HC Deb 11 July 1973 vol 859 cc1624-5

Any notice or direction required or authorised by any provision of this Act to be served or given to any person shall be confirmed by statutory instrument which shall be published within seven days of the service of the notice or direction as the case may be and which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament:

Provided that the Secretary of State shall not be obliged to publish in such statutory instrument any information which he deems to be contrary to national security.—[Mr. Mason.]

Brought up, and read the First time.

Motion made, and Question put, That the clause be read a Second time:

The House divided: Ayes 145. Noes 152.

Division No. 197.] AYES [8.13 p.m.
Allaun, Frank (Safford, E.) Fernyhough, Rt. Hn. E. McBride, Neil
Allen, Scholefield Fletcher, Ted (Darlington) McElhone, Frank
Archer, Peter (Rowley Regis) Foot, Michael McGuire, Michael
Atkinson, Norman Ford, Ben Machin, George
Barnett, Guy (Greenwich) Fraser, John (Norwood) Mackenzie, Gregor
Benn, Rt. Hn. Anthony Wedgwood Galpern, Sir Myer Mackie, John
Bishop, E. S. Ginsburg, David (Dewsbury) Maclennan, Robert
Blenkinsop, Arthur Gourlay, Harry McNamara, J. Kevin
Booth. Albert Grant, George (Morpeth) Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield, E.)
Bottomley, Rt. Hn. Arthur Hatton, F. Marks, Kenneth
Broughton, Sir Alfred Hamilton, James (Bothwell) Marquand, David
Buchan, Norman Hamilton, William (Fife, W.) Marsden, F.
Buchanan, Richard (G'gow, Sp'burn) Hamling, William Marshall, Dr. Edmund
Campbell, I. (Dunbartonshire, W.) Hannan, William (G'gow, Maryhill) Mason, Rt. Hn. Roy
Carmichael, Neil Hardy, Peter Meacher, Michael
Carter-Jones, Lewis (Eccles) Harrison, Walter (Wakefield) Mellish, Rt. Hn. Robert
Castle, Rt. Hn. Barbara Heffer, Eric S. Mendelson, John
Clark, David (Colne Valley) Hooson, Emlyn Millan, Bruce
Cohen, Stanley Hughes, Mark (Durham) Miller, Dr. M. S
Coleman, Donald Hunter, Adam Morgan, Elysian (Cardiganshire)
Concannon, J. D. John, Brynmor Morris, Alfred (Wythenshawe)
Conran, Bernard Johnson. James (K'ston-on-Hull, W.) Morris, Charles R. (Openshaw)
Cox, Thomas (Wandsworth, C.) Johnson, Walter (Derby, G.) Murray, Ronald King
Cunningham, Dr. J. A. (Whitehaven) Jones, Barry (Flint, E.) Oakes, Gordon
Davidson, Arthur Jones, Dan (Burnley) O'Malley, Brian
Davies, G. Elfed (Rhondda, E.) Jones, T. Alec (Rhondda, W.) Oram, Bert
Davis, Clinton (Hackney, C.) Judd, Frank Orbach, Maurice
Davis, Terry (Bromsgrove) Kaufman, Gerald Oswald, Thomas
Deakins, Eric Lambie, David Padley, Walter
Delargy, Hugh Lamond, James Paget, R. T.
Dell, Rt. Hn. Edmund Lawson, George Palmer, Arthur
Dempsey, James Leonard, Dick Pearl, Rt. Hn. Fred
Doig, Peter Lestor, Miss Joan Prentice, Rt. Hn. Reg.
Douglas-Mann, Bruce Lewis, Arthur (W. Ham, N.) Prescott, John
Dunn, James A. Lewis, Ron (Carlisle) Probert, Arthur
Evans, Fred Loughlin, Charles Rhodes, Geoffrey
Faulds, Andrew Lyons, Edward (Bradford, E.) Richard, Ivor
Roberts, Rt. Hn. Goronwy (Caernarvon) Stoddart, David (Swindon) Walker, Harold (Doncaster)
Robertson, John (Paisley) Stott, Roger (Westhoughton) Wells, William (Walsall, N.)
Rodgers, William (Stockton-on-Tees) Strang, Gavin White, James (Glasgow, Pollok)
Rose, Paul B. Summerskill, Hn. Dr. Shirley Whitehead, Phillip
Short, Rt. Hn. Edward (N'c'tle-u-Tyne) Swain, Thomas Williams, Alan (Swansea, W.)
Silkin, Hn. S. C. (Dulwich) Thorpe, Rt. Hn. Jeremy Wilson, Rt. Hn. Harold (Huyton)
