Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) Ogden, Eric Tuck, Raphael
Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) Oram, Albert E. (E. Ham S.) Urwin, T. W.
Hunter, Adam (Dunfermline) Orbach, Maurice Varley, Eric G.
Hunter, A. E. (Feltham) Orme, Stanley Walden, Brian (All Saints)
Hynd, John (Attercliffe) Oswald, Thomas Walker, Harold (Doncaster)
Irvine, A. J. (Edge Hill) Owen, Will Wallace, George
Jackson, Colin Padley, Walter Warbey, William
Janner, Sir Barnett Page, Derek (King's Lynn) Watkins, Tudor
Jay, Rt. Hn. Douglas Paget, R. T. Weitzman, David
Jeger, George (Goole) Palmer, Arthur Wells, William (Walsall, N.)
Jeger, Mrs. Lena (H'b'n & St. P' cras,S.) Pannell, Rt. Hn. Charles White, Mrs. Eirene
Jenkins, Hugh (Putney) Pargiter, G. A. Whitlock, Charles
Jenkins, Rt. Hn. Roy (Stechford) Park, Trevor (Derbyshire, S. E.) Wigg, Rt. Hn. George
Johnson, Carol (Lewisham, S.) Parker, John Wilkins, W. A.
Johnson, James (K'ston-on-Hull,W.) Parkin, B. T. Willey, Rt. Hn. Frederick
Jones, Dan (Burnley) Pavitt, Laurence Williams, A. J. (Swansea, W.)
Jones, Rt. Hn. Elwvn (West Ham, S.) Pearson, Arthur (Pontypridd) Williams, Ll. (Abertillery)
Jones, J. Idwal (Wrexham) Peart, Rt. Hn. Fred Williams, Mrs. Shirley (Hitchin)
Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) Pentland, Norman Williams, W. T. (Warrington)
Kelley, Richard Perry, E. G. Willis, George (Edinburgh, E.)
Kenyon, Clifford Popplewell, Ernest Wilson, Rt. Hn. Harold (Huyton)
Kerr, Mrs. Anne (R'ter & Chatham) Prentice, Reginald Wilson, William (Coventry, S.)
Kerr, Dr. David (W'worth, Central) Price, J. T. (Westhoughton) Winterbottom, R. E.
Lawson, George Probert, Arthur Woodburn, Rt. Hn. A.
Leadbitter, Ted Pursey, Cmdr. Harry Woof, Robert
Ledger, Ron Randall, Harry Wyatt, Woodrow
Lee, Rt. Hn. Frederick (Newton) Rankin, John Yates, Victor (Ladywood)
Lee, Miss Jennie (Cannock) Redhead, Edward Zilliacus, K.
Lever, Harold (Cheetham) Rees, Merlyn (Leeds, S.)
Lever, L. M. (Ardwick) Reynolds, Gerald TELLERS FOR THE AYES:
Mr. Irving and Mr. Rogers.
NOES
Agnew, Commander Sir Peter Anstruther-Gray, Rt. Hn. Sir W. Balniel, Lord
Alison, Michael (Barkston Ash) Astor, John Barlow, Sir John
Allan, Robert (Paddington, S.) Atkins, Humphrey Batsford, Brian
Allason, James (Hemel Hempstead) Awdry, Daniel Beamish, Col. Sir Tufton
Amery, Rt. Hn. Julian Baker, W. H. K. Bell, Ronald
Bennett, F. M. (Torquay) Glover, Sir Douglas Maitland, Sir John
Bennett, Dr. Reginald (Gos & Fhm) Glyn, Sir Richard Marlowe, Anthony
Berkeley, Humphry Godber, Rt. Hn. J. B. Marples, Rt. Hn. Ernest
Berry, Hn. Anthony Goodhart, Philip Marten, Neil
Bessell, Peter Goodhew, Victor Mathew, Robert
Biffen, John Cower, Raymond Maude, Angus E. U.
Biggs-Davison, John Grant, Anthony Maudling, Rt. Hn. Reginald
Bingham, R. M. Grant-Ferris, R. (Nantwich) Mawby, Ray
Birch, Rt. Hn. Nigel Gresham-Cooke, R. Maxwell-Hyslop, R. J. (Tiverton)
Black, Sir Cyril Grieve, Percy Maydon, Lt.-Cmdr. S. L. C.
