HC Deb 22 January 1974 vol 867 cc1582-611

As amended (in the Standing Committee, further considered.

Amendment proposed: sub-amendment (d) in line 38, at end insert— ' (f) whether or not the owner has made attempts to obtain planning consent to use the building for housing purposes as an alternative to commercial development and if successful has advertised the housing accommodation for sale or rent '.—[Mr. Oakes.]

Question put. That the amendment be made to the proposed Clause.

Division No. 33.] AYES [10.3 p.m.
Albu, Austen Fitch, Alan (Wigan) Mellish, Rt. Hn. Robert
Allaun, Frank (Salford, E.) Fletcher, Ted (Darlington) Millan, Bruce
Armstrong, Ernest Foot, Michael Miller, Dr. M. S.
Ashton, Joe Forrester, John Mitchell, R. C. (S'hampton, Itchen)
Atkinson Normen Fraser, John (Norwood) Molloy, William
Austick, David Galpern, Sir Myer Morris, Rt. Hn. John (Aberavon)
Bagier, Gordon A. T. Golding, John Oakes, Gordon
Beith, A. J. Gordon Walker, Rt. Hn. P. C. Oram, Bert
Bidwell, Sydney Gourlay, Harry Orbach, Maurice
Bishop, E. S. Grant, George (Morpeth) Oswald, Thomas
Blenkinsop, Arthur Grant, John D. (Islington, E.) Palmer, Arthur
Boardman, H. (Leigh) Griffiths, Eddie (Brightside) Parker, John (Dagenham)
Booth, Albert Grimond, Rt. Hn. J. Price, William (Rugby)
Boothroyd, Miss Betty Hamilton, James (Bothwell) Probert, Arthur
Bottomley, Rt. Hn. Arthur Hamilton, William (Fife, W.) Radice, Giles
Brown, Robert C. (N'c'tle-u-Tyne, W.) Hardy, Peter Roberts, Albert (Normanton)
Brown, Hugh D. (G'gow, Provan) Harper, Joseph Roberts, Rt. Hn. Goronwy (Caernarvon)
Brown, Ronald (Shoreditch & F'bury) Harrison, Walter (Wakefield) Rose, Paul B.
Buchanan, Richard (G'gow, Sp'burn) Hatton, F. Ross, Rt. Hn. William (Kilmarnock)
Butter, Mrs. Joyce (Wood Green) Hooson, Emlyn Rowlands, Ted
Campbell, I. (Dunbartonshire, W.) Horam, John Silkin, Hn. S. C. (Dulwich)
Carmichael, Neil Houghton, Rt. Hn. Douglas Sillars, James
Carter, Ray (Birmingh'm, Northfield) Howell, Denis (Small Heath) Silverman, Julius
Carter-Jones, Lewis (Eccles) Huckfield, Leslie Skinner, Dennis
Clark, David (Colne Valley) Hughes, Mark (Durham) Smith, Cyril (Rochdale)
Concannon, J. D. Hughes, Robert (Aberdeen, N.) Smith, John (Lanarkshire, N.)
Conlan, Bernard Janner, Greville Spriggs, Leslie
Cox, Thomas (Wandsworth, C.) John, Brynmor Stallard, A. W.
Crossman, Rt. Hn. Richard Johnson, Walter (Derby, S.) Steel, David
Cunningham, Dr. J. A. (Whitehaven) Jones, Dan (Burnley) Stewart, Rt. Hn. Michael (Fulham)
Dalyell, Tarn Jones, Rt. Hn. Sir Elwyn (W. Ham, S.) Strang, Gavin
Davidson, Arthur Jones, T. Alec (Rhondda, W.) Swain, Thomas
Davies, Ifor (Gower) Kaufman, Gerald Thomas, Jeffrey (Abertillery)
Davis, Clinton (Hackney, C.) Kelley, Richard Tinn, James
Davis, Terry (Bromsgrove) Kerr, Russell Tope, Graham
Deakins, Eric Lamborn, Harry Torney, Tom
de Freitas, Rt. Hn. Sir Geoffrey Lamond, James Tuck, Raphael
Dempsey, James Lawson, George Varley, Eric G.
Dormand, J. D. Lee, Rt. Hn. Frederick Wainwright, Edwin
Douglas-Mann, Bruce Lever, Rt. Hn. Harold Walker, Harold (Doncaster)
Duffy, A. E. P. Lomas, Kenneth Weitzman, David
Dunn, James A. Loughlin, Charles Wellbeloved, James
Dunnett Jack Lyons, Edward (Bradford, E.) Wells, William (Walsall, N.)
Eadie, Alex Mabon, Dr. J. Dickson White, James (Glasgow, Pollok)
Edelman, Maurice McBride, Neil Whitehead, Phillip
Ellis, Tom McElhone, Frank Whitlock, William
Evans, Fred McGuire, Michael Williams, W. T. (Warrington)
Faulds, Andrew Machin, George Wilson, Alexander (Hamilton)
Fernyhough, Rt. Hn. E. Mackie, John Wilson, William (Coventry, S.)
Fisher, Mrs. Doris (B'ham, Lady wood) Mahon, Simon (Bootle) Woof, Robert
Marks, Kenneth
Marquand, David TELLERS FOR THE AYES:
Marsden, F. Mr. Michael Cocks and
Marshall, Dr. Edmund Mr. Donald Coleman.
NOES
Adley, Robert Buchanan-Smith, Alick (Angus, N&M) Elliot, Capt. Walter (Carshalton)
Allason, James (Hemel Hempstead) Burden, F. A. Elliott, R. W. (N'c'tle-upon-Tyne, N.)
Archer, Jeffrey (Louth) Butler, Adam (Bosworth) Eyre, Reginald
Astor, John Carlisle, Mark Fidler, Michael
Atkins, Humphrey Channon, Paul Finsberg, Geoffrey (Hampstead)
Awdry, Daniel Chapman, Sydney Fisher, Sir Nigel (Surbiton)
Baker, W. H. K. (Banff) Clark, William (Surrey, E.) Fletcher, Alexander (Edinburgh, N.)
Batsford, Brian Clegg, Walter Fletcher-Cooke, Charles
Beamish, Col, Sir Tufton Cockeram, Eric Fookes, Miss Janet
Benyon, W. Cooke, Robert Fowler, Norman
Bitten, John Coombs, Derek Gardner, Edward
Biggs-Davison, John Corfield, Rt. Hn. Sir Frederick Glyn, Dr. Alan
Boardman, Tom (Leicester, S. W.) Cormack, Patrick Gower, Sir Raymond
Boscawen, Hn. Robert Costain, A. P. Gray, Hamish
Bowden, Andrew d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Maj.-Gen. Jack Green, Alan
Bray, Ronald Deedes, Rt. Hn. W. F. Griffiths, Eldon (Bury St. Edmunds)
Brinton, Sir Tatton Dykes, Hugh Gummer, J. Selwyn
Brown, Sir Edward (Bath) Eden, Rt. Hn. Sir John Gurden, Harold
Bryan, Sir Paul Edwards, Nicholas (Pembroke) Hall, Sir John (Wycombe)
Hamilton, Michael (Salisbury)
Haselhurst, Alan

