HC Deb 25 January 1971 vol 810 cc159-66

Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on the Motion relating to Industrial Relations Bill (Allocation of Time) may be entered upon and proceeded

with at this day's Sitting at any hour, though opposed; and that the Proceedings on the Industrial Relations Bill may be entered upon and proceeded with at this day's Sitting at any hour during a period of two hours after Ten o'clock, though opposed.—[Mr. Pym.]

The House proceeded to a Division

Mr. Loughlin (seated and covered)

On a point of order. It is now eight minutes past Ten o'clock. The Motion on the Order Paper is stated quite specifically as being at Ten o'clock, but it was not put by you until five minutes past Ten. If there is a Motion stating that at Ten o'clock the House shall take a course of action, how is it possible for that Motion to be put at five minutes past the hour? I wonder whether you will——

Mr. Speaker

If I may interrupt the hon. Gentleman, the Question is as I have read it. Mr. Loughlin, to raise a point of order.

Mr. Loughlin

I had put my point of order. The Order Paper, at page 4321, gives notice of a Motion to be put at Ten o'clock. I submit that you put that Motion, not at Ten o'clock, but at five minutes past Ten, and that therefore it was out of order.

Mr. Speaker

I rule that at Ten o'clock the sitting of the House was suspended. I put the Motion at the earliest moment thereafter, and it was in order.

The House divided: Ayes 308, Noes 276.

