§ GOVERNMENT FUNDING
- '(1) For the put-pose of promoting the design, development or production of civil aircraft, the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury may at any time after the appointed date make payments in accordance with this section to the successor company or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries.
- (2) No payments may be made under this section unless—
- (a) the Secretary of State is of opinion that it is in the national interest that payments on the scale and in the way proposed should be made; and
- (b) it appears to the Secretary of State that, if the payments are not made, it would be inconsistent with the objects of the com-
§ pany imposed by or under section 1(2)(b) of this Act for the company or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries to undertake the design, development or production in question.
- (3) Payments under this section may be made on any terms and conditions, and, without prejudice to the generality of this subsection, by way of fees or by any description of investment or lending or by the making of grants.
- (4) There shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament any sums required by the Secretary of State for making payments under this section and any sums received by the Secretary of State in pursuance of the terms and conditions on which payments are made under this section shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.'.—[Mr. Les Huckfield.]
§ Brought up, and read the First time.
§ Question put, That the clause be read a Second time:—
§ The House divided: Ayes 238, Noes 304.
1185| Division No. 169] | AYES | [9.52 pm |
| Abse, Leo | Crowther, J. S. | Foulkes, George |
| Adama, Allen | Cryer, Bob | Fraser, John (Lambeth, Norwood) |
| Allaun, Frank | Cunliffe, Lawrence | Freeson Rt Hon Reginald |
| Archer, Rt Hon Peter | Cunningham, George (Islington S) | Garrett, John (Norwich S) |
| Armstrong, Rt Hon Ernest | Cunningham, Dr John (Whitehaven) | Garrett, W. E. (Wallsend) |
| Ashley, Rt Hon Jack | Dalyell, Tarn | George, Bruce |
| Ashton, Joe | Davidson, Arthur | Gilbert, Rt Hon Dr John |
| Atkinson, Norman (H'gey, Tott'ham) | Davies, Rt Hon Denzil (Llanelli) | Golding, John |
| Barnett, Guy (Greenwich) | Davies, Ifor (Gower) | Gourlay, Harry |
| Barnett, Rt Hon Joel (Heywood) | Davis, Terry (B'rm'ham, Stechford) | Grant, George (Morpeth) |
| Beith, A. J. | Deakins, Eric | Grant, John (Islington C) |
| Benn, Rt Hon Anthony Wedgwood | Dean, Joseph (Leeds West) | Hamilton, James (Bothwell) |
| Bennett, Andrew (Stockport N) | Dempsey, James | Hamilton, W. W. (Central Fife) |
| Bidwell, Sydney | Dewar, Donald | Harrison, Rt Hon Walter |
| Booth, Rt Hon Albert | Dixon, Donald | Hart, Rt Hon Dame Judith |
| Boothroyd, Miss Betty | Dobson, Frank | Hattersley, Rt Hon Roy |
| Bottomley, Rt Hon Arthur (M'brough) | Dormand, Jack | Haynes, Frank |
| Bradley, Tom | Douglas, Dick | Healey, Rt Hon Denis |
