HC Deb 23 June 1969 vol 785 cc1169-71

With a view to promoting the development of tourism, where an employer has paid selective employment tax for any contribution week beginning after the coming into force of this Act in respect of a person employed in a café

or restaurant the relevant Minister shall make to that employer in respect of that person on that week a payment of an amount equal to the tax paid.

Brought up, and read the First time.

Motion made, and question put, That the Clause be read a Second time:—

The House divided: Ayes 136; Noes 175.

Division No. 283.] AYES [12.15 a.m.
Alison, Michael (Barkston Ash) Grimond, Rt. Hn. J. Peyton, John
Allason, James (Hemel Hempstead) Gurden, Harold Pike, Miss Mervyn
Astor, John Hall, John (Wycombe) Pounder, Rafton
Atkins, Humphrey (M't'n & M'd'n) Hall-Davis, A. G. F. Powell, Rt. Hn. J. Enoch
Baker, Kenneth (Acton) Harris, Reader (Heston) Price, David (Eastleigh)
Baker, W. H. K. (Banff) Hawkins, Paul Pym, Francis
Bennett, Sir Frederic (Torquay) Higgins, Terence L. Ramsden, Rt. Hn. James
Biffen, John Hiley, Joseph Rees-Davies, W. R.
Biggs-Davison, John Hill, J. E. B. Rhys Williams, Sir Brandon
Blaker, Peter Holland, Philip Ridley, Hn. Nicholas
Boardman, Tom (Leicester, S. W.) Hooson, Emlyn Ridsdale, Julian
Boyd-Carpenter, Rt. Hn. John Howell, David (Guildford) Rossi, Hugh, (Hornsey)
Braine, Bernard Hunt, John Royle, Anthony
Brewis, John Hutchison, Michael Clark Russell, Sir Ronald
Buck, Antony (Colchester) Irvine, Bryant Godman (Rye) Scott, Nicholas
Campbell, B. (Oldham, W.) Jenkin, Patrick (Woodford) Sharples, Richard
Chataway, Christopher Jopling, Michael Shaw, Michael (Sc'b'gh & Whitby)
Chichester-Clark, R. Joseph, Rt. Hn. Sir Keith Silvester, Frederick
Clark, Henry Kaberry, Sir Donald Sinclair, Sir George
Cooper-Key, Sir Neill Kirk, Peter Smith, John (London & W'minster)
Corfield, F. V. Kitson, Timothy Speed, Keith
Costain, A. P. Knight, Mrs. Jill Stodart, Anthony
Cunningham, Sir Knox Lambton, Viscount Stoddart-Scott, Col. Sir M.
Currie, G. B. H. Lane, David Summers, Sir Spencer
Dance, James Longden, Gilbert Taylor, Sir Charles (Eastbourne)
d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Henry Maclean, Sir Fitzroy Taylor, Frank (Moss Side)
Dean, Paul McNair-Wilson, Michael Temple, John M.
Digby, Simon Wingfield McNair-Wilson, Patrick (New Forest) Thorpe, Rt. Hn. Jeremy
Maddan, Martin
Dodds-Parker, Douglas Maginnis, John E. Turton, Rt. Hn. R. H.
Eden, Sir John Maude, Angus van Straubenzee, W. R.
Elliot, Capt. Walter (Carshalton) Maxwell-Hyslop, R. J. Vickers, Dame Joan
Elliott, R. W. (N'c'tle-upon-Tyne, N.) Miscampbell, Norman Waddington, David
Emery, Peter Monro, Hector Walker-Smith, Rt. Hn. Sir Derek
Eyre, Reginald Montgomery, Fergus Ward, Dame Irene
Farr, John More, Jasper Weatherill, Bernard
Fletcher-Cooke, Charles Morgan, Geraint (Denbigh) Whitelaw, Rt. Hn. William
Fortescue, Tim Munro-Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Wiggin, A. W.
Foster, Sir John Nabarro, Sir Gerald Williams, Donald (Dudley)
Gibson-Watt, David Noble, Rt. Hn. Michael Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro)
Gilmour, Sir John (Fife, E.) Nott, John Winstanley, Dr. M. P.
Glover, Sir Douglas Osborn, John (Hallam) Wylie, N. R.
Goodhart, Philip Page, Graham (Crosby) Younger, Hn. George
Gower, Raymond Pardoe, John
Grant, Anthony Pearson, Sir Frank (Clitheroe) TELLERS FOR THE AYES:
Grant-Ferris, Sir Robert Peel, John Mr. David Steel and
Grieve, Percy Percival, Ian Mr. Eric Lubbock.
Griffiths, Eldon (Bury St. Edmunds)
NOES
Abse, Leo Bradley, Tom Davies, Dr. Ernest (Stretford)
Albu, Austen Bray, Dr. Jeremy Delargy, Hugh
Alldritt, Walter Buchan, Norman Dempsey, James
