§ (1) Where a dwelling-house is held for the purpose of being available for occupation by a minister of religion as a residence from which to perform the duties of his office and the dwelling-house has been let on a regulated tenancy, then if—
- (a) the tenant has been given notice in writing before the commencement of the tenancy (or, if the tenancy was created before the commencement of this Act, not later than six months after the commencement of this Act) that possession may be recovered under this section; and
- (b) apart from the Rent Acts the landlord would be entitled to recover possession of the dwelling-house; and
- (c) the court is satisfied that the dwelling-house is required for occupation by a minister of religion as such a residence;
§ would have power to do so under section 3 of the Act of 1933, and section 5 (2) of the Act of 1920 shall not apply in relation to the order.
§ (2) In the application of this section to Scotland for any reference to a minister of religion there shall be substituted a reference to a minister or full-time lay missionary of any religious denomination.—[Mr. Crossman.]
§ Brought up, and read the First and Second time.
§ Amendment proposed to the proposed Clause, In line 3 leave out "on a regulated tenancy".—[Mr. Boyd-Carpenter.]
§ Question put,"on a regulated tenancy" stand part of the proposed Clause:—
§ The House divided: Ayes 182, Noes 161.
399| Division No. 217.] | AYES | 17.39 p.m. |
| Abse, Leo | Grey, Charles | Mayhew, Christopher |
| Allaun, Frank (Salford, E.) | Griffiths, Rt. Hn. James (Llanelly) | Mellish, Robert |
| Armstrong, Ernest | Grimond, Rt. Hn. J. | Mendelson, J. J. |
| Atkinson, Norman | Hale, Leslie | Mikardo, Ian |
| Bacon, Miss Alice | Hamilton, James (Bothwell) | Miller, Dr. M. S. |
| Bagier, Gordon A. T. | Hamilton, William (West Fife) | Milne, Edward (Blyth) |
| Baxter, William | Hannan, William | Molloy, William |
| Bennett, J. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) | Harper, Joseph | Morris, Charles (Openshaw) |
| Binns, John | Harrison, Walter (Wakefield) | Morris, John (Aberavon) |
| Bishop, E. S. | Hazell, Bert | Murray, Albert |
| Blackburn, F. | Heffer, Eric S. | Neal, Harold |
| Blenkinsop, Arthur | Hill, J. (Midlothian) | Noel-Baker, Francis (Swindon) |
| Boardman, H. | Holman, Percy | Noel-Baker, Rt. Hn. Philip (Derby, S.) |
| Bowden, Rt. Hn. H. w. (Leics S. W.) | Hooson, H. E. | Norwood, Christopher |
| Bowen, Roderic (Cardigan) | Horner, John | Orbach, Maurice |
| Braddock, Mrs. E. M. | Houghton, Rt. Hn. Douglas | Orme, Stanley |
| Bray, Dr. Jeremy | Howie, W. | Oswald, Thomas |
| Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) | Padley, Walter |
| Brown, Rt. Hn. George (Belper) | Hunter, Adam (Dunfermline) | Page, Derek (King's Lynn) |
| Brown, Hugh D. (Glasgow, Provan) | Hunter, A. E. (Feltham) | Palmer, Arthur |
| Brown, R. W. (Shoreditch & Fbury) | Irving, Sydney (Dartford) | Pannell, Rt. Hn. Charles |
| Buchan, Norman (Renfrewshire, W.) | Janner, Sir Barnett | Parker, John |
| Buchanan, Richard | Jeger, Mrs. Lena (H'b'n & St. P'cras, S.) | Parkin, B. T. |
| Butler, Herbert (Hackney, C.) | Johnson, Carol (Lewisham, S.) | Pavitt, Laurence |
| Carmichael, Neil | Johnston, Russell (Inverness) | Pearson, Arthur (Pontypridd) |
| Coleman, Donald | Jones, Rt. Hn. Sir Elwyn (W. Ham, S.) | Pentland, Norman |
