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Amendment made: No. 16, in page 16, line 16, at end insert
'and any notice under paragraph (a) above shall state the effect of section 21 below.' —[Mr. Michael Spicer.]
§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisle (Lincoln)I beg to move, That further consideration of the Bill be now adjourned.
§ Mr. HaynesOn a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. There has been a welshing on an agreement about today's business, and I am totally disgusted with Conservative Members. [Interruption.] We had agreed to go to amendment No. 111 and we are not there yet. I know what the problem is. The Government cannot keep their troops here. We made agreements in Committee upstairs and we stuck to them. There has been no guillotine on the Bill, and now Government Members are welshing on an agreement at this stage of the measure. We should continue our debates up to amendment No. 111, yet now a Government Whip has moved, That further consideration of the Bill be now adjourned. It is shocking.
§ Mr. WallaceFurther to that point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. It is fair to say that, as far as I am aware, the agreement has been honoured.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerFurther to that point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. That is exactly how we see it. It is outrageous for the hon. Member for Ashfield (Mr. Haynes) to raise a point of order on this matter. We have abided by the agreement. The hon. Gentleman may be under some misapprehension. The Democrats also saw the agreement in that way and the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr. Wallace) made that clear. We were willing to go further to meet the hon. Member for Ashfield but the Democrats were not prepared to do so. That is why we decided to honour the agreement that we had with the Democrats.
§ Question put:—
§ The House divided: Ayes 113, Noes 25.
459| Division No. 146] | [11.53 pm |
| AYES | |
| Alison, Rt Hon Michael | Amos, Alan |
| Amess, David | Arnold, Jacques (Gravesham) |
| Ashby, David | Knowles, Michael |
| Atkinson, David | Lamont, Rt Hon Norman |
| Baldry, Tony | Lang, Ian |
| Beith, A. J. | Lawrence, Ivan |
| Blaker, Rt Hon Sir Peter | Lilley, Peter |
| Boswell, Tim | Lloyd, Peter (Fareham) |
| Bottomley, Peter | Lord, Michael |
| Bottomley, Mrs Virginia | Lyell, Sir Nicholas |
| Bright, Graham | Mans, Keith |
| Brooke, Rt Hon Peter | Martin, David (Portsmouth S) |
| Browne, John (Winchester) | Maude, Hon Francis |
| Burns, Simon | Maxwell-Hyslop, Robin |
| Burt, Alistair | Miller, Sir Hal |
| Butterfill, John | Mills, Iain |
| Campbell, Menzies (Fife NE) | Mitchell, Andrew (Gedling) |
| Carlisle, John, (Luton N) | Mitchell, Sir David |
| Carlisle, Kenneth (Lincoln) | Nicholls, Patrick |
| Carrington, Matthew | Nicholson, David (Taunton) |
| Cash, William | Norris, Steve |
| Chapman, Sydney | Paice, James |
| Chope, Christopher | Parkinson, Rt Hon Cecil |
| Conway, Derek | Peacock, Mrs Elizabeth |
| Coombs, Anthony (Wyre F'rest) | Porter, David (Waveney) |
| Cran, James | Redwood, John |
| Davies, Q. (Stamfd & Spald'g) | Ryder, Richard |
| Davis, David (Boothferry) | Sackville, Hon Tom |
| Day, Stephen | Sainsbury, Hon Tim |
| Dorrell, Stephen | Shaw, David (Dover) |
| Dover, Den | Shaw, Sir Michael (Scarb') |
| Durant, Tony | Shepherd, Colin (Hereford) |
| Fenner, Dame Peggy | Smith, Tim (Beaconsfield) |
| Forman, Nigel | Speller, Tony |
| Freeman, Roger | Spicer, Michael (S Worcs) |
| Gale, Roger | Stevens, Lewis |
| Garel-Jones, Tristan | Stradling Thomas, Sir John |
| Gill, Christopher | Summerson, Hugo |
| Goodlad, Alastair | Taylor, Ian (Esher) |
| Greenway, John (Ryedale) | Taylor, John M (Solihull) |
| Gregory, Conal | Taylor, Teddy (S'end E) |
| Griffiths, Peter (Portsmouth N) | Thompson, D. (Calder Valley) |
| Hague, William | Thompson, Patrick (Norwich N) |
| Hamilton, Hon Archie (Epsom) | Trotter, Neville |
| Hamilton, Neil (Tatton) | Twinn, Dr Ian |
| Hanley, Jeremy | Waddington, Rt Hon David |
| Heathcoat-Amory, David | Wakeham, Rt Hon John |
| Howarth, Alan (Strat'd-on-A) | Wallace, James |
| Howarth, G. (Cannock & B'wd) | Waller, Gary |
| Hughes, Robert G. (Harrow W) | Wardle, Charles (Bexhill) |
| Hughes, Simon (Southwark) | Watts, John |
| Hunt, David (Wirral W) | Widdecombe, Ann |
| Irvine, Michael | Wood, Timothy |
| Kennedy, Charles | |
| King, Roger (B'ham N'thfield) | Tellers for the Ayes: |
| Kirkhope, Timothy | Mr. David Lightbown and Mr. Michael Fallon. |
| Knapman, Roger | |
| Knight, Greg (Derby North) |
| NOES | |
| Barron, Kevin | McFall, John |
| Blair, Tony | McKay, Allen (Barnsley West) |
| Cook, Robin (Livingston) | Meale, Alan |
| Dixon, Don | Morgan, Rhodri |
| Doran, Frank | Powell, Ray (Ogmore) |
| Ewing, Mrs Margaret (Moray) | Ruddock, Joan |
| Foster, Derek | Skinner, Dennis |
| Garrett, John (Norwich South) | Spearing, Nigel |
| Hardy, Peter | Wareing, Robert N. |
| Haynes, Frank | Williams, Alan W. (Carm'then) |
| Home Robertson, John | |
| Hood, Jimmy | Tellers for the Noes: |
| Howells, Dr. Kim (Pontypridd) | Mr. Harry Barnes and Mr. Bob Cryer. |
| Hughes, John (Coventry NE) | |
| Illsley, Eric |
§ Question accordingly agreed to.
§ Bill, as amended (in the Standing Committee), to be further considered on Monday 10 April.