HC Deb 26 April 1968 vol 763 cc754-5

The Council of any county borough, borough, or district may make regulations prohibiting the presentation on a Sunday within its boundaries of any spectacle to which section 2 of this Act applies, or any class of such spectacle, or permitting the presentation of such spectacle or class of spectacle only subject to such conditions as it may consider proper. If the occupier of any land permits it to be used in contravention of such regulations he shall be guilty of an offence. Any person aggrieved by such prohibition or conditions may appeal to the Court of Quarter Sessions having jurisdiction in the area to which the prohibition or condition applies.—[Mr. Bishop.]

Brought up, and read the First time.

Question put, That the Clause be read a Second time:—

The House divided: Ayes 59, Noes 63.

Teeling, Sir William Watkins, Tudor (Brecon & Radnor)
Thatcher, Mrs. Margaret Whitelaw, Rt. Hn. William TELLERS FOR THE AYES:
Thomas, George (Cardiff, W.) Wilkins, W. A. Sir Cyril Black and Mr. John Wells.
Turton, Rt. Hn. R. H. Worsley, Marcus
NOES
Atkinson, Norman (Tottenham) Hilton, W. S. Parker, John (Dagenham)
Bagier, Gordon A. T. Houghton, Rt. Hn. Douglas Parkyn, Brian (Bedford)
Binns, John Howell, Denis (Small Heath) Pavitt, Laurence
Blenkinsop, Arthur Huckfield, Leslie Perry, George H. (Nottingham, S.)
Dalyell, Tam Jenkins, Rt. Hn. Roy (Stechford) Peyton, John
Dickens, James Jones, T. Alec (Rhondda, West) Price, Christopher (Perry Barr)
Doughty, Charles Kerby, Capt. Henry Reynolds, G. W.
Driberg, Tom Kerr, Russell (Feltham) Robinson. W. O. J. (Walth'stow, E.)
Dunnett, Jack Langford-Holt, Sir John Shaw, Arnold (Ilford, S.)
Dunwoody, Mrs. Gwyneth (Exeter) Longden, Gilbert Silkin, Rt. Hn. John (Deptford)
Ellis, John Lubbock, Eric Spriggs, Leslie
Ennals, David Lyon, Alexander W. (York) Strauss, Rt. Hn. G. R.
Errington, Sir Eric McCann, John Summerskill, Hn. Dr. Shirley
Faulds, Andrew Mallalieu, J.P. W.(Huddersfield, E.) Vickers, Dame Joan
Fitch, Alan (Wigan) Marks, Kenneth Walden, Brian (All Saints)
Fletcher, Raymond (Ilkeston) Mendelson, J. J. Wallace, George
Foley, Maurice Mikardo, Ian Whitaker, Ben
Foot, Michael (Ebbw Vale) Morris, Alfred (Wythenshawe) Williams, Mrs. Shirley (Hitchin)
Freeson, Reginald Morrison, Charles (Devizes)
Garrett, W. E. Moyle, Roland TELLERS FOR THE NOES:
Hamling, William Murray, Albert Mr. William Wilson and
Harper, Joseph Newens, Stan Mr. Ian Gilmour.
Heffer, Eric S. Pannell, Rt. Hn. Charles
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