HC Deb 24 July 1972 vol 841 cc1469-71

DECISION ON ORIGIN OF INJURY OR DISABILITY

A decision (given under section 48(2) of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965 or otherwise) that an accident was an

industrial accident is to be taken as determining the origin of any injury or disability suffered by the claimant.—[Mr. O'Malley.]

Brought up, and read the First time.

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

The House divided: Ayes 124, Noes 149.

Division No. 314.] AYES [11.22 p.m.
Albu, Austen Gilbert, Dr. John Orme, Stanley
Allaun, Frank (Salford, E.) Grant, George (Morpeth) Parry, Robert (Liverpool, Exchange)
Archer, Peter (Rowley Regis) Grant, John D. (Islington, E.) Pavitt, Laurie
Armstrong, Ernest Hamling, William Peart, Rt. Hn. Fred
Ashton, Joe Hannan, William (G'gow, Maryhill) Pendry, Tom
Atkinson, Norman Hardy, Peter Pentland, Norman
Barnett, Guy (Greenwich) Harrison, Walter (Wakefield) Perry, Ernest G.
Benn, Rt. Hn.Anthony Wedgwood Hattersley, Roy Prescott, John
Bidwell, Sydney Hooson, Emlyn Reed, D. (Sedgefield)
Bishop, E. S. Horam, John Roberts, Albert (Normanton)
Blenkinsop, Arthur Houghton, Rt. Hn. Douglas Roper, John
Booth, Albert Hughes, Mark (Durham) Rose, Paul B.
Brown, Hugh D. (G'gow, Provan) Hughes, Robert (Aberdeen, N.) Sillars, James
Buchan, Norman Janner, Greville Silverman, Julius
Buchanan, Richard (G'gow, Sp'burn) Johnson, James (K'ston-on-Hull, W.) Skinner, Dennis
Carmichael, Neil Jones, Barry (Flint, E.) Smith, John (Lanarkshire, N.)
Carter-Jones, Lewis (Eccles) Jones, Gwynoro (Carmarthen) Spearing, Nigel
Castle, Rt. Hn. Barbara Jones, T. Alec (Rhondda, W.) Spriggs, Leslie
Clark, David (Colne Valley) Judd, Frank Stallard, A. W.
Cocks, Michael (Bristol, S.) Kaufman, Gerald Steel, David
Concannon, J. D. Lawson, George Stewart, Rt. Hn. Michael (Fulham)
Conlan, Bernard Lewis, Ron (Carlisle) Strang, Gavin
Cox, Thomas (Wandsworth, C.) Lomas, Kenneth Summerskill, Hn, Dr. Shirley
Crawshaw, Richard Loughlin, Charles Taverne, Dick
Cunningham, G. (Islington, S.W.) Lyons, Edward (Bradford, E.) Thomas,Rt.Hn.George (Cardiff,W.)
Cunningham, Dr. J. A. (Whitehaven) McCartney, Hugh Tinn, James
Dalyell, Tam MeElhone, Frank Torney, Tom
Davies, Ifor (Gower) Maclennan, Robert Urwin, T. W.
Davis, Terry (Bromsgrove) McMillan, Tom (Glasgow, C.) Wainwright, Edwin
Deakins, Eric McNamara, J. Kevin Walker, Harold (Doncaster)
Dempsey, James Marks, Kenneth Wallace, George
Doig, Peter Marsden, F. Watkins, David
Dormand, J. D. Marshall, Dr. Edmund Weitzman, David
Douglas, Dick (Stirlingshire, E.) Meacher, Michael Wells, William (Walsall, N.)
Driberg, Tom Mellish, Rt. Hn. Robert Whitehead, Phillip
Dunn, James A. Mikardo, Ian Williams, Mrs. Shirley (Hitchin)
Eadie, Alex Millan, Bruce Wilson, William (Coventry, S.)
Edelman, Maurice Morgan, Elystan (Cardiganshire) Woof, Robert
Edwards, Robert (Bilston) Morris, Alfred (Wythenshawe)
Evans, Fred Moyle, Roland TELLERS FOR THE AYES
Fletcher, Ted (Darlington) Ogden, Eric Mr. John Golding and
Foot, Michael O'Halloran, Michael Mr. Joseph Harper
Ford, Ben O'Malley, Brian
NOES
