§ Question put, That the Clause stand part of the Bill:—
§ The Committee proceeded to a Division—
§ Mr. Loughlin (seated and covered)On a point of order. In view of your Ruling a short time ago, Sir Robert, I wonder whether you are now able to report to the Committee the findings of the Serjeant at Arms on the issue which
| Division No. 106.] | AYES | [3.58 a.m. |
| Adley, Robert | d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Henry | Higgins, Terence L. |
| Allason, Michael (Barkston Ash) | d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Maj.-Gen. Jack | Hiley, Joseph |
| Allason, James (Hemel Hempstead) | Dean, Paul | Hill, John E. B. (Norfolk, S.) |
| Archer, Jeffrey (Louth) | Deedes, Rt. Hn. W. F. | Hill, James (Southampton, Test) |
| Astor, John | Digby, Simon Wingfield | Holland, Philip |
| Atkins, Humphrey | Dixon, Piers | Holt, Miss Mary |
| Awdry, Daniel | Dodds-Parker, Douglas | Hordern, Peter |
| Baker, Kenneth (St. Marylebone) | Douglas-Home, Rt. Hn. Sir Alec | Hornby, Richard |
| Baker, W. H. K. (Banff) | Drayson, G. B. | Hornsby-Smith,Rt.Hn.Dame Patricia |
| Balniel, Lord | du Cann, Rt. Hn, Edward | Howe, Hn. Sir Geoffrey (Relgate) |
| Barber, Rt. Hn. Anthony | Eden, Sir John | Howell, David (Guildord) |
| Batsford, Brian | Edwards, Nicholas (Pembroke) | Howell, Ralph (Norfolk, N.) |
| Beamish, Col. Sir Tufton | Elliot, Capt. Walter (Carshalton) | Hunt, John |
| Bell, Ronald | Elliott, R. W. (N'c'tle-upon-Tyne,N.) | Hutchison, Michael Clark |
| Benyon, W. | Emery, Peter | Iremonger, T. L. |
| Berry, Hn. Anthony | Eyre, Reginald | James, David |
| Biffen, John | Farr, John | Jenkin, Patrick (Woodford) |
| Biggs-Davison, John | Fell, Anthony | Jessel, Toby |
| Blaker, Peter | Fenner, Mrs. Peggy | Johnson Smith, G. (E. Grinstead) |
| Boardman, Tom (Leicester, S.W.) | Fidler, Michael | Jopling, Michael |
| Body, Richard | Finsberg, Geoffrey (Hampstead) | Joseph, Rt. Hn. Sir Keith |
| Boscawen, Robert | Fletcher-Cooke, Charles | Kellett, Mrs. Elaine |
| Bossom, Sir Clive | Fookes, Miss Janet | Kershaw, Anthony |
| Bowden, Andrew | Foster, Sir John | Kilfedder, James |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Rt. Hn. John | Fowler, Norman | Kimball, Marcus |
| Braine, Bernard | Fox, Marcus | King, Evelyn (Dorset, S.) |
| Bray, Ronald | Fraser,Rt.Hn.Hugh(St'fford & Stone) | King, Tom (Bridgwater) |
| Brewis, John | Fry, Peter | Kinsey, J. R. |
| Brinton, Sir Tatton | Galbraith, Hn. T. G. | Kirk, Peter |
| Brocklebank-Fowler, Christopher | Gardner, Edward | Kitson, Timothy |
| Brown, Sir Edward (Bath) | Gibson-Watt, David | Knight, Mrs. Jill |
| Bruce-Gardyne, J. | Gilmour, Ian (Norfolk, C.) | Knox, David |
| Bryan, Paul | Gilmour, Sir John (Fife, E.) | Lambton, Antony |
| Buchanan-Smith, Alick (Angus,N&M) | Glyn, Dr. Alan | Lane, David |
