§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Northern Ireland Constitution (Devolution) Order 1973, a draft of which was laid before this House on 6th December, be approved.—[Mr. Pym.]
§ The House divided: Ayes 79, Noes 4.
| Division No. 23.] | AYES | [11.40 p.m. |
| Archer, Puter (Rowley Regis) | Hawkins, Paul | Orme, Stanley |
| Atkins, Humphrey | Hicks, Robert | Page, Rt. Hn. Graham (Crosby) |
| Austick, David | Hornby, Richard | Parkinson, Cecil |
| Benyon, W. | Homsby-Smlth, Rt. Hn. Dame Patricia | Pym, Rt. Hn. Francis |
| Berry, Hn. Anthony | Howell, David (Guildford) | Reed, Laurance (Bolton, E.) |
| Biggs-Davison, John | Hunt, John | Rees, Merlyn (Leeds, S.) |
| Boscawen, Hn. Robert | Hutchison, Michael Clark | Renton, Rt. Hn. Sir David |
| Bray, Ronald | Iremonger, T. L. | Rossi, Hugh (Hornsey) |
| Chapman, Sydney | James, David | Russell, Sir Ronald |
| Clegg, Walter | Jopling, Michael | Shaw, Michael (Sc'b'gh & Whitby) |
| Cohen, Stanley | Kerr, Russell | Shelton, William (Clapham) |
| Concannon, J. D. | Kinsey, J. R. | Speed, Keith |
| Cormack, Patrick | Langford-Holt, Sir John | Stanbrook, Ivor |
| Drayson, G. B. | Le Marchant, Spencer | Steel, David |
| Dykes, Hugh | Longden, Sir Gilbert | Tebbit, Norman |
| Eden, Rt. Hn. Sir John | McMaster, Stanley | Thomas, Rt. Hn. George (Cardiff, W.) |
| Elliott, R. W. (N'c'tle-upon-Tyne, N.) | Macmillan, Rt. Hn. Maurlce (Farnham) | Thomas, John Stradling (Monmouth) |
| English, Michael | McNair-Wilson, Michael | Tilney, Sir John |
| Eyre, Reginald | McNamara, J. Kevin | van Straubenzee, W. R. |
| Fitt, Gerard (Belfast, W.) | Madel, David | Vaughan, Dr. Gerard |
| Fowler, Norman | Mather, Carol | Walder, David (Clitheroe) |
| Fox, Marcus | Mills, Peter (Torrington) | Weatherill, Bernard |
| Grant, Anthony (Harrow, C.) | Mills, Stratton (Belfast, N.) | White, Roger (Gravesend) |
| Green, Alan | Monro, Hector | |
| Gummer, J. Selwyn | Montgomery, Fergus | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Gurden, Harold | Morgan-Giles, Rear-Adm. | Mr. Hamish Gray and |
| Hall-Davis, A. G. F. | Normanton, Tom | Mr. Kenneth Clarke. |
| Harrison, Waller (Wakefield) | Oakes, Gordon |
| NOES | ||
| McAliskey, Mrs. Bernadette | Orr, Capt. L. P. S. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Molyneaux, James | Powell, Rt. Hn. J. Enoch | Mr. John E. Maginnis and Rev. Tan Paisley. |
§ Question accordingly agreed to.