HC Deb 23 March 1971 vol 814 cc427-8

Amendment proposed: No. 75, in page 63, line 3, leave out 'by taking or threatening' and insert 'to take or threaten'.—[Mr. Dudley Smith.]

Question put, That the Amendment be made:—

The House divided: Ayes 235, Noes 117.

[For Division List 311 see col. 765.]

Amendment proposed: No. 76, in page 63, line 5, leave out from beginning to that ' in line 11 and insert— 'if—

  1. (a) he knows or has reasonable grounds for believing that another person has entered into a contract (not being a contract of employment) with a party to that industrial dispute;
  2. (b) his purpose or principal purpose in taking or threatening to take those steps is to induce that other person to break that contract or to prevent him from performing it; and
  3. (c)'.—[Mr. Dudley Smith.]

Question put, That the Amendment be made:—

The House proceeded to a Division—

Mr. Deputy Speaker

I hope that I shall not have occasion again to call the attention of the House to the fact that it is quite out of order to read a newspaper in the Chamber. All hon. Members should know that.

The House having divided: Ayes 252, Noes 119.

[For Division List 312 see col. 769.]

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