| Buck, Antony | Goodhart, Philip | Langford-Holt, Sir John |
| Bullus, Sir Eric | Goodhew, Victor | Legge-Bourke, Sir Harry |
| Burden, F. A. | Gorst, John | Le Marchant, Spencer |
| Butler, Adam (Bosworth) | Gower, Raymond | Lewis, Kenneth (Rutland) |
| Carlisle, Mark | Grant, Anthony (Harrow, C.) | Lloyd, Ian (P'tsm'th, Langstone) |
| Carr, Rt. Hn. Robert | Gray, Hamish | Longden, Gilbert |
| Channon, Paul | Green, Alan | Loveridge, John |
| Chapman, Sydney | Grieve, Percy | McAdden, Sir Stephen |
| Chataway, Rt. Hn. Christopher | Griffiths, Eldon (Bury St. Edmunds) | MacArthur, Ian |
| Chichester-Clark, R. | Gummer, Selwyn | McCrindle, R. A. |
| Churchill, W. S. | Gunter, Rt. Hn. R. J. | McLaren, Martin |
| Clark, William (Surrey, E.) | Gurden, Harold | Maclean, Sir Fitzroy |
| Clarke, Kenneth (Rushcliffe) | Hall, Miss Joan (Keighley) | McMaster, Stanley |
| Cockeram, Eric | Hall-Davis, A. G. F. | Macmillan, Maurice (Farnham) |
| Cooke, Robert | Hamilton, Michael (Salisbury) | McNair-Wilson, Michael |
| Coombs, Derek | Hannam, John (Exeter) | McNair-Wilson, Patrick (NewForest) |
| Cooper, A. E. | Harrison, Brian (Maldon) | Maddan, Martin |
| Cordle, John | Harrison, Col. Sir Harwood (Eye) | Madel, David |
| Corfield, Rt. Hn. Frederick | Harvey, Sir Arthur Vere | Maginnis, John E. |
| Cormack, Patrick | Haselhurst, Alan | Marples, Rt. Hn. Ernest |
| Costain, A. P. | Hastings, Stephen | Marten, Neil |
| Critchley, Julian | Havers, Michael | Mather, Carol |
| Crouch, David | Hawkins, Paul | Maude, Angus |
| Crowder, F. P. | Hayhoe, Barney | Maudling, Rt. Hn. Reginald |
| Curran, Charles | Heseltine, Michael | Mawby, Ray |
| Davies, Rt. Hn. John (Knutsford) | Hicks, Robert | Maxwell-Hyslop, R. J. |
§ I raised earlier. We want to raise this matter as a breach of privilege unless the report is satisfactory. May I ask whether you are now in a position to report?
§ The Chairman (Sir Robert Grant-Ferris)Yes. I had inquiries made and I have had a report from the Serjeant at Arms. I have taken advice upon the matter. I will read the report when the Committee proceedings are concluded and I resume the upper Chair.
§ The Committee having divided: Ayes 298, Noes 252.
| Meyer, Sir Anthony | Raison, Timothy | Taylor, Robert (Croydon, N.W.) |
| Mills, Peter (Torrington) | Ramsden, Rt. Hn. James | Tebbit, Norman |
| Mills, Stratton (Belfast, N.) | Rawlinson, Rt. Hn. Sir Peter | Temple, John M. |
| Miscampbell, Norman | Redmond, Robert | Thatcher, Rt. Hn. Mrs. Margaret |
| Mitchell,Lt.-Col.C.(Aberdeenshire,W) | Reed, Laurance (Bolton, E.) | Thomas, John Stradling (Monmouth) |
| Mitchell, David (Basingstoke) | Rees, Peter (Dover) | Thomas, Rt. Hn. Peter (Hendon, S.) |
| Moate, Roger | Rees-Davies, W. R. | Thompson, Sir Richard (Croydon, S.) |
| Molyneaux, James | Renton, Rt. Hn. Sir David | Tilney, John |
