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'. Section l(3)(b) of the 1968 Act (which exempts air weapons from the requirements of that section unless declared specially dangerous) shall be amended by substituting for the words "declared by rules made by the Secretary of State under section 53 of this Act to be specially dangerous" the words "specified by rules made by the Secretary of State under section 53 of this Act.".'.—[Mr. Straw.]
§ Brought up, and read the First time.
§ Motion made, and Question put, That the clause be read a Second time:—
§ The House divided: Ayes 213, Noes 270.
| Division No. 24] | [4.52 pm |
| AYES | |
| Abbott, Ms Diane | Corbyn, Jeremy |
| Adams, Mrs Irene | Corston, Ms Jean |
| Ainger, Nick | Cousins, Jim |
| Ainsworth, Robert (Cov'try NE) | Cummings, John |
| Allen, Graham | Cunliffe, Lawrence |
| Afton, David | Cunningham, Jim (Cov'try SE) |
| Ashdown, Paddy | Cunningham, Dr John |
| Barnes, Harry | Cunningham, Ms R (Perth Kinross) |
| Battle, John | Dalyell, Tam |
| Beckett, Mrs Margaret | Darling, Alistair |
| Beggs, Roy | Davidson, Ian |
| Bell, Stuart | Davies, Bryan (Oldham C) |
| Benn, Tony | Davies, Chris (Littleborough) |
| Bennett, Andrew F | Davies, Ron (Caerphilly) |
| Benton, Joe | Dewar, Donald |
| Bermingham, Gerald | Dixon, Don |
| Berry, Roger | Donohoe, Brian H |
| Betts, Clive | Dowd, Jim |
| Blunkett, David | Eagle, Ms Angela |
| Boateng, Paul | Eastham, Ken |
| Bowden, Sir Andrew | Etherington, Bill |
| Bradley, Keith | Evans, John (St Helens N) |
| Bray, Dr Jeremy | Ewing, Mrs Margaret |
| Brown, Nicholas (Newcastle E) | Faulds, Andrew |
| Bruce, Malcolm (Gordon) | Flynn, Paul |
| Byers, Stephen | Forsythe, Clifford (S Antrim) |
| Callaghan, Jim | Foster, Derek |
| Campbell, Mrs Anne (C'bridge) | Foster, Don (Bath) |
| Campbell, Menzies (Fife NE) | Fyfe, Mrs Maria |
| Campbell, Ronnie (Blyth V) | Galbraith, Sam |
| Campbell-Savours, D N | Garrett, John |
| Canavan, Dennis | Gerrard, Neil |
| Carlile, Alex (Montgomery) | Golding, Mrs Llin |
| Chisholm, Malcolm | Graham, Thomas |
| Clark, Dr David (S Shields) | Griffiths, Nigel (Edinburgh S) |
| Clarke, Eric (Midlothian) | Griffiths, Win (Bridgend) |
| Clarke, Tom (Monklands W) | Grocott, Bruce |
| Clelland, David | Gunnell, John |
| Clwyd, Mrs Ann | Hain, Peter |
| Coffey, Ms Ann | Hall, Mike |
| Cohen, Harry | Hanson, David |
| Connarty, Michael | Harman, Ms Harriet |
| NOES | |
| Ainsworth, Peter (E Surrey) | Baker, Kenneth (Mole V) |
| Alison, Michael (Selby) | Baker, Nicholas (N Dorset) |
| Amess, David | Baldry, Tony |
| Arnold, Jacques (Gravesham) | Banks, Matthew (Southport) |
| Banks, Robert (Harrogate) | |
| Ashby, David | Bates, Michael |
| Atkins, Robert | Batiste, Spencer |
| Atkinson, Peter (Hexham) | Bendall, Vivian |
§ Question accordingly negatived.