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Ways And Means
REPORT [6th April]
Resolutions reported.
Question, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolutions," put forthwith on each Resolution, pursuant to Standing Order No. 86 (Ways and Means Motions and Resolutions).
Division No. 73.]
| AYES
| [5.50 p.m.
|
| Aitken, W. T. | Douglas-Hamilton, Lord Malcolm | Iremonger, T. L. |
| Allan, R, A. (Paddington, S.) | Drayton, G, B. | Jenkins, Robert (Dulwich) |
| Alport, C. J. M. | Dugdale, Rt. Hon. Sir T. (Richmond) | Jennings, Sir Roland |
| Amory, Rt. Hon. Heathcoat (Tiverton) | Duncan, Capt. J. A. L. | Johnson, Erie (Blackley) |
| Anstruther-Gray, Major W. J. | Duthie, W. S. | Johnson, Howard (Kemptown) |
| Arbuthnot, John | Ecoles, Rt. Hon. Sir D. M. | Jones, A. (Hall Green) |
| Assheton, Rt. Hon. R. (Blackburn, W.) | Eden, Rt. Hon. A. | Joynson-Htcks, Hon. L. W. |
| Astor, Hon. J. J. | Eden, J. B. (Bournemouth, West) | Kaberry, D. |
| Baldock, Lt.-Cmdr. J. M. | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | Kerby, Capt. H. J |
| Baldwin, A. E. | Erroll, F. J. | Kerr, H. W. |
| Banks, Col. C. | Fell, A. | Lambert, Hon. G. |
| Barlow, Sir John | Finlay, Graeme | Lambton, Viscount |
| Baxter, A. B. | Fisher, Nigel | Lancaster, Col. C. G. |
| Beach, Maj. Hicks | Fleetwood-Hesketh, R. F. | Langford-Holt, J. A. |
| Bell, Philip (Bolton, E.) | Fletoher-Cooke, C. | Leather, E. H. C. |
| Bell, Ronald (Bucks, S.) | Fort, R. | Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H. |
| Bennett, F. M. (Reading, N.) | Foster, John | Legh, Hon. Peter (Petersfield) |
| Bennett, Dr. Reginald (Gosport) | Fraser, Hon. Hugh (Stone) | Lindsay, Martin |
| Bennett, William (Woodside) | Fraser, Sir Ian (Morecambe & Lonsdale) | Linstead, Sir H. N. |
| Bevins, J R. (Toxleth) | Fyfe, Rt. Hon. Sir David Maxwell | Llewellyn, D. T