§
Motion made and Question put,
That the West Midlands County Council Bill [Lords] may be proceeded with at this day's
§ sitting, though opposed, until a quarter of an hour before Eleven o'clock.—[Mr. Waddington.]
§ The House divided: Ayes 101. Noes 78.
759| Division No. 31] | AYES | [10.00 p.m. |
| Alexander, Richard | Fairgrieve, Russell | Morrison, Hon Peter (City of Chester) |
| Arnold, Tom | Fenner, Mrs Peggy | Murphy, Christopher |
| Aspinwall, Jack | Fisher, Sir Nigel | Myles, David |
| Atkins, Rt Hon H. (Spelthorne) | Fletcher-Cooke, Charles | Needham, Richard |
| Atkins, Robert (Preston North) | Fookes, Miss Janet | Normanton, Tom |
| Beaumont-Dark, Anthony | Fowler, Rt Hon Norman | Page, Rt Hon R Graham (Crosby) |
| Berry, Hon Anthony | Fry, Peter | Patten, Christopher (Bath) |
| Best, Keith | Gardiner, George (Reigate) | Patten, John (Oxford) |
| Bevan, David Gilroy | Garel-Jones, Tristan | Pawsey, James |
| Blackburn, John | Goodlad, Alastair | Proctor, K. Harvey |
| Blaker, Peter | Gow, Ian | Renton, Tim |
| Boscawen, Hon Robert | Grant, Anthony (Harrow C) | Rhodes James, Robert |
| Boyson, Dr Rhodes | Gray, Hamish | Shepherd, Richard (Aldridge-Br'hills) |
| Braine, Sir Bernard | Hawksley, Warren | Shersby, Michael |
| Bright, Graham | Hooson, Tom | Smith, Dudley (War. and Leam'ton) |
| Brittan, Leon | Jopling, Rt Hon Michael | Speller, Tony |
| Brown, Michael (Brigg & Sc'thorpe) | Kershaw, Anthony | Spicer, Michael (S Worcestershire) |
| Bryan, Sir Paul | Knight, Mrs Jill | Stradling Thomas, J. |
| Budgen, Nick | Langford-Holt, Sir John | Temple-Morris, Peter |
| Bulmer, Esmond | Lawrence Ivan | Thomas, Rt Hon Peter (Hendon S) |
| Butcher, John | Le Merchant, Spencer | Thompson, Donald |
| Cadbury, Jocelyn | Lennox-Boyd, Hon Mark | Townsend, Cyril D. (Bexleyheath) |
| Carlisle, Kenneth (Lincoln) | Lloyd, Peter (Fareham) | van Straubenzee, W. R. |
| Carlisle, Rt Hon Mark (Runcorn) | Lyell, Nicholas | Wakeham, John |
| Channon, Paul | McCrindle, Robert | Waldegrave, Hon William |
| Chapman, Sydney | McCusker, H. | Ward, John |
| Clark, William (Croydon South) | MacGregor, John | Watson, John |
| Clarke, Kenneth (Rushcliffe) | Mackay, John (Argyll) | Wheeler, John |
| Clegg, Walter | Mates, Michael | Winterton, Nicholas |
| Colvin, Michael | Mayhew, Patrick | Wolfson, Mark |
| Cope, John | Meyer, Sir Anthony | Young, Sir George (Acton) |
| Dean, Paul (North Somerset) | Miller, Hal (Bromsgrove & Redditch) | |
| Douglas-Hamilton, Lord James | Mills, Iain (Meriden) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Emery, Peter | Molyneaux, James | Mr. David Waddington and |
| Eyre, Reginald | Morrison, Hon Charles (Devizes) | Mr. Carol Mather. |
| NOES | ||
| Archer, Rt Hon Peter | Foster, Derek | Roberts, Allan (Bootle) |
| Atkinson, Norman (H'gay, Tott'ham) | Freud, Clement | Roberts, Ernest (Hackney North) |
| Barnett, Guy (Greenwich) | Hamilton, W. W. (Central Fife) | Rooker, J. W. |
| Beith, A. J. | Hattersley, Rt Hon Roy | Ross, Ernest (Dundee West) |
| Bennett, Andrew (Stockport N) | Heffer, Eric S. | Ross, Stephen (Isle of Wight) |
| Bidwell, Sydney | Holland, Stuart (L'beth, Vauxhall) | Sever, John |
| Booth, Rt Hon Albert | Hooley, Frank | Short, Mrs Renée |
| Boothroyd, Miss Betty | Howell, Rt Hon Denis (B'ham, Sm H) | Silkin, Rt Hon John (Deptford) |
| Bray, Dr Jeremy | Huckfield, Les | Silverman, Julius |
| Brown, Hugh D. (Provan) | Jay, Rt Hon Douglas | Skinner, Dennis |
| Callaghan, Jim (Middleton & P) | Jones, Alec (Rhondda) | Snape, Peter |
| Campbell-Savours, Dale | Jones, Dan (Burnley) | Soley, Clive |
| Carmichael, Neil | Kaufman, Rt Hon Gerald | Spearing, Nigel |
| Cartwright, John | Lamond, James | Stallard, A. W. |
| Cowans, Harry | Leadbitter, Ted | Stoddart, David |
| Cryer, Bob | Leighton, Ronald | Straw, Jack |
| Cunningham, George (Islington S) | Lyons, Edward (Bradford West) | Taylor, Mrs Ann (Bolton West) |
| Davidson, Arthur | McCartney, Hugh | Thorne, Stan (Preston South) |
| Davis, Clinton (Hackney Central) | McDonald, Dr Oonagh | Tinn, James |
| Davis, Terry (B'rm'ham, Stechford) | McKay, Allen (Penistone) | Walker, Harold (Doncaster) |
| Deakins, Eric | Marshall, Jim (Leicester South) | Wilson, William (Coventry SE) |
| Dean, Joseph (Leeds West) | Maynard, Miss Joan | Winnick, David |
| Dixon, Donald | Mellish, Rt Hon Robert | Wright, Miss Sheila |
| Dubs, Alfred | Mikardo, Ian | |
| Eastham, Ken | Morton, George | TELLERS FOR THE NOES |
| Edwards, Robert (Wolv SE) | Penhaligon, David | Miss Jo Richardson and |
| Evans, John (Newton) | Powell, Raymond (Ogmore) | Mr. Reg Race. |
| Flannery, Martin | ||
| Question accordingly agreed to. |