Blaker, Peter Griffiths, Eldon (Bury St. Edmunds) Meyer, Sir Anthony
Bossom, Hn. Clive Griffiths, Peter (Smethwick) Mills, Peter (Torrington)
Bowen, Roderic (Cardigan) Grimond, Rt. Hn. J. Mills, Stratton (Belfast, N.)
Boyd-Carpenter, Rt. Hn. J. Gurden, Harold Miscampbell, Norman
Boyle, Rt. Hn. Sir Edward Hall, John (Wycombe) Mitchell, David
Brewis, John Hall-Davis, A. G. F. (Morecambe) Monro, Hector
Brinton, Sir Tatton Hamilton, Marquess of (Fermanagh) More, Jasper
Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. Sir Walter Harris, Frederic (Croydon, N. W.) Morrison, Charles (Devizes)
Brooke, Rt. Hn. Henry Harris, Reader (Heston) Morrison, John (Salisbury)
Brown, Sir Edward (Bath) Harrison, Brian (Maldon) Mott-Radclyffe, Sir Charles
Bruce-Gardyne, J. Harrison, Col. Sir Harwood (Eye) Murton, Oscar
Bryan, Paul Harvey, Sir Arthur Vere (Maccles'd) Neave, Airey
Buchanan-Smith, Alick Harvey, John (Walthamstow, E.) Nicholls, Sir Harmar
Buck, Antony Harvie Anderson, Miss Nicholson, Sir Godfrey
Bullus, Wing Commander Eric Hastings, Stephen Noble, Rt. Hn. Michael
Burden, F. A. Hawkins, Paul Nugent, Rt. Hn. Sir Richard
Butcher, Sir Herbert Hay, John Onslow, Cranley
Butler, Rt. Hn. R. A. (Saffron Walden) Heald, Rt. Hn. Sir Lionel Orr, Capt, L. P. S.
Campbell, Gordon Heath, Rt. Hn. Edward Orr-Ewing, Sir Ian
Carlisle, Mark Hendry, Forbes Osborn, John (Hallam)
Carr, Rt. Hn Robert Higgins, Terence L. Osborne, Sir Cyril (Louth)
Cary, Sir Robert Hill J. E. B. (S. Norfolk) Page, John (Harrow, W.)
Channon, H. P. G. Hirst, Geoffrey Page, R. Graham (Crosby)
Chataway, Christopher Hobson, Rt. Hn. Sir John Pearson, Frank (Clitheroe)
Chichester-Clark, R. Hooson, H. E. Peel, John
Clark, Henry (Antrim, N.) Hopkins, Alan Percival, Ian
Clark, William (Nottingham, S.) Hordern, Peter Peyton, John
Clarke, Brig. Terence (Portsmth, W.) Hornby, Richard Pickthorn, Sir Kenneth
Cole, Norman Hornsby-Smith, Rt. Hn. Dame P. Pike, Miss Mervyn
Cooke, Robert Howard, Hn. G. R. (St. Ives) Pitt, Dame Edith
Cooper, A. E, Howe, Geoffrey (Bebington) Pounder, Rafton
Cooper-Key, Sir Neill Hunt John (Bromley) Powell, Rt. Hn. J. Enoch
Cordle, John Hutchison, Michael Clark Price, David (Eastleigh)
Corfield, F. V. Iremonger, T. L. Prior, J. M. L.
Costain, A. P. Irvine, Bryant Godman (Rye) Pym, Francis
Courtney, Cdr. Anthony Jenkin, Patrick (Woodford) Quennell, Miss J. M.
