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Motion made, and Question,
That, as from six o'clock in the evening of 9 March 1982, section 6 of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 (excise duties on hydrocarbon oils) shall have effect with the following modifications:—
§ (1) In subsection (1) (the rates of duty)—
- (a) for "subsection (2)" there shall be substituted "subsections (2) and (3)";
- (b) for "£0.1382 a litre" (light oil) there shall be substituted "£0.1554 a litre"; and
- (c) for "£0.1191 a litre" (heavy oil) there shall be substituted "£0.1325 a litre".
§ (2) At the end of the section there shall be added the following subsections—
§ "(3) In the case of aviation gasoline, the duty of excise charged under subsection (1) above shall be at one half of the rate specified in that subsection in relation to light oil.
§ (4) In this Act "aviation gasoline" means light oil which—
- (a) is specially produced as fuel for aircraft; and
- (b) is not normally used in road vehicles; and
- (c) is delivered for use solely as fuel for aircraft".
§ And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.—[Sir Geoffrey Howe.]
120§ put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 94 (Ways and Means motions):—
§ The House divided: Ayes 310, Noes 74.
| Division No. 88] | [10.28 pm |
| AYES | |
| Aitken, Jonathan | Elliott, SirWilliam |
| Alexander, Richard | Emery, Sir Peter |
| Alison, Rt Hon Michael | Eyre, Reginald |
| Amery, Rt Hon Julian | Fairbairn, Nicholas |
| Aspinwall, Jack | Fairgrieve, SirRussell |
| Atkins, Robert(PrestonN) | Faith, Mrs Sheila |
| Atkinson, David(B'm'th, E) | Farr, John |
| Baker, Kenneth(St.M'bone) | Fell, SirAnthony |
| Baker, Nicholas (N Dorset) | Fenner, Mrs Peggy |
| Banks, Robert | Finsberg, Geoffrey |
| Beaumont-Dark, Anthony | Fisher, Sir Nigel |
| Bendall, Vivian | Fletcher, A. (Ed'nb'gh N) |
| Bennett, Sir Frederic (T'bay) | Fletcher-Cooke, SirCharles |
| Benyon, Thomas(A'don) | Fookes, MissJanet |
| Benyon, W.(Buckingham) | Forman, Nigel |
| Best, Keith | Fowler, Rt Hon Norman |
| Bevan, David Gilroy | Fox, Marcus |
| Biffen, Rt Hon John | Fraser, Rt Hon Sir Hugh |
| Biggs-Davison, SirJohn | Fraser, Peter (South Angus) |
| Blackburn, John | Fry, Peter |
| Bonsor, SirNicholas | Gardner, Edward (S Fylde) |
| Boscawen, HonRobert | Garel-Jones, Tristan |
| Bottomley, Peter(W'wich W) | Gilmour, Rt Hon Sir Ian |
| Bowden, Andrew | Glyn, Dr Alan |
| Boyson, Dr Rhodes | Goodhart, SirPhilip |
| Braine, SirBernard | Goodhew, SirVictor |
| Bright, Graham | Goodlad, Alastair |
| Brinton, Tim | Gorst, John |
| Brittan, Rt. Hon. Leon | Gow, Ian |
| Brooke, Hon Peter | Grant, Anthony (Harrow C) |
| Brotherton, Michael | Gray, Hamish |
| Brown, Michael (Brigg&Sc'n) | Greenway, Harry |
| Browne, John (Winchester) | Griffiths, E.(B'ySt.Edm'ds) |
| Bruce-Gardyne, John | Griffiths, Peter Portsm'thN) |
| Bryan, Sir Paul | Grist, Ian |
| Buck, Antony | Grylls, Michael |
| Budgen, Nick | Gummer, JohnSelwyn |
| Bulmer, Esmond | Hamilton, Hon A. |
| Burden, SirFrederick | Hamilton, Michael (Salisbury) |
| Butcher, John | Hampson, DrKeith |
| Butler, HonAdam | Hannam, John |
| Cadbury, Jocelyn | Haselhurst, Alan |
| Carlisle, John (Luton West) | Hastings, Stephen |
| Carlisle, Kenneth (Lincoln) | Havers, Rt Hon Sir Michael |
| Carlisle, Rt Hon M. (R'c'n ) | Hawkins, Paul |
| Chalker, Mrs. Lynda | Hawksley, Warren |
| Channon, Rt. Hon. Paul | Hayhoe, Barney |
| Chapman, Sydney | Heath, Rt Hon Edward |
| Churchill, W.S. | Heddle, John |
| Clark, Hon A. (Plym'th, S'n) | Henderson, Barry |
| Clark, Sir W. (Croydon S) | Heseltine, Rt Hon Michael |
| Clarke, Kenneth (Rushcliffe) | Hicks, Robert |
| Clegg, Sir Walter | Higgins, Rt Hon Terence L. |
| Cockeram, Eric | Hill, James |
| Colvin, Michael | Hogg, HonDouglas(Gr'th'm) |
| Cope, John | Holland, Philip(Carlton) |
| Cormack, Patrick | Hooson, Tom |
| Corrie, John | Hordern, Peter |
| Costain, SirAlbert | Howe, Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Howell, Rt Hon D. (G'ldf'd) |
| Critchley, Julian | Howell, Ralph (NNorfolk) |
| Crouch, David | Hunt, David (Wirral) |
| Cunningham, G. (IslingtonS) | Hunt, John(Ravensbourne) |
| Dean, Paul (North Somerset) | Hurd, Rt Hon Douglas |
| Dickens, Geoffrey | Irving, Charles(Cheltenham) |
| Dorrell, Stephen | Jenkin, Rt Hon Patrick |
| Douglas-Hamilton, LordJ. | Jessel, Toby |
| Dover, Denshore | JohnsonSmith, Geoffrey |
| Dunn, Robert(Dartford) | Jopling, RtHon Michael |
| Durant, Tony | Joseph, Rt Hon Sir Keith |
| Dykes, Hugh | Kaberry, SirDonald |
| Eden, Rt Hon SirJohn | Kellett-Bowman, MrsElaine |
| Edwards, Rt Hon N. (P'broke) | Kimball, SirMarcus |
| Eggar, Tim | King, Rt Hon Tom |
§ Question accordingly agreea to.