Astor, John Cormack, Patrick Goodhart, Philip
Atkins, Humphrey Costain, A. P. Goodhew, Victor
Benyon, W. Crouch, David Gower, Raymond
Biggs-Davison, John Crowder, F. P. Grant, Anthony (Harrow, C.)
Blaker, Peter Dean, Paul Gray, Hamish
Boardman, Tom (Leicester, S.W.) Deedes, Rt. Hn. W. F. Green, Alan
Boscawen, Robert Digby, Simon Wingfield Griffiths, Eldon (Bury St. Edmunds)
Bossom, Sir Clive Dixon, Piers Gummer, Selwyn
Bowden, Andrew Drayson, G. B. Gurden, Harold
Braine, Sir Bernard Dykes, Hugh Hall-Davis, A. G. F
Bray, Ronald Edwards, Nicholas (Pembroke) Haselhurst, Alan
Brocklebank-Fowler, Christopher Elliott, R. W. (N'c'tle-upon-Tyne,N.) Hayhoe, Barney
Butler, Adam (Bosworth) Emery, Peter Heseltine, Michael
Campbell, Rt.Hn.G.(Moray&Nairn) Eyre, Reginald Hiley, Joseph
Carlisle, Mark Fenner, Mrs. Peggy Hill, James (Southampton, Test)
Chataway, Rt. Hn. Christopher Fisher, Nigel (Surbiton) Holt, Miss Mary
Churchill, W. S. Fletcher-Cooke, Charles Hornsby-Smith,Rt.Hn.Dame Patricia
Clegg, Walter Fortescue, Tim Howell, Ralph (Norfolk, N.)
Cockeram, Eric Fowler, Norman Iremonger, T. L.
Cooke, Robert Fox, Marcus James, David
Cordle, John Fry, Peter Jenkin, Patrick (Woodford)
Jennings, J. C. (Burton) Morgan, Geraint (Denbigh) Taylor,Edward M.(G'gow,Cathcart)
Joseph, Rt. Hn. Sir Keith Morgan-Giles, Rear-Adm. Taylor, Frank (Moss Side)
Kellett-Bowman, Mrs. Elaine Murton, Oscar Tebbit, Norman
Kilfedder, James Neave, Airey Temple, John M.
King, Evelyn (Dorset, S.) Oppenheim, Mrs. Sally Thomas, John Stradling (Monmouth)
King, Tom (Bridgwater) Owen, Idris (Stockport, N.) Trew, Peter
Kinsey, J. R. Page, Graham (Crosby) Tugendhat, Christopher
Kitson, Timothy Parkinson, Cecil Turton, Rt. Hn. Sir Robin
Knight, Mrs. Jill Powell, Rt. Hn. J. Enoch Vickers, Dame Joan
Knox, David Price, David (Eastleigh) Waddington, David
Lamont, Norman Prior, Rt. Hn. J. M. L. Walder, David (Clitheroe)
Legge-Bourke, Sir Harry Pym, Rt. Hn. Francis Wall, Patrick
Lloyd, Ian (P'tsm'th, Langstone) Rawlinson, Rt. Hn. Sir Peter Ward, Dame Irene
Longden, Sir Gilbert Redmond, Robert Warren, Kenneth
Loveridge, John Reed, Laurance (Bolton, E.) Weatherill, Bernard
Luce, R. N. Rhys Williams, Sir Brandon Wells, John (Maidstone)
MacArthur, Ian Roberts, Michael (Cardiff, N.) White, Roger (Gravesend)
McCrindle, R. A. Rossi, Hugh (Hornsey) Wiggin, Jerry
McLaren, Martin Scott-Hopkins, James Wilkinson, John
Madel, David Sharples, Sir Richard Winterton, Nicholas
Mather, Carol Shelton, William (Clapham) Wolrige-Gordon, Patrick
Maxwell-Hyslop, R. J. Speed, Keith Woodhouse, Hn. Christopher
Meyer, Sir Anthony Spence, John Woodnutt, Mark
Mills, Peter (Torrington) Sproat, Iain Worsley, Marcus
Mitchell,Lt.-Col.C.(Aberdeenshire,W) Stainton, Keith Wylie, Rt. Hn. N. R.
Mitchell, David (Basingstoke) Stanbrook, Ivor Younger, Hn. George
Moate, Roger Stewart-Smith, Geoffrey (Belper)
Money, Ernle Stoddart-Scott, Col. Sir M. TELLERS FOR THE NOES:
Monks, Mrs. Connie Stuttaford, Dr. Tom Mr. Kenneth Clarke and
More. Jasper Sutcliffe, John Mr. Michael Jopling

Question accordingly negatived.

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