Silverman, Julius Tinn, James Wilson, William (Coventry, S.)
Skinner, Dennis Tomney, Frank Woof, Robert
Small, William Tope, Graham
Smith, Cyril (Rochdale) Tuck, Raphael TELLERS FOR THE AYES
Spriggs, Leslie Urwin, T. W. Mr. Ernest Armstrong and
Stallard, A. W. Varley, Eric G. Mr. John Golding.
Steel, David Wainwright, Edwin
NOES
Adley, Robert Harrison, Col. Sir Harwood (Eye) Page, John (Harrow, W.)
Allason, James (Hemel Hempstead) Haselhurst, Alan Parkinson, Cecil
Amery, Rt. Hn. Julian Havers, Michael Percival, Ian
Archer, Jeffrey (Louth) Hawkins, Paul Pounder, Rafton
Astor, John Hiley, Joseph Powell, Rt. Hn. J. Enoch
Atkins, Humphrey Hill, James (Southampton, Test) Price, David (Eastleigh)
Awdry, Daniel Holt, Miss Mary Proudfoot, Wilfred
Benyon, W. Hornby, Richard Pym, Rt. Hn. Francis
Biffen, John Hornsby-Smith, Rt. Hn. Dame Patricia Raison, Timothy
Biggs-Davison, John Howell, Ralph (Norfolk, N.) Ramsden, Rt. Hn. James
Blaker, Peter Hunt, John Rawlinson, Rt. Hn. Sir Peter
Boscawen, Hn. Robert Hutchison, Michael Clark Redmond, Robert
Bowden, Andrew Iremonger, T. L. Reed, Laurance (Bolton, E.)
Brinton, Sir Talton James, David Renton, Rt. Hn. Sir David
Brocklebank-Fowler, Christopher Jessel, Toby Ridsdale, Julian
Brown, Sir Edward (Bath) Kellett-Bowman, Mrs. Elaine Roberts, Wyn (Conway)
Bryan, Sir Paul Kershaw, Anthony Rodgers, Sir John (Sevenoaks)
Buchanan-Smith, Alick (Angus, N & M) Kimball, Marcus Rossi, Hugh (Hornsey)
Burden, F. A. King, Evelyn (Dorset, S.) Rost, Peter
Carlisle, Mark King, Tom (Bridgwater) St. John-Stevas, Norman
Chapman, Sydney Kinsey, J. R. Sandys, Rt. Hn. D.
Churchill, W. S. Kirk, Peter Shaw, Michael (Sc'b'gh & Whitby)
Clarke, Kenneth (Rushcliffe) Knight, Mrs. Jill Shelton, William (Clapham)
Clegg, Walter Knox, David Soref, Harold
Cooke, Robert Lane, David Speed, Keith
Coombs, Derek Longden, Sir Gilbert Spence, John
Corfield, Rt. Hn. Sir Frederick Luce, R. N. Stainton, Keith
Crouch, David McAdden, Sir Stephen Stanbrook, Ivor
Crowder, F. P. MacArthur, Ian Stodart, Anthony (Edinburgh. W.)
Davies, Rt. Hn. John (Knutsford) McLaren, Martin Sutcliffe, John
d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Maj.-Gen. Jack McNair-Wilson, Michael Taylor, Frank (Moss Side)
Dean, Paul Maddan, Martin Tebbit, Norman
Deedes, Rt. Hn. W. F. Madel, David Thomas, John Stradling (Monmouth)
Dodds-Parker, Douglas Mather, Carol Thompson, Sir Richard (Croydon, S.)
Edwards, Nicholas (Pembroke) Maxwell-Hyslop, R. J. Turton, Rt. Hn. Sir Robin
Eyre, Reginald Meyer, Sir Anthony Vaughan, Dr. Gerard
Fenner, Mrs. Peggy Miscampbell, Norman Waddington, David
Fisher, Nigel (Surbiton) Mitchell, David (Basingstoke) Wall, Patrick
Fookes, Miss Janet Moate, Roger Warren, Kenneth
Fortescue, Tim Money, Ernie Weatherill, Bernard
Fowler, Norman Monks, Mrs. Connie Wilkinson, John
Glyn, Dr. Alan Monro, Rector Winterton, Nicholas
Gower, Raymond More, Jasper Wood, Rt. Hn. Richard
Grant. Anthony (Harrow, C.) Morgan, Geraint (Denbigh) Woodhouse, Hn. Christopher
Gray, Hamish Mudd, David Woodnutt, Mark
Green, Alan Murton, Oscar Worsley, Marcus
Grieve, Percy Nabarro, Sir Gerald Younger, Hn. George
Grylls, Michael Neave, Airey
Gummer, J. Selwyn Normanton, Tom TELLERS FOR THE NOES:
Hall, John (Wycombe) Onslow, Cranley Mr. Michael Jopling and
Hall-Davis, A. G. F. Osborn, John Mr. Marcus Fox.
Hamilton, Michael (Salisbury) Owen, Idris (Stockport, N.)
Page, Rt. Hn. Graham (Crosby)

Question accordingly negatived.

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