Division No. 67.] AYES [10.5 p.m.
Adley, Robert Boyd-Carpenter, Rt. Hn. John Cooke, Robert
Alison, Michael (Barkston Ash) Braine, Bernard Coombs, Derek
Allason, James (Hemel Hempstead) Bray, Ronald Cooper, A. E.
Cordle, John
Amery, Rt. Hn. Julian Brewis, John Cormack, Patrick
Archer, Jeffrey (Louth) Brinton, Sir Tatton Costain, A. P.
Astor, John Brocklebank-Fowler, Christopher Critchley, Julian
Atkins, Humphrey Brown, Sir Edward (Bath) Crouch, David
Awdry, Daniel Bruce-Gardyne, J. Crowder, F. P.
Baker, W. H. K. (Banff) Bryan, Paul Curran, Charles
Baker, Kenneth (St. Marylebone) Buchanan-Smith, Alick(Angus,N&M) Dalkeith, Earl of
Balniel, Lord Buck, Antony Davies, Rt. Hn. John (Knutsford)
Barber, Rt. Hn. Anthony Bullus, Sir Eric d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Henry
Batsford, Brian Burden, F. A. d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Maj.-Gen. Jack
Beamish, Col. Sir Tufton Butler, Adam (Bosworth) Dean, Paul
Bell, Ronald Campbell, Rt.Hn.G.(Moray&Nairn) Deedes, Rt. Hn. W. F.
Bennett, Sir Frederic (Torquay) Carlisle, Mark Digby, Simon Wingfield
Benyon, W. Carr, Rt. Hn. Robert Dixon, Piers
Berry, Hn. Anthony Cary, Sir Robert Dodds-Parker, Douglas
Biffen, John Channon, Paul Douglas-Home, Rt. Hn. Sir Alec
Biggs-Davison, John Chapman, Sydney Drayson, G. B.
Blaker, Peter Chataway, Rt. Hn. Christopher du Cann, Rt. Hn. Edward
Boardman, Tom (Leicester, S. W.) Churchill, W. S. Dykes, Hugh
Body, Richard Clark, William (Surrey, E.) Eden, Sir John
Boscawen, Robert Clarke, Kenneth (Rushcliffe) Edwards, Nicholas (Pembroke)
Bossom, Sir Clive Clegg, Walter Elliot, Capt. Walter (Carshalton)
Bowden, Andrew Cockeram, Eric Elliott, R. W. (N'c'tle-upon-Tyne,N.)
Emery, Peter Kinsey, J. R. Rees, Peter (Dover)
Farr, John Kirk, Peter Rees-Davies, W. R.
Fell, Anthony Kitson, Timothy Renton, Rt. Hn. Sir David
Fenner, Mrs. Peggy Knight, Mrs. Jill Rhys Williams, Sir Brandon
Fidler, Michael Knox, David Ridley, Hn. Nicholas
Finsberg, Geoffrey (Hampstead) Lambton, Antony Ridsdale, Julian
Fisher, Nigel (Surbiton) Lane, David Rippon, Rt. Hn. Geoffrey
Fletcher-Cooke, Charles Langford-Holt, Sir John Roberts, Michael (Cardiff, N.)
Fookes, Miss Janet Legge-Bourke, Sir Harry Roberts, Wyn (Conway)
Fortescue, Tim Le Marchant, Spencer Rodgers, Sir John (Sevenoaks)
Foster, Sir John Lewis, Kenneth (Rutland) Rossi, Hugh (Hornsey)
Fowler, Norman Lloyd, Ian (P'tsm'th, Langstone) Rost, Peter
Fox, Marcus Longden, Gilbert Royle, Anthony
Fraser,Rt.Hn.Hugh(St'fford & Stone) Loveridge, John Russell, Sir Ronald
Fry, Peter McAdden, Sir Stephen St. John-Stevas, Norman
Galbraith, Hn. T. G. MacArthur, Ian Scott, Nicholas
Gardner, Edward McCrindle, R. A. Sharples, Richard
Gibson-Watt, David McLaren, Martin Shaw, Michael (Sc'b'gh & Whitby)
Gilmour, Ian (Norfolk, C.) Maclean, Sir Fitzroy Shelton, William (Clapham)
Gilmour, Sir John (Fife, E.) McMaster, Stanley Simeons, Charles
Glyn, Dr. Alan Macmillan, Maurice (Farnham) Sinclair, Sir George
Goodhart, Phillip McNair-Wilson, Michael Skeet, T. H. H.
Goodhew, Victor McNair-Wilson, Patrick (NewForest) Smith, Dudley (W'wick & L'mington)
Gorst, John Maddan, Martin Soref, Harold