| Money, Ernle | Rhys Williams, Sir Brandon | Trafford, Dr. Anthony |
| Monks, Mrs. Connie | Ridley, Hn. Nicholas | Trew, Peter |
| Monro, Hector | Ridsdale, Julian | Tugendhat, Christopher |
| Montgomery, Fergus | Roberts, Michael (Cardiff, N.) | Turton, Rt. Hn. R. H. |
| More, Jasper | Roberts, Wyn (Conway) | Vaughan, Dr. Gerard |
| Morgan, Geraint (Denbigh) | Rodgers, Sir John (Sevenoaks) | Vickers, Dame Joan |
| Morgan-Giles, Rear-Adm. | Rossi, Hugh (Hornsey) | Waddington, David |
| Morrison, Charles (Devizes) | Rost, Peter | Walder, David (Clitheroe) |
| Mudd, David | Royle, Anthony | Walker, Rt. Hn. Peter (Worcester) |
| Murton, Oscar | Russell, Sir Ronald | Walker-Smith, Rt. Hn. Sir Derek |
| Nabarro, Sir Gerald | St. John-Stevas, Norman | Wall, Patrick |
| Neave, Airey | Scott, Nicholas | Waiters, Dennis |
| Nicholls, Sir Harmar | Shaw, Michael (Sc'b'gh & Whitby) | Ward, Dame Irene |
| Normanton, Tom | Shelton, William (Clapham) | Warren, Kenneth |
| Nott, John | Simeons, Charles | Weatherill, Bernard |
| Onslow, Cranley | Sinclair, Sir George | Wells, John (Maidstone) |
| Oppenheim, Mrs. Sally | Skeet, T. H. H. | White, Roger (Gravesend) |
| Osborn, John | Smith, Dudley (W'wick & L'mington) | Whitelaw, Rt. Hn. William |
| Owen, Idris (Stockport, N.) | Soref, Harold | Wiggin, Jerry |
| Page, Graham (Crosby) | Speed, Keith | Wilkinson, John |
| Page, John (Harrow, W.) | Spence, John | Wolrige-Gordon, Patrick |
| Parkinson, Cecil (Enfield, W.) | Sproat, Iain | Wood, Rt. Hn. Richard |
| Peel, John | Stainton, Keith | Wooddhouse, Hn. Christopher |
| Percival, Ian | Stanbrook, Ivor | Woodnutt, Mark |
| Peyton, Rt. Hn. John | Stewart-Smith, D. G. (Belper) | Worsley, Marcus |
| Pike, Miss Mervyn | Stoddart-Scott, Col. Sir M. | Wylie, Rt. Hn. N. R. |
| Pink, R. Bonner | Stokes, John | Younger, Hn. George |
| Pounder, Rafton | Stuttaford, Dr. Tom | |
| Powell, Rt. Hn. J. Enoch | Sutcliffe, John | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Price, David (Eastleigh) | Tapsell, Peter | Mr. Walter Clegg and |
| Proudfoot, Wilfred | Taylor, Sir Charles (Eastbourne) | Mr. Tim Fortescue. |
| Pym, Rt. Hn. Francis | Taylor,Edward M.(G'gow,Cathcart) | |
| Queunell, Miss J. M. | Taylor, Frank (Moss Side) | |
| NOES | ||
| Albu, Austen | Cox, Thomas (Wandsworth, C.) | Freeson, Reginald |
| Allaun, Frank (Salford, E.) | Crawshaw, Richard | Galpern, Sir Myer |
| Allen, Scholefield | Cronin, John | Garrett, W. E. |
| Archer, Peter (Rowley Regis) | Cunningham, G. (Islington, S.W.) | Gilbert, Dr. John |
| Armstrong, Ernest | Cunningham, Dr. J. A. (Whitehaven) | Ginsburg, David |
| Ashton, Joe | Dalyell, Tam | Gordon Walker, Rt. Hn, P. C. |
| Atkinson, Norman | Davidson, Arthur | Grant, George (Morpeth) |
| Bagier, Gordon A, T. | Davies, Denzil (Llanelly) | Grant, John D. (Islington, E.) |