Craddock, Sir Beresford (Spelthorne) Jennings, J. C. Ramsden, Rt. Hn. James
Crawley, Aidan Johnston, Russell (Inverness) Rawlinson, Rt. Hn. Sir Peter
Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. Sir Oliver Jones Arthur (Northants, S.) Redmayne, Rt. Hn. Martin
Crowder, F. P. Jones, Rt. Hn. Aubrey (Hall Green) Rees-Davies, W. R. (Isle of Thanet)
Cunningham, Sir Knox Jopling, Michael Ridley, Hn. Nicholas
Curran, Charles Joseph, Rt. Hn. Sir Keith Ridsdale, Julian
Currie, G. B. H. Kaberry, Sir Donald Roberts, Sir Peter (Heeley)
Dalkeith, Earl of Kerby, Capt. Henry Rodgers, Sir John (Sevenoaks)
Dance, James Kerr, Sir Hamilton (Cambridge) Roots, William
Davies, Dr. Wyndham (Perry Barr) Kershaw, Anthony Royle, Anthony
d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Henry Kilfedder, James A. Russell, Sir Ronald
Dean, Paul Kimball, Marcus St. John-Stevas, Norman
Deedes, Rt. Hn. W. F. King Evelyn (Dorset, S.) Sandys, Rt. Hn. Duncan
Digby, Simon Wingfield Lagden, Godfrey Scott-Hopkins, James
Dodds-Parker, Douglas Lambton, Viscount Sharples, Richard
Doughty, Charles Lancaster, Col. C. G. Shepherd, William
Douglas-Home, Rt. Hn. Sir Alec Langford-Holt, Sir John Sinclair, Sir George
Drayson, G. B. Legge-Bourke, Sir Harry Smith, Dudley (Br'ntf'd & Chiswick)
du Cann, Edward Lewis, Kenneth (Rutland) Smyth, Rt. Hn. Brig. Sir John
Elliot, Capt. Walter (Carshalton) Litchfield, Capt. John Soames, Rt. Hn. Christopher
Elliott, R. W. (N'c'tle-upon-Tyne,N.) Lloyd, Rt. Hn. Geoffrey (Sut'nC'dfield) Spearman, Sir Alexander
Emery, Peter Lloyd, Ian (P'tsm'th, Langstone) Speir, Rupert
Emmet, Hn. Mrs. Evelyn Lloyd, Rt. Hn. Selwyn (Wirral) Stainton, Keith
Errington, Sir Eric Longbottom, Charles Stanley, Hn. Richard
Erroll, Rt. Hn. F. J. Longden, Gilbert Stodart, J. A. (Edinburgh, W.)
Fell, Anthony Loveys, Walter H. Stoddart-Scott, Col. Sir Malcolm
Fisher, Nigel Lubbock, Eric Studholme, Sir Henry
Fletcher-Cooke, Charles (Darwen) Lucas, Sir Jocelyn (Portsmouth, S.) Summers, Sir Spencer
Fletcher-Cooke, Sir John (S'pton) Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh (Hendon, S.) Talbot, John E.
Forrest, George McAdden, Sir Stephen Taylor, Sir Charles (Eastbourne)
Fraser, Rt. Hn. Hugh (St'fford & Stone) Mackenzie, Alasdair (Ross&Crom'ty) Taylor, Edward M. (G'gow, Cathcart)
Galbraith, Hn. T. G. D. Mackie, George Y. (C'ness & S'land) Taylor, Frank (Moss Side)
Gammans, Lady McLaren, Martin Teeling, Sir William
Gardner, Edward Maclean, Sir Fitzroy Temple, John M.
Gibson-Watt, David Macleod, Rt. Hn. Iain Thatcher, Mrs. Margaret
Giles, Rear-Admiral Morgan McMaster, Stanley Thomas, Sir Leslie (Canterbury)
Gilmour, Ian (Norfolk, Central) McNair-Wilson, Patrick Thomas, Rt. Hn. Peter (Conway)
Gilmour, Sir John (East Fife) Maginnis, John E. Thompson, Sir Richard (Croydon, S.)
Thorneycroft, Rt. Hn. Peter Walters, Denis Wolrige-Gordon, Patrick
Tiley, Arthur (Bradford, W.) Ward, Dame Irene Wood, Rt. Hn. Richard
Tilney, John (Wavertree) Weatherill, Bernard Woodhouse, Hn. Christopher
Turton, Rt. Hn. R. H. Webster, David Woodnutt, Mark
Tweedsmuir, Lady Wells, John (Maidstone) Wylie, N. R.
van Straubenzee, W. R. Whitelaw, William Younger, Hn. George
Vaughan-Morgan, Rt. Hn. Sir John Williams, Sir Rolf Dudley (Exeter)
Walker, Peter (Worcester) Wills, Sir Gerald (Bridgwater) TELLERS FOR THE NOES:
Walker-Smith, Rt. Hn. Sir Derek Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) Mr. MacArthur and Mr. Ian Fraser.
Wall, Patrick Wise, A. R.

The CHAIRMAN then proceeded successively to put forthwith the Question on each further Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, save the last Motion.