Gower, Raymond Madel, David Speed, Keith
Grant, Anthony (Harrow, C.) Maginnis, John E. Spence, John
Gray, Hamish Marples, Rt. Hn. Ernest Sproat, Iain
Green, Alan Marten, Neil Stainton, Keith
Grieve, Percy Mather, Carol Stanbrook, Ivor
Griffiths, Eldon (Bury St. Edmunds) Maude, Angus Stewart-Smith, D. G. (Belper)
Grylls, Michael Maudling, Rt. Hn. Reginald Stodart, Anthony (Edinburgh, W.)
Gummer, Selwyn Mawby, Ray Stoddart-Scott, Col. Sir M.
Gurden, Harold Maxwell-Hyslop, R. J. Stokes, John
Hall, Miss Joan (Keighley) Meyer, Sir Anthony Stuttaford, Dr. Tom
Hall, John (Wycombe) Mills, Peter (Torrington) Sutcliffe, John
Hall-Davis, A. G. F. Miscampbell, Norman
Hamilton, Michael (Salisbury) Mitchell,Lt.-Col.C.(Aberdeenshire,W) Tapsell, Peter
Hannam, John (Exeter) Mitchell, David (Basingstoke) Taylor, Sir Charles (Eastbourne)
Harrison, Brian (Maldon) Moate, Roger Taylor,Edward M.(G'gow,Cathcart)
Harrison, Col. Sir Harwood (Eye) Molyneaux, James Taylor, Frank (Moss Side)
Harvey, Sir Arthur Vere Money, Ernie Taylor, Robert (Croydon, N.W.)
Haselhurst, Alan Monks, Mrs. Connie Tebbit, Norman
Hastings, Stephen Monro, Hector Temple, John M.
Havers, Michael Montgomery, Fergus Thatcher, Rt. Hn. Mrs. Margaret
Hawkins, Paul Morgan, Geraint (Denbigh) Thomas, John Stradling (Monmouth)
Hay, John Morgan-Giles, Rear-Adm. Thomas, Rt. Hn. Peter (Hendon, S.)
Hayhoe, Barney Morrison, Charles (Devizes) Thompson, Sir Richard (Croydon, S.)
Heath, Rt. Hn. Edward Mudd, David Tilney, John
Heseltine, Michael Murton, Oscar Trafford, Dr. Anthony
Hicks, Robert Nabarro, Sir Gerald Trew, Peter
Higgins, Terence L. Neave, Airey Tugendhat, Christopher
Hiley, Joseph Nicholls, Sir Harmer Turton, Rt. Hn. R. H.
Hill, John E. B (Norfolk, S.) Normanton, Tom van Straubenzee, W. R.
Hill, James (Southampton, Test) Nott, John Vaughan, Dr. Gerard
Holland, Philip Onslow, Cranley Vickers, Dame Joan
Holt, Miss Mary Oppenheim, Mrs. Sally Waddington, David
Hordern, Peter Orr, Capt. L. P. S. Welder, David (Clitheroe)
Hornby, Richard Owen, Idris (Stockport, N.) Walker-Smith, Rt. Hn. Sir Derek
Howe, Hn. Sir Geoffrey (Reigate) Page, Graham (Crosby) Wall, Patrick
Howell, David (Guildford) Page, John (Harrow, W.) Walters, Dennis
Howell, Ralph (Norfolk, North) Parkinson, Cecil (Enfield, W.) Ward, Dame Irene
Hunt, John Peel, John Warren, Kenneth
Hutchison, Michael Clark Percival, Ian Weatherill, Bernard
Iremonger, T. L. Peyton, Rt. Hn. John wells, John (Maidstone)
James, David Pike, Miss Mervyn White, Roger (Gravesend)
Jenkin, Patrick (Woodford) Pink, R. Bonner Whitelaw, Rt. Hn. William
Jessel, Toby Pounder, Rafton Wiggin, Jerry
Johnson Smith, G. (E. Grinstead) Powell, Rt. Hn. J. Enoch Wilkinson, John
Jones, Arthur (Northants, South) Price, David (Eastleigh) Wolrige-Gordon, Patrick
Jopling, Michael Prior, Rt. Hn. J. M. L. Wood, Rt. Hn. Richard
Joseph, Rt. Hn. Sir Keith Proudfoot, Wilfred Woodnutt, Mark
Kaberry, Sir Donald Pym, Rt. Hn. Francis Worsley, Marcus
Kellett, Mrs. Elaine Quennell, Miss J. M. Wylie, Rt. Hn. N. R.
Kershaw, Anthony Raison, Timothy Younger, Hn. George
Kilfedder, James Ramsden, Rt. Hn. James