| Barnes, Michael | Davies, G. Elfed (Rhondda, E.) | Griffiths, Eddie (Brightside) |
| Barnett, Joel Davies, | Ifor (Gower) | Griffiths, Will (Exchange) |
| Beaney, Alan | Davis, Clinton (Hackney, C.) | Hamilton, James (Bothwell) |
| Benn, Rt. Hn. Anthony Wedgwood | Deakins, Eric | Hamilton, William (Fife, W.) |
| Bennett, James (Glasgow, Bridgeton) | de Freitas, Rt. Hn. Sir Geoffrey | Hannan, William (G'gow, Maryhill) |
| Bidwell, Sydney | Delargy, H. J. | Hardy, Peter |
| Bishop, E. S. | Dell, Rt. Hn. Edmund | Harper, Joseph |
| Blenkinsop, Arthur | Dempsey, James | Harrison, Walter (Wakefield) |
| Boardman, H. (Leigh) | Doig, Peter | Hart, Rt. Hn. Judith |
| Booth, Albert | Dormand, J. D. | Hattersley, Roy |
| Bottomley, Rt. Hn. Arthur | Douglas, Dick (Stirlingshire, E.) | Healey, Rt. Hn. Denis |
| Boyden, James (Bishop Auckland) | Douglas-Mann, Bruce | Heffer, Eric S. |
| Bradley, Tom | Driberg, Tom | Hilton, W. S. |
| Brown, Bob (N'c'tle-upon-Tyne,W.) | Duffy, A. E. P. | Horam, John |
| Brown, Hugh D. (G'gow, Provan) | Dunn, James A. | Houghton, Rt. Hn. Douglas |
| Brown, Ronald (Shoreditch & F'bury) | Dunnett, Jack | Howell, Denis (Small Heath) |
| Buchan, Norman | Eadie, Alex | |
| Buchanan, Richard (G'gow, Sp'burn) | Edelman, Maurice | Huckfield, Leslie |
| Butler, Mrs. Joyce (Wood Green) | Edwards, Robert (Bilston) | Hughes, Rt. Hn. Cledwyn (Anglesey) |
| Callaghan, Rt. Hn. James | Edwards, William (Merioneth) | Hughes, Mark (Durham) |
| Campbell, I. (Dunbartonshire, W.) | Ellis, Tom | Hughes, Robert (Aberdeen, N.) |
| Cant, R. B. | English, Michael | Hughes, Roy (Newport) |
| Carmichael, Neil | Evans, Fred | Hunter, Adem |
| Carter, Ray (Birmingh'm, Northfield) | Fernyhough, E. | Jenner, Greville |
| Carter-Jones, Lewis (Eccles) | Fisher, Mrs.Doris(B'ham,Ladywood) | Jay, Rt. Hn. Douglas |
| Castle, Rt. Hn. Barbara | Fitch, Alan (Wigan) | Jeger,Mrs.Lena(H'b'n&St.P'cras,S.) |
| Clark, David (Colne Valley) | Fletcher, Raymond (Ilkeston) | Jenkins, Hugh (Putney) |
| Cocks, Michael (Bristol, S.) | Fletcher, Ted (Darlington) | Jenkins, Rt. Hn. Roy (Stechford) |
| Cohen, Stanley | Foley, Maurice | John, Brynmor |
| Coleman, Donald | Foot, Michael | Johnson, Carol (Lewisham, S.) |
| Concannon, J. D. | Ford, Ben | Johnson, James (K'ston-on-Hull, W.) |
| Conlan, Bernard | Forrester, John | Johnson, Water (Derby, S.) |
| Corbet, Mrs. Freda | Fraser, John (Norwood) | Jones, Barry (Flint, E.) |
| Jones, Dan (Burnley) | Milne, Edward (Blyth) | Silkin, Hn. S. C. (Dulwich) |
| Jones, T. Alec (Rhondda, W.) | Molloy, William | Sillars, James |
| Kaufman, Gerald | Morgan, Elystan (Cardiganshire) | Silverman, Julius |
| Kerr, Russell | Morris, Alfred (Wythenshawe) | Skinner, Dennis |
| Kinnock, Neil | Morris, Charles R. (Openshaw) | Small, William |
| Lambie, David | Morris, Rt. Hn. John (Aberavon) | Smith, John (Lanarkshire. N.) |