Atkinson, Norman (Tottenham) Buchanan, Richard (G'gow, Sp'burn) Dewar, Donald
Bacon, Rt. Hn. Alice Butler, Mrs. Joyce (Wood Green) Diamond, Rt. Hn. John
Bagier, Gordon A. T. Callaghan, Rt. Hn. James Dobson, Ray
Barnett, Joel Cant, R. B. Driberg, Tom
Beaney, Alan Carmichael, Neil Dunn, James A.
Benn, Rt. Hn. Anthony Wedgwood Carter-Jones, Lewis Dunwoody, Mrs. Gwyneth (Exeter)
Bidwell, Sydney Coe, Denis Dunwoody, Dr. John (F'th & C'b'e)
Binns, John Coleman, Donald Eadie, Alex
Bishop, E. S. Concannon, J. D. Edwards, William (Merioneth)
Blackburn, F. Conlan, Bernard Ellis, John
Blenkinsop, Arthur Crosland, Rt. Hn. Anthony Ennals, David
Booth, Albert Dalyell, Tam Evans, Fred (Caerphilly)
Boyden, James Davies, G. Elfed (Rhondda, E.) Evans, Ioan L. (Birm'h'm, Yardley)
Fernyhough, E. Lyons, Edward (Bradford, E.) Roberts, Albert (Normanton)
Fitch, Alan (Wigan) Mabon, Dr. J. Dickson Roberts, Gwilym (Bedfordshire, S.)
Fletcher, Raymond (Ilkeston) McBride, Neil Robertson, John (Paisley)
Fletcher, Ted (Darlington) McCann, John Rodgers, William (Stockton)
Foley, Maurice MacColl, James Roebuck, Roy
Fraser, John (Norwood) Macdonald, A. H. Ross, Rt. Hn. William
Freeson, Reginald McGuire, Michael Rowlands, E.
Gardner, Tony McKay, Mrs. Margaret Ryan, John
Gray, Dr. Hugh (Yarmouth) Mackenzie, Gregor (Rutherglen) Shaw, Arnold (Ilford, S.)
Griffiths, Eddie (Brightside) Mackie, John Shore, Rt. Hn. Peter (Stepney)
Griffiths, Will (Exchange) Maclennan, Robert Short, Mrs. Renée (W'hampton, N. E.)
Hamilton, James (Bothwell) McMillan, Tom (Glasgow, C.). Silkin, Rt. Hn. John (Deptford)
Hamilton, William (Fife, W.) McNamara, J. Kevin Silkin, Hn. S. C. (Dulwich)
Hamling, William MacPherson, Malcolm Small, William
Hannan, William Manuel, Archie Spriggs, Leslie
Harper, Joseph Marks, Kenneth Summerskill, Hn. Dr. Shirley
Harrison, Walter (Wakefield) Marquand, David Taverne, Dick
Hazell, Bert Maxwell, Robert Thornton, Ernest
Heffer, Eric S. Mellish, Rt. Hn. Robert Tinn, James
Henig, Stanley Mendelson, John Tuck, Raphael
Herbison, Rt. Hn. Margaret Millan, Bruce Urwin, T. W.
Hooley, Frank Miller, Dr. M. S. Varley, Eric G.
Howarth, Robert (Bolton, E.) Milne, Edward (Blyth) Wainwright, Edwin (Dearne Valley)
Hoy, Rt. Hn. James Mitchell, R. C. (S'th'pton, Test) Walker, Harold (Doncaster)
Huckfield, Leslie Morgan, Elystan (Cardiganshire) Wallace, George
Hunter, Adam Morris, Charles R. (Openshaw) Watkins, David (Consett)
Hynd, John Moyle, Roland Wellbeloved, James
Irvine, Sir Arthur (Edge Hill) Murray, Albert
Jackson, Colin (B'h'se & Spenb'gn) Neal, Harold Wells, William (Walsall, N.)
Johnson, James (K'ston-on-Hull, W.) Newens, Stan White, Mrs. Eirene
Jones, Rt. Hn. Sir Elwyn (W. Ham, S.) Norwood, Christopher Whitlock, William
Jones, J. Idwal (Wrexham) Oakes, Gordon Wilkins, W. A.
Jones, T. Alec (Rhondda, West) Ogden, Eric Williams, Alan (Swansea, W.)
Kelley, Richard O'Malley, Brian Williams, Alan Lee (Hornchurch)
Kenyon, Clifford Oram, Albert E. Williams, Clifford (Abertillery)
Kerr, Russell (Feltham) Orme, Stanley Williams, Mrs. Shirley (Hitchin)
Lawson, George Oswald, Thomas Williams, W. T. (Warrington)
Leadbitter, Ted Owen, Will (Morpeth) Willis, Rt. Hn. George
Lestor, Miss Joan Peart, Rt. Hn. Fred Wilson, William (Coventry, S.)
Lewis, Ron (Carlisle) Pentland, Norman Woof, Robert
Lomas, Kenneth Perry, George H. (Nottingham, S.)
Loughlin, Charles Price, Christopher (Perry Barr) TELLERS FOR THE NOES:
Luard, Evan Probert, Arthur Mr. Ernest Perry and
Lyon, Alexander W. (York) Rees, Merlyn Mr. Ernest Armstrong.

Further consideration of the Bill, as amended, adjourned.—[Mr. Harper.]

Bill, as amended, to be further considered this day.