Kimball, Marcus Rawlinson, Rt. Hn. Sir Peter TELLERS FOR THE AYES:
King, Evelyn (Dorset, South) Redmond, Robert Mr. Jasper More and
King, Tom (Bridgwater) Reed, Laurance (Bolton, E.) Mr. Reginald Eyre.
NOES
Abse, Leo Alldritt, Walter Armstrong, Ernest
Albu, Austen Allen, Scholefietd Ashley, Jack
Allaun, Frank (Salford, E.) Archer, Peter (Rowley Regis) Ashton, Joe
Atkinson, Norman Garrett, W. E. Mellish, Rt. Hn. Robert
Bagier, Gordon A. T. Gilbert, Dr. John Mendelson, John
Barnes, Michael Ginsburg, David Mikardo, Ian
Barnett, Joel Gordon Walker, Rt. Hn. P. C. Millan, Bruce
Baxter, William Gourlay, Harry Miller, Dr. M. S.
Beaney, Alan Grant, George (Morpeth) Milne, Edward (Blyth)
Benn, Rt. Hn. Anthony Wedgwood Grant, John D. (Islington, E.) Molloy, William
Bennett, James (Glasgow, Bridgeton) Griffiths, Eddie (Brightside) Morgan, Elystan (Cardiganshire)
Bidwell, Sydney Griffiths, Will (Exchange) Morris, Alfred (Wythenshawe)
Bishop, E. S. Gunter, Rt. Hn. R. J. Morris, Charles R. (Openshaw)
Blenkinsop, Arthur Hamilton, James (Bothwell) Morris, Rt. Hn. John (Aberavon)
Boardman, H. (Leigh) Hamilton, William (Fife, W.) Moyle, Roland
Booth, Albert Hamling, William Mulley, Rt. Hn. Frederick
Bottomley, Rt. Hn. Arthur Hannan, William (G'gow, Maryhill) Murray, Ronald King
Boyden, James (Bishop Auckland) Hardy, Peter Ogden, Eric
Bradley, Tom Harrison, Walter (Wakefield) O'Halloran, Michael
Brown, Bob (N'c'tle-upon-Tyne, W.) Hart, Rt. Hn. Judith O'Malley, Brian
Brown, Hugh D. (G'gow, Provan) Healey, Rt. Hn. Denis Oram, Bert
Brown, Ronald (Shoreditch & F'bury) Heffer, Eric S. Orbach, Maurice
Buchan, Norman Hilton, W. S. Orme, Stanley
Buchanan, Richard (G'gow, Sp'burn) Horam, John Oswald, Thomas
Butler, Mrs. Joyce (Wood Green) Houghton, Rt. Hn. Douglas Owen, Dr. David (Plymouth, Sutton)
Callaghan, Rt. Hn. James Howell, Denis (Small Heath) Padley, Walter
Campbell, I. (Dunbartonshire, W.) Huckfield, Leslie Paget, R. T.
Cant, R. B. Hughes, Rt. Hn. Cledwyn (Anglesey) Palmer, Arthur
Carmichael, Neil Hughes, Mark (Durham) Pannell, Rt. Hn. Charles
Carter, Ray (Birmingh'm, Northfield) Hughes, Robert (Aberdeen, North) Parker, John (Dagenham)
Carter-Jones, Lewis (Eccles) Hughes, Roy (Newport) Parry, Robert (Liverpool, Exchange)
Castle, Rt. Hn. Barbara Hunter, Adam Pavitt, Laurie
Clark, David (Colne Valley) Irvine,Rt.Hn.SirArthur(Edge Hill) Peart, Rt. Hn. Fred
Cocks, Michael, (Bristol, S.) Janner, Greville Pendry, Tom
Cohen, Stanley Jay, Rt. Hn. Douglas Pentland, Norman
Coleman, Donald Jeger,Mrs.Lena(H'b'n&St.P'cras, S.) Perry, Ernest G.
Concannon, J. D. Jenkins, Hugh (Putney) Prentice, Rt. Hn. Reg.
Conlan, Bernard Jenkins, Rt. Hn. Roy (Stechford) Prescott, John
Corbet, Mrs. Freda John, Brynmor Price, J T. (Westhoughton)
Cox, Thomas (Wandsworth, C.) Johnson, Carol (Lewisham, S.) Price, William (Rugby)
Crawshaw, Richard Johnson, James (K'ston-on-Hull, W.) Probert, Arthur
Cronin, John Johnson, Walter (Derby, South) Rankin, John
Crosland, Rt. Hn. Anthony Jones, Barry (Flint, East) Reed, D. (Sedgefield)
Crossman, Rt. Hn. Richard Jones, Dan (Burnley) Rees, Merlyn (Leeds, S.)
Cunningham, G. (Islington, S.W.) Jones,Rt.Hn. Sir Elwyn(W.Ham, S.) Rhodes, Geoffrey