| Crawshaw, Richard | Jones, J. Idwal (Wrexham) | Price, J. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Crossman, Rt. Hn. R. H. S. | Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) | Probert, Arthur |
| Cullen, Mrs. Alice | Kenyon, Clifford | Randall, Harry |
| Dalyell, Tam | Kerr, Dr. David (W'worth, Central) | Rankin, John |
| Davies, G. Elfed (Rhondda, E.) | Lawson, George | Rees, Merlyn |
| Davies, Ifor (Gower) | Ledger, Ron | Rhodes, Geoffrey |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Lee, Miss Jennie (Cannock) | Roberts, Albert (Normanton) |
| Dell, Edmund | Lewis, Ron (Carlisle) | Robertson, John (Paisley) |
| Doig, Peter | Lomas, Kenneth | Robinson, Rt. Hn. K. (St. Pancras, N.) |
| Duffy, Dr. A. E. P. | Lubbock, Eric | Rose, Paul B. |
| Edwards, Rt. Hn. Ness (Caerphilly) | Mabon, Dr. J. Dickson | Rowland, Christopher |
| Ensor, David | McBride, Neil | Sheldon, Robert |
| Evans, Ioan (Birmingham, Yardley) | McCann, J. | Shore, Peter (Stepney) |
| Fernyhough, E. | MacColl, James | Short, Mrs. Renée (W'hampton, N. E.) |
| Finch, Harold (Bedwellty) | McGuire, Michael | Silkin, John (Deptford) |
| Fletcher, Ted (Darlington) | Mclnnes, James | Silkin, S. C. (Camberwell, Dulwich) |
| Foot, Michael (Ebbw Vale) | McKay, Mrs. Margaret | Silverman, Julius (Aston) |
| Freeson, Reginald | Mackenzie, Gregor (Rutherglen) | Silverman, Sydney (Nelson) |
| Galpern, Sir Myer | Mahon, Peter (Preston, S.) | Slater, Mrs. Harriet (Stoke, N.) |
| Garrow, A. | Mahon, Simon (Bootle) | Small, William |
| George, Lady Megan Lloyd | Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfleld, E.) | Soskice, Rt. Hn. Sir Frank |
| Ginsburg, David | Manuel, Archie | Steel, David (Roxburgh) |
| Gourlay, Harry | Mapp, Charles | Steele, Thomas (Dunbartonshire, W.) |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Anthony | Mason, Roy | Stonehouse, John |
| Stones, William | Walden, Brian (All Saints) | Williams, Mrs. Shirley (Hitchin) |
| Swain, Thomas | Walker, Harold (Doncaster) | Williams, W. T. (Warrington) |
| Symonds, J. B. | Wallace, George | Willis, George (Edinburgh, E.) |
| Taverns, Dick | Warbey, William | Wilson, Rt. Hn. Harold (Huyton) |
| Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) | Watkins, Tudor | Wilson, William (Coventry, S.) |
| Thomas, George (Cardiff, W.) | Weitzman, David | Winterbottom, R. E. |
| Thorpe, Jeremy | Whitlock, William | Woodburn, Rt. Hn. A. |
| Tinn, James | Wigg, Rt. Hn. George | Zilliacus, K. |
| Tomney, Frank | Wilkina, W. A. | |
| Tuck, Raphael | Willey, Rt. Hn. Frederick | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Varley, Eric G. | Williams, Alan (Swansea, W.) | Mr. O'Malley and Mr. Fitch. |
| Wainwright, Edwin | Williams, Clifford (Abertillery) | |
| NOES | ||
| Agnew, Commander Sir Peter | Gower, Raymond | Page, John (Harrow, W.) |
| Allan, Robert (Paddington, S.) | Grant-Ferris, R. | Page, R. Graham (Crosby) |
| Allason, James (Hemel Hempstead) | Griffiths, Peter (Smethwick) | Pearson, Sir Frank (Clitheroe) |
| Anstruther-Gray, Rt. Hn. Sir W. | Gurden, Harold | Peel, John |
| Astor, John | Hall-Davis, A. G. F. | Percival, Ian |
| Balniel, Lord | Hamilton, M. (Salisbury) | Peyton, John |
| Barlow, Sir John | Harris, Frederic (Croydon, N. W.) | Pickthorn, Rt. Hn. Sir Kenneth |
| Batsford, Brian | Harris, Reader (Heston) | Pike, Miss Mervyn |
| Bell, Ronald | Harvey, Sir Arthur Vere (Macclesf'd) | Pitt, Dame Edith |
| Berry, Hn. Anthony | Harvey, John (Walthamstow, E.) | Powell, Rt. Hn. J. Enoch |