| Lamond, James | Moyle, Roland | Spearing, Nigel |
| Latham, Arthur | Mulley, Rt. Hn. Frederick | Spriggs, Leslie |
| Lawson, George | Murray, Ronald King | Stallard, A. W. |
| Leadbitter, Ted | Ogden, Eric | Stewart, Rt. Hn. Michael (Fulham) |
| Lee, Rt. Hn. Frederick | O'Halloran, Michael | Stoddart, David (Swindon) |
| Leonard, Dick | O'Malley, Brian | Stonehouse, Rt. Hn. John |
| Lestor, Miss Joan | Oram, Bert | Strang, Gavin |
| Lever, Rt. Hn. Harold | Orbach, Maurice | Summerskill, Hn. Dr. Shirley |
| Lewis, Arthur (W. Ham N.) | Orme, Stanley | Swain, Thomas |
| Lewis, Ron (Carlisle) | Oswald, Thomas | Taverne, Dick |
| Lipton, Marcus | Owen, Dr. David (Plymouth, Sutton) | Thomas,Rt.Hn.George (Cardiff,W.) |
| Lomas, Kenneth | Paget, R. T. | Thomas, Jeffrey (Abertillery) |
| Loughlin, Charles | Palmer, Arthur | Thomson, Rt. Hn. G. (Dundee, E.) |
| Lyon, Alexander W. (York) | Parry, Robert (Liverpool, Exchange) | Tinn, James |
| Lyons, Edward (Bradford, E.) | Pavitt, Laurie | Torney, Tom |
| Mabon, Dr. J. Dickson | Pearl, Rt. Hn. Fred | Urwin, T. W. |
| McBride, Neil | Pendry, Tom | Varley, Eric G. |
| McCartney, Hugh | Pentland, Norman | Wainwright, Edwin |
| McElhone, Frank | Perry, Ernest G. | Walden, Brian (B'm'ham, All Saints) |
| McGuire, Michael | Prentice, Rt. Hn. Reg. | Walker, Harold (Doncaster) |
| Mackenzie, Gregor | Prescott, John | Wallace, George |
| Mackie, John | Price, J. T. (Westhoughton) | Watkins, David |
| Mackintosh, John P. | Price, William (Rugby) | Weitzman, David |
| Maclennan, Robert | Probert, Arthur | Wellbeloved, James |
| McMillan, Tom (Glasgow, C.) | Rankin, John | Wells, William (Walsall, N.) |
| McNamara, J. Kevin | Reed, D. (Sedgefield) | White, James (Glasgow, Pollok) |
| MacPherson, Malcolm | Rees, Merlyn (Leeds, S.) | Whitehead, Phillip |
| Mahon, Simon (Bootle) | Richard, Ivor | Whitlock, William |
| Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield, E.) | Roberts, Albert (Normanton) | Willey, Rt. Hn. Frederick |
| Marks, Kenneth | Roberts,Rt.Hn.Goronwy(Caernarvon) | Williams, Alan (Swansea, W.) |
| Marquand, David | Roderick, Caerwyn E.(Br'c'n&R'dnor) | Williams, Mrs. Shirley (Hitchin) |
| Marsh, Rt. Hn. Richard | Rodgers, William (Stockton-on-Tees) | Wilson, Alexander (Hamilton) |
| Mason, Rt. Hn. Roy | Roper, John | Wilson, Rt. Hn. Harold (Huyton) |
| Meacher, Michael | Rose, Paul B. | Wilson, William (Coventry, S.) |
| Mellish, Rt. Hn. Robert | Ross, Rt. Hn. William (Kilmarnock) | |
| Mendelson, John | Sheldon, Robert (Ashton-under-Lyne) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Mikardo, Ian | Shore, Rt. Hn. Peter (Stepney) | Mr. John Golding and |
| Millan, Bruce | Short,Rt.Hn.Edward(N'c'tle-u-Tyne) | Mr. William Hamling |
| Miller, Dr. M. S. | Siikin, Rt. Hn. John (Deptford) |
§ Clause 27 ordered to stand part of the Bill.