HC Deb 25 May 1988 vol 134 c489

Amendment proposed: No. 21, in page 10, line 35, leave out `This Act shall come into force on' and insert `Except for section (Corresponding provisions for Northern Ireland) and this section the provisions of this Act shall not come into force until'.—[Mr. Douglas Hogg.]

Question put, That the amendment be made:—

The House proceeded to a Division, and MR. DEPUTY SPEAKER stated that he thought that the Ayes had it; and, on his decision being challenged, it appeared to him that the Division was unnecessarily claimed, and he accordingly called upon the Members who supported and challenged his decision successively to rise in their places, and he declared that the Ayes had it.

Amendment agreed to.

Amendment proposed: No. 22, in page 10, line 38, at beginning insert `Except for section (Corresponding provisions for Northern Ireland) and this section'.—[Mr. Douglas Hogg.]

Question put, That the amendment be made:—

The House proceeded to a Division, and MR. DEPUTY SPEAKER stated that he thought that the Ayes had it; and, on his decision being challenged, it appeared to him that the Division was unnecessarily claimed, and he accordingly called upon the Members who supported and challenged his decision successively to rise in their places, and he declared that the Ayes had it.

Amendment agreed to.

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