| Biffen, John | Hay, John | Pym, Francis |
| Biggs-Davison, John | Heald, Rt. Hn. Sir Lionel | Ramsden, Rt. Hn. James |
| Bingham, R. M. | Hendrey, Forbes | Redmayne, Rt. Hn. Sir Marlin |
| Birch, Rt. Hn. Nigel | Higgins, Terence L. | Rees-Davies, W. R. |
| Black, Sir Cyril | Hill, J. E. B. (S. Norfolk) | Renton, Rt. Hon. Sir David |
| Blaker, Peter | Hirst, Geoffrey | Ridley, Hn. Nicholas |
| Box, Donald | Hogg, Rt. Hn. Quintin | Roberts, Sir Peter (Heeley) |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Rt. Hn. J. | Hordern, Peter | Robson Brown, Sir William |
| Braine, Bernard | Hutchison, Michael Clark | Rodgers, Sir John (Sevenoaks) |
| Brewis, John | Iremonger, T. L. | Scott-Hopkins, James |
| Brinton, Sir Tatton | Irvine, Bryant Godman (Rye) | Smith, Dudley (Br'ntf'd & Chiswick) |
| Brooke, Rt. Hn. Henry | Jenkin, Patrick (Woodford) | Spearman, Sir Alexander |
| Buchanan-Smith, Alick | Jennings, J. C. | Stainton, Keith |
| Buck, Antony | Johnson Smith, G. (East Grinstead) | Stanley, Hn. Richard |
| Bullus, Sir Eric | Jones, Arthur (Northants, S.) | Stoddart-Scott, Col. Sir Malcolm |
| Butcher, Sir Herbert | Joseph, Rt. Hn. Sir Keith | Studholme, Sir Henry |
| Campbell, Gordon | Kaberry, Sir Donald | Talbot, John E. |
| Carlisle, Mark | Kerr, Sir Hamilton (Cambridge) | Taylor, Frank (Moss Side) |
| Carr, Rt. Hn. Robert | Kilfedder, James A. | Teeling, Sir William |
| Chataway, Christopher | Kirk, Peter | Thatcher, Mrs. Margaret |
| Clark, Henry (Antrim, N.) | Kitson, Timothy | Thompson, Sir Richard (Croydon, S.) |
| Clark, William (Nottingham, S.) | Lambton, Viscount | Tilney, John (Wavertree) |
| Cole, Norman | Legge-Bourke, Sir Harry | Tweedsmuir, Lady |
| Cooke, Robert | Lloyd, Ian (P'tsm'th, Langstone) | Vaughan-Morgan, Rt. Hn. Sir John |
| Corfield, F. V. | Longden, Gilbert | Vickers, Dame Joan |
| Costain, A. P. | Loveys, Walter H. | Walder, David (High Peak) |
| Craddock, Sir Beresford (Spelthome) | McAdden, Sir Stephen | Walker, Peter (Worcester) |
| Crawley, Aidan | McMaster, Stanley | Walker-Smith, Rt. Hn. Sir Derek |
| Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. Sir Oliver | McNair-Wilson, Patrick | Walters, Dennis |
| Cunningham, Sir Knox | Maginnis, John E. | Ward, Dame Irene |
| Curran, Charles | Marten, Neil | Wells, John (Maidstone) |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Mathew, Robert | Whitelaw, William |
| Dance, James | Maude, Angus | Williams, Sir Rolf Dudley (Exeter) |
| Davjes, Dr. Wyndham (Perry Barr) | Mawby, Ray | Wills, Sir Gerald (Bridgwater) |
| Dean, Paul | Maxwell-Hyslop, R. J. | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) |
| Dodds-Parker, Douglas | Maydon, Lt.-Cmdr. S. L. C. | Wise, A. R. |
| Doughty, Charles | Meyer, Sir Anthony | Wolrige-Gordon, Patrick |
| Drayson, G. B. | Mills, Stratton (Belfast, N.) | Wood, Rt. Hn. Richard |
| Elliott, R. W. (N'c'tle-upon-Tyne, N.) | Monro, Hector | Woodhouse, Hn. Christopher |
| Errington, Sir Eric | Morrison, Charles (Devizes) | Wylie, N. R. |
| Eyre, Reginald | Mott-Radclyffe, Sir Charles | Younger, Hn. George |
| Farr, John | Munro-Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh | |
| Gilmour, Ian (Norfolk, Central) | Murton, Oscar | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Glover, Sir Douglas | Nicholson, Sir Godfrey | Mr. MacArthur and |
| Godber, Rt. Hn. J. B. | Osborne, Sir Cyril (Louth) | Mr. Ian Fraser. |
§ Clause added to the Bill.