Cunningham, Dr. J. A. (Whitehaven) Jones, Gwynoro (Carmarthen) Richard, Ivor
Dalyell, Tam Jones, T. Alec (Rhondda, West) Roberts, Albert (Normanton)
Darling, Rt. Hn. George Kaufman, Gerald Roberts,Rt.Hn.Goronwy(Caernarvon)
Davidson, Arthur Kelley, Richard Robertson, John (Paisley)
Davies, Denzil (Llanelly) Kerr, Russell Roderick,Caerwyn E.(Br'c'n&R'dnor)
Davies, G. Elfed (Rhondda, E.) Kinnock, Neil Rodgers, William (Stockton-on-Tees)
Davies, Ifor (Gower) Lambie, David Roper, John
Davies, S. O. (Merthyr Tydvil) Lamond, James Rose, Paul B.
Davis Clinton (Hackney, C.) Latham, Arthur Ross, Rt. Hn. William (Kilmarnock)
Deakins, Eric Lawson, George Sheldon, Robert (Ashton-under-Lyne)
de Freitas, Rt. Hn. Sir Geoffrey Leadbitter, Ted Shore, Rt. Hn. Peter (Stepney)
Delargy, H. J. Lee, Rt. Hn. Frederick Short,Rt.Hn.Edward(N'c'tle-u-Tyne)
Dell, Rt. Hn. Edmund Leonard, Dick Short, Mrs. Renée (W'hampton,N.E.)
Dempsey, James Lestor, Miss Joan Silkin, Rt. Hn. John (Deptford)
Devlin, Miss Bernadette Lever, Rt. Hn. Harold Silkin, Hn. S. C. (Dulwich)
Doig, Peter Lewis, Arthur (W. Ham, N.) Sillars, James
Dormand, J. D. Lewis, Ron (Carlisle) Silverman, Julius
Douglas, Dick (Stirlingshire, E.) Lipton, Marcus Skeffington, Arthur
Douglas-Mann, Bruce Lomas, Kenneth Skinner, Dennis
Driberg, Tom Loughlin, Charles Small, William
Duffy, A. E. P. Lyon, Alexander W. (York) Spearing, Nigel
Dunn, James A. Lyons, Edward (Bradford, East) Spriggs, Leslie
Dunnett, Jack Mabon, Dr. J. Dickson Stallard, A. W.
Eadie, Alex McBride, Neil Stewart, Rt. Hn. Michael (Fulham)
Edelman, Maurice McCartney, Hugh Stoddart, David (Swindon)
Edwards, Robert (Bilston) McElhone, Frank Stonehouse, Rt. Hn. John
Edwards, William (Merioneth) McGuire, Michael Strang, Gavin
Ellis, Tom Mackenzie, Gregor Strauss, Rt. Hn. G. R.
English, Michael Mackie, John Summerskill, Hn. Dr. Shirley
Evans, Fred Mackintosh, John P. Swain, Thomas
Fernyhough, E. Maclennan, Robert Taverne, Dick
Fisher, Mrs.Doris(B'ham,Ladywood) McMillan, Tom (Glasgow, C.) Thomas,Rt.Hn.George (Cardiff,W.)
Fitch, Alan (Wigan) McNamara, J. Kevin Thomas, Jeffrey (Abertillery)
Fletcher, Raymond (Ilkeston) MacPherson, Malcolm Thomson, Rt. Hn. G. (Dundee, E.)
Fletcher, Ted (Darlington) Mahon, Simon (Bootle) Tinn, James
Foley, Maurice Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield, E.) Tomney, Frank
Foot, Michael Marks, Kenneth Torney, Thomas
Ford, Ben Marquand, David Urwin, T. W.
Forrester, John Marsh, Rt. Hn. Richard Varley, Eric G.
Fraser, John (Norwood) Mason, Rt. Hn. Roy Wainwright, Edwin
Freeson, Reginald Mayhew, Christopher Walden, Brian (B'm'ham, All Saints)
Galpern, Sir Myer Meacher, Michael Walker, Harold (Doncaster)
Wallace, George Whitehead, Phillip Wilson, Alexander (Hamilton)
Watkins, David Whitlock, William Wilson, Rt. Hn. Harold (Huyton)
Weitzman, David Willey, Rt. Hn. Frederick Wilson, William (Coventry, S.)
Wellbeloved, James Williams, Alan (Swansea, W.)
Wells, William (Walsall, N.) Williams, Mrs. Shirley (Hitchin) TELLERS FOR THE NOES:
White, James (Glasgow, Pollok) Williams, W. T. (Warrington) Mr. Joseph Harper and
Mr. John Golding.