| Bray, Dr Jeremy | Dubs, Alfred | Heffer, Eric S. |
| Brown, Hugh D. (Provan) | Duffy, A. E. P. | Hogg, Norman (E Dunbartonshire) |
| Brown, Robert C. (Newcastle W) | Dunn, James A. (Liverpool, Kirkdale) | Holland, Stuart (L'beth, Vauxhail) |
| Brown, Ronald W. (Hackney S) | Dunnett, Jack | Home Robertson, John |
| Brown, Ron (Edinburgh, Leith) | Eadie, Alex | Homewood, William |
| Buchan, Norman | Eastham, Ken | Hooley, Frank |
| Callaghan, Rt Hon J. (Cardiff SE) | Edwards, Robert (Wolv SE) | Horam, John |
| Callaghan, Jim (Middleton & P) | Ellis, Raymond (NE Derbyshire) | Howell, Rt Hon Denis (B'ham, Sm H) |
| Campbell, Ian | Ellis, Tom (Wrexham) | Huckfield, Les |
| Canavan, Dennis | English, Michael | Hughes, Mark (Durham) |
| Cant, R. B. | Ennals, Rt Hon David | Hughes, Robert (Aberdeen North) |
| Carmichael, Neil | Evans, Ioan (Aberdare) | Hughes Roy (Newport) |
| Carter-Jones, Lewis | Evans, John (Newton) | Janner, Hon Greville |
| Cartwright, John | Ewing, Harry | Jay, Rt Hon Douglas |
| Clark, Dr David (South Shields) | Faulds Andrew | Johnson, Walter (Derby South) |
| Cocks, Rt Hon Michael (Bristol S) | Field, Frank | Jones, Rt Hon Alec (Rhondda) |
| Cohen, Stanley | Fitch, Alan | Jones, Barry (East Flint) |
| Concannon, Rt Hon J. D. | Flannery, Martin | Jones, Dan (Burnley) |
| Conlan, Bernard | Flotcher, Ted (Darlington) | Kaufman, Rt Hon Gerald |
| Cook, Robin F. | Foot, Rt Hon Michael | Kerr, Russell |
| Cowans, Harry | Forrester, John | Kilroy-Silk, Robert |
| Craigen, J. M. (Glasgow, Maryhill) | Foster, Derek | Kinnock, Neil |
| Lambie, David | Morton, George | Spearing, Nigel |
| Lamborn, Harry | Moyle, Rt Hon Roland | Spriggs, Leslie |
| Lamond, James | Newens, Stanley | Slallard, A. W. |
| Leighton, Ronald | Oakes, Rt Hon Gordon | Stoddart, David |
| Lestor, Miss Joan (Eton & Slough) | Ogden, Eric | Stott, Roger |
| Lewis, Arthur (Newham North West) | O'Halloran, Michael | Strang, Gavin |
| Lewis, Ron (Carlisle) | O'Neill, Martin | Straw, Jack |
| Litherland, Robert | Orme, Rt Hon Stanley | Summersklll, Hon Dr Shirley |
| Lofthouse, Geoffrey | Owen, Rt Hon Dr David | Taylor, Mrs Ann (Bolton West) |
| Lyon, Alexander (York) | Palmer, Arthur | Thomas, Dafydd (Merioneth) |
| Lyons, Edward (Bradford West) | Park, George | Thomas, Jeffrey (Abertillery) |
| Mabon, Rt Hon Dr J. Dickson | Parker, John | Thomas, Mike (Newcastle East) |
| McDonald, Dr Oonagh | Pavitt, Laurie | Thorne, Stan (Preston South) |
| McElhone, Frank | Pendry, Tom | Tilley, John |
| McKay, Allen (Penistone) | Powell, Raymond (Ogmore) | Tinn, James |
| McKelvey, William | Prescott, John | Torney, Tom |
| MacKenzie, Rt Hon Gregor | Price, Christopher (Lewisham West) | Urwin, Rt Hon Tom |
| Maclennan, Robert | Race, Reg | Varley, Rt Hon Eric G. |
| McMahon, Andrew | Rees, Rt Hon Merlyn (Leeds South) | Wainwright, Edwin (Dearne Valley) |
| Macmillan, Rt Hon M. (Farnham) | Richardson, Jo | Walker, Rt Hon Harold (Doncaster) |
| McNally, Thomas | Roberts, Allan (Bootle) | Watkins, David |
| McNamara, Kevin | Roberts, Gwilym (Cannock) | Weetch, Ken |
| McWilliam, John | Robertson, George | Welsh, Michael |
| Magee, Bryan | Robinson, Geoffrey (Coventry NW) | White, Frank R. (Bury & Radcliffe) |
| Marks, Kenneth | Rodgers, Rt Hon William | White, James (Glasgow, Pollok) |
| Marshall, David (Gl'sgow, Shettles'n) | Rooker, J. W. | Whitehead, Phillip |
| Marshall, Dr Edmund (Goole) | Roper, John | Whitlock, William |
| Martin, Michael (Gl'gow, Springb'rn) | Ross, Ernest (Dundee West) | Williams, Rt Hon Alan (Swansea W) |
| Mason, Rt Hon Roy | Rowlands, Ted | Williams, Sir Thomas (Warrington) |
| Maxton, John | Ryman, John | Wilson, Gordon (Dundee East) |
| Maynard, Miss Joan | Sandelson, Neville | Wilson, Rt Hon Sir Harold (Huyton) |
| Meacher, Michael | Sever, John | Wilson, William (Coventry SE) |
| Mellish, Rt Hon Robert | Sheerman, Barry | Winnick, David |
| Mikardo, Ian | Sheldon, Rt Hon Robert (A'ton-u-L) | Woodall, Alec |
| Millan, Rt Hon Bruce | Short, Mrs Renée | Wrigglesworth, Ian |
| Miller, Dr M. S. (East Kilbride) | Silkin, Rt Hon John (Deptford) | Young, David (Bolton East) |
| Mitchell, Austin (Grimsby) | Silkin, Rt Hon S. C. (Dulwich) | |
| Mitchell, R. C. (Soton, Itchen) | Silverman, Julius | TELLERS FOR THE. AYES |
| Morris, Rt Hon Alfred (Wythenshawe) | Smith, Rt Hon J. (North Lanarkshire) | Mr. Ted Graham and |
| Morris, Rt Hon Charles (Openshaw) | Snape, Peter | Mr. Hugh McCartney |
| Morris, Rt Hon John (Aberavon) | Soley, Clive | |
| NOES | ||
| Adley, Robert | Buck, Antony | Fell, Anthony |
| Aitken, Jonathan | Budgen, Nick | Fenner, Mrs Peggy |
| Alexander, Richard | Bulmer, Esmond | Fisher, Sir Nigel |
| Ancram, Michael | Burden, F. A. | Fletcher, Alexander (Edinburgh N) |
| Arnold, Tom | Butcher, John | Fletcher-Cooke, Charles |
| Aspinwall, Jack | Butler, Hon Adam | Fookes, Miss Janet |
| Atkins, Robert (Preston North) | Cadbury, Jocelyn | For man, Nigel |
| Atkinson, David (B'mouth, East) | Carlisle, John (Luton West) | Fowler, Rt Hon Norman |
| Baker, Nicholas (North Dorset) | Carlisle, Kenneth (Lincoln) | Fox, Marcus |
| Banks, Robert | Carlisle, Rt Hon Mark (Runcorn) | Fraser, Rt Hon H. (Stafford & St) |
| Beaumont-Dark, Anthony | Chalker, Mrs Lynda | Fraser, Peter (South Angus) |
| Bell, Sir Ronald | Channon, Paul | Fry, Peter |
| Bendall, Vivian | Chapman, Sydney | Galbraith, Hon T. G. D. |
| Benyon, Thomas (Abingdon) | Clark, Hon Alan (Plymouth, Sutton) | Gardiner George (Reigate) |
| Benyon, W. (Buckingham) | Clark, Sir William (Croydon South) | Gardner, Edward (South Fylde) |
| Berry, Hon Anthony | Clarke, Kenneth (Rushcliffe) | Garel-Jones, Tristan |
| Best, Keith | Cockeram, Eric | Gilmour, Rt Hon Sir Ian |
| Bevan, David Gilroy | Colvin, Michael | Glyn, Dr Alan |
| Biffen, Rt Hon John | Cormack, Patrick | Goodlad, Alastair |
| Biggs-Davison, John | Corrie, John | Gorst, John |
| Blackburn, John | Costain, A. P. | Gow, Ian |
| Blaker, Peter | Cranborne, Viscount | Gower, Sir Raymond |
| Body, Richard | Critchley, Julian | Grant, Anthony (Harrow C) |
| Bonsor, Sir Nicholas | Crouch, David | Gray, Hamish |
| Boscawen, Hon Robert | Dean, Paul (North Somerset) | Greenway, Harry |
| Bottomley, Peter (Woolwich West) | Dickens, Geoffrey | Grieve, Percy |
| Bowden, Andrew | Dorrell, Stephen | Griffiths, Eldon (Bury St Edmunds) |
| Boyson, Dr Rhodes | Douglas-Hamilton, Lord James | Griffiths, Peter (Portsmouth N) |
| Bradford, Rev. R. | Dover, Denshore | Grist, Ian |
| Braine, Sir Bernard | du Cann, Rt Hon Edward | Grylls, Michael |
| Bright, Graham | Dunn, Robert (Dartford) | Guramer, John Selwyn |
| Brinton, Tim | Durant, Tony | Hamilton, Hon Archie (Eps'm&Ew'll) |
| Brittan, Leon | Dykes, Hugh | Hamilton, Michael (Salisbury) |
| Brocklebank-Fowler, Christopher | Eden, Rt Hon Sir John | Hampson, Dr Keith |
| Brooke,Hon Peter | Eggar, Timothy | Hannam, John |
| Brotherton, Michael | Elliott, Sir William | Haselhurst, Alan |
| Brown, Michael (Brigg & Sc'thorpe) | Emery, Peter | Hastings, Stephen |
| Browne, John (Winchester) | Fairbairn, Nicholas | Havers, Rt Hon Sir Michael |
| Bruce-Gardyne, John | Fairgrieve, Russell | Hawksley, Warren |
| Bryan, Sir Paul | Faith, Mrs Sheila | Hayhoe, Barney |
| Buchanan-Smith, Hon Alick | Farr, John | Heddle, John |
| Henderson, Barry | Mills, Peter (West Devon) | Shepherd, Richard (Aldridge-Br'hills) |
| Haseltine, Rt Hon Michael | Miscampbell, Norman | Shersby, Michael |
| Hicks, Robert | Mitchell, David (Basingstoke) | Silvester, Fred |
| Higgins, Rt Hon Terence L. | Moate, Roger | Sims, Roger |
| Hill, James | Molyneaux, James | Skeet, T. H. H. |
| Hogg, Hon Douglas (Grantham) | Monro, Hector | Smith, Dudley (War. and Leam'ton) |
| Holland, Philip (Carlton) | Montgomery, Fergus | Speed, Keith |
| Hooson, Tom | Moore, John | Speller, Tony |
| Hordern, Peter | Morgan, Geraint | Spence, John |
| Howell, Rt Hon David (Guildlord) | Morris, Michael (Northampton, Sth) | Spicer, Jim (West Dorset) |
| Howell, Ralph (North Norfolk) | Morrison, Hon Charles (Devizes) | Spicer, Michael (S Worcestershire) |
| Hunt, David (Wirral) | Morrison, Hon Peter (City of Chester) | Squire, Robin |
| Hunt, John (Ravensboume) | Mudd, David | Stainton, Keith |
| Hurd, Hon Douglas | Murphy, Christopher | Stanbrook, Ivor |
| Irvine, Charles (Cheltenham) | Myles, David | Stanley, John |
| Jenkin, Rt Hon Patrick | Neale, Gerrard | Steen, Anthony |
| Johnson Smith, Geoffrey | Needham, Richard | Stevens, Martin |
| Jopling, Rt Hon Michael | Nelson, Anthony | Stewart, Ian (Hitchin) |
| Kershaw, Anthony | Neubert, Michael | Stewart, John (East Renfrewshire) |
| King, Rt Hon Tom | Newton, Tony | Stokes, John |
| Kitson, Sir Timothy | Nott, Rt Hon John | Stradling Thomas, J. |
| Knight, Mrs Jill | Onslow, Cranley | Tapsell, peter |
| Knox, David | Osborn, John | Taylor, Robert (Croydon NW) |
| Lamont,Norman | Page, Rt Hon Sir R. Graham | Temple-Morris, Peter |
| Lang, Ian | Page, Richard (SW Hertfordshire) | Thatcher, Rt Hon Mrs Margaret |
| Langford-Holt, Sir John | Parkinson, Cecil | Thomas, Rt Hon Peter (Hendon S) |
| Latham, Michael | Parris, Matthew | Thompson, Donald |
| Lawrence, Ivan | Patten, Christopher (Bath) | Thornton, Malcolm |
| Lawson, Nigel | Patten, John (Oxford) | Townend, John (Bridlington) |
| Lee, John | Pattie, Geoffrey | Townsend, Cyril D. (Bexleyheath) |
| Le Merchant, Spencer | Pawsey, James | Trippier, David |
| Lennox-Boyd, Kon Mark | Percival, Sir Ian | Trotter, Neville |
| Lester, Jim (Beeston) | Peyton, Rt Hon John | Vaughan, Dr Gerard |
| Lewis, Kenneth (Rutland) | Pink, R. Bonner | Viggers, Peter |
| Lloyd, Ian (Havant & Waterloo) | Pollock, Alexander | Waddington, David |
| Lloyd, Peter (Fareham) | Porter, George | Wakeham, John |
| Loveridge, John | Powell, Rt Hon J. Enoch (S Down) | Waldegrave, Kon William |
| Luce, Richard | Price, David (Eastleigh) | Walker, Rt Hon Peter (Worcester) |
| Lyell, Nicholas | Prior, Rt Hon James | Walker, Bill (Perth & E Perthshire) |
| McCrindle, Robert | Proctor, K. Harvey | Walker-Smith, Rt Hon Sir Derek |
| Macfarlane, Neil | Pym, Rt Hon Francis | Walters, Dennis |
| MacKay, John (Argyll) | Raison, Timothy | Ward, John |
| McNair-Wilson, Michael (Newbury) | Rathbone, Tim | Warren, Kenneth |
| McNair-Wilson, Patrick (New Forest) | Rees, Peter (Dover and Deal) | Watson, John |
| McOuarrie, Albert | Rees-Davies, W. R. | Wells, John (Maidstone) |
| Madel, David | Renton, Tim | Wells, Bowen (Hert'rd & Stev'nage) |
| Major, John | Rhodes James, Robert | Wheeler, John |
| Marland, Paul | Ridley, Hon Nicholas | Whitelaw, Rt Hon William |
| Marlow, Tony | Ridsdale, Julian | Whitney, Raymond |
| Marshall, Michael (Arundel) | Rifkind, Malcolm | Wickenden, Keith |
| Marten, Neil (Banbury) | Roberts, Wyn (Conway) | Wiggin, Jerry |
| Mates, Michael | Ross, Wm. (Londonderry) | Wilkinson, John |
| Mather, Carol | Rossi, Hugh | Williams, Delwyn (Montgomery) |
| Maude, Rt Hon Angus | Rost, Peter | Winterton, Nicholas |
| Mawby, Ray | Royle, Sir Anthony | Wolfson, Mark |
| Mawhinney, Dr Brian | Sainsbury, Hon Timothy | Young, Sir George (Acton) |
| Maxwell-Hyslop, Robin | St. John Stevas, Rt Hon Norman | Younger, Rt Hon George |
| Mayhew, Patrick | Scott, Nicholas | |
| Mellor, David | Shaw, Giles (Pudsey) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Meyer, Sir Anthony | Shaw, Michael (Scarborough) | Mr. John MacGregor and |
| Miller, Hal (Bromsgrove & Redditch) | Shelton, William (Streatham) | Mr. John Cope. |
| Mills, Iain (Meriden) | Shepherd, Colin (Hereford) |
§ Question accordingly negatived.
§ It being after Ten o'clock further consideration of the Bill stood adjourned.
§ Ordered,
§ That, at this day's sitting, the British Aerospace Bill may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour.—[Mr. Waddington.]
§ Bill, as amended (in the Standing Committee), again considered.