The House divided: Ayes 154, Noes 163.

Hastings, Stephen McNair-Wilson, Michael Scott-Hopkins, James
Havers, Sir Michael Madel, David Shaw, Michael (Sc'b'gh & Whitby)
Hawkins, Paul Mather, Carol Shelton, William (Clapham)
Hayhoe, Barney Mawby, Ray Shersby, Michael
Hicks, Robert Maxwell-Hyslop, R. J. Simeons, Charles
Hiley, Joseph Meyer, Sir Anthony Skeet, T. H. H.
Hill, John E. B. (Nortolk, S.) Miscampbell, Norman Soref, Harold
Holland, Philip Mitchell, David (Basingstoke) Spence, John
Holt, Miss Mary Moate, Roger Sproat, lain
Hornby, Richard Money, Ernle Stainton, Keith
Hornsby-Smith, Rt. Hn. Dame Patricia Monks, Mrs. Connie Stanbrook, Ivor
Howell, David (Guildford) Monro, Hector Stewart-Smith, Geoffrey (Belper)
Howell, Ralph (Norfolk, N.) Montgomery, Fergus Sutcliffe, John
Iremonger, T. L. Morgan-Giles, Rear-Adm. Taylor, Frank (Moss Side)
James, David Mudd, David Tebbit, Norman
Jones, Arthur (Northants, S.) Neave, Airey Thomas, John Stradling (Monmouth)
Jopling, Michael Normanion, Tom Thompson, Sir Richard (Croydon, S.)
Kaberry, Sir Donald Oppenheim, Mrs. Sally Tugendhat, Christopher
Kellett-Bowman, Mrs. Elaine Owen, Idris (Stockport, N.) Turton, Rt. Hn. Sir Robin
Kershaw, Anthony Page, Rt. Hn. Graham (Crosby) van Straubenzee, W. R.
Kimball, Marcus Parkinson, Cecil Vaughan, Dr. Gerard
King, Evelyn (Dorset, S.) Percival, Ian Waddington, David
King, Tom (Bridgwater) Pike, Miss Mervyn Walder, David (Clitheroe)
Kinsey, J. R. Pink, R. Bonner Walker-Smith, Rt. Hn. Sir Derek
Kirk, Peter Powell, Rt. Hn. J. Enoch Ward, Dame Irene
Knight, Mrs. Jill Price, David (Eastleigh) Wells, John (Maidstone)
Knox, David Proudfoot, Wilfred White, Roger (Gravesend)
Lamont, Norman Redmond, Robert Winterton, Nicholas
Lane, David Reed, Laurance (Bolton, E.) Wolrige-Gordon, Patrick
Le Marchant, Spencer Rees-Davies, W. R. Worsley, Sir Marcus
Lloyd, Ian (P'tsm'th, Langstone) Rhys Williams, Sir Brandon Wylie, Rt. Hn. N. R.
Loveridge, John Ridley, Hn. Nicholas Younger, Hn. George
Luce, R. N. Roberts, Michael (Cardiff, N.)
MacArthur, Ian Rossi, Hugh (Hornsey) TELLERS FOR THE NOES:
McCrindle, R. A. Sainsbury, Timothy Mr. Marcus Fox and
McLaren, Martin Scott, Nicholas Mr. A. G. F. Hall-Davis.

Question accordingly negatived.

Clause added to the Bill.

  1. New Clause 7
    1. cc1587-600
    2. POWER OF RATING AUTHORITY TO USE ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF LOCAL FINANCE 5,241 words, 2 divisions
  2. New Clause 8
    1. cc1601-11
    2. VALUATION NOT TO BE INCREASED BECAUSE OF INSTALLATION OF CENTRAL HEATING 3,837 words
    3. c1611
    4. ADJOURNMENT 12 words
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