HC Deb 02 December 1965 vol 721 cc1654-770

Considered in Committee.

[Sir SAMUEL STOREY in the Chair]

4.0 p.m.

Mr. John Peyton (Yeovil)

I beg to move, That the Chairman do report progress and ask leave to sit again.

I do so at this stage to give the Government some opportunity of explaining their intentions. No Government Amendments have been tabled to the Bill. There will be no separate Report stage, and the Bill cannot be amended in another place because it is a Money Bill. This means that the Government are saying, "You can certainly put forward your arguments, but, whether they have any weight or not, we shall do nothing about them".

I suggest that those are very good grounds for moving this Motion, because clearly the Government are treating the House of Commons with absolute contempt. I say to the right hon. Gentleman that if this sort of thing is to happen, we will take it that discourtesy comes as naturally to the present Government as does inefficiency.

The Chairman

I regret that I am not prepared to accept the Motion at the present time.

    cc1654-730
  1. Clause 1.—BORROWING BY, AND LOANS BY MINISTER OF POWER TO, NATIONAL COAL BOARD.) 28,614 words, 1 division
    2. cc1730-44
  2. Clause 2.—(CAPITAL RECONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION OF FUNDS, OF BOARD.) 5,228 words, 1 division
    3. cc1744-70
  3. Clause 3.—(GRANTS IN CONNECTION WITH PIT CLOSURES.) 9,992 words
    4. c1770
  4. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 26 words