§ DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE IN SCHOOLS INCITING
RACIAL HATRED
§
'After subsection (1) of section 235 of the Local Government Act 1972 the following subsection shall be inserted:—
(1A) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing subsection, a council of a local authority shall have the power to make byelaws making it a criminal offence to distribute any literature within a school which may tend to incite to racial hatred.".'.—[Mr. Lawrence.]
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§ Brought up, and read the First time.
§ Question put, That the clause be read a Second time:—
§ The House divided: Ayes 13, Noes 60.
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| AYES | |
| Beith,A.J. | Pitt, WilliamHenry |
| Campbell-Savours, Dale | Prescott, John |
| Clark, DrDavid (S Shields) | Summerskill, HonDrShirley |
| Concannon, RtHon J. D. | Whitlock, William |
| Cryer, Bob | |
| Evans, John (Newton) | Tellers for the Ayes: |
| George, Bruce | Mr. Ivan Lawrence and |
| Mitchell, R.C. (Sotonltchen) | Mr. Greville Janner. |
| Penhaligon, David |
| NOES | |
| Alexander, Richard | Dunn, Robert(Dartford) |
| Berry, HonAnthony | Eggar, Tim |
| Blackburn, John | Eyre, Reginald |
| Boscawen, HonRobert | Garel-Jones, Tristan |
| Buck, Antony | Goodlad, Alastair |
| Budgen, Nick | Griffiths, Peter Portsm'thN) |
| Butler, Hon Adam | Gummer, JohnSelwyn |
| Carlisle, John (Luton West) | Hawksley, Warren |
| Carlisle, Kenneth (Lincoln) | Hogg, Hon Douglas (Gr'th 'm) |
| Colvin, Michael | Jopling, RtHon Michael |
| Cope, John | Kilfedder, JamesA. |
| Dorrell, Stephen | Lang, Ian |
| Dunlop, John | Lester, Jim (Beeston) |
| Lloyd, Peter (Fareham) | Rathbone, Tim |
| McCusker, H. | Rhodes James, Robert |
| Macfarlane, Neil | Shepherd, Colin(Hereford) |
| Major, John | Sims, Roger |
| Mates, Michael | Speller, Tony |
| Mather, Carol | Stanbrook, lvor |
| Maxwell-Hyslop, Robin | Stanley, John |
| Mayhew, Patrick | Stradling Thomas, J. |
| Meyer, SirAnthony | Thompson, Donald |
| Moate, Roger | Viggers, Peter |
| Murphy, Christopher | Waller, Gary |
| Needham, Richard | Watson, John |
| Neubert, Michael | Wells, Bowen |
| Newton, Tony | Wheeler, John |
| Osborn, John | Wolfson, Mark |
| Page, Richard (SW Herts) | |
| Patten, Christopher(Bath) | Tellers for the Noes: |
| Proctor, K. Harvey | Mr. David Hunt and |
| Raison, Timothy | Mr. Peter Brooke. |
§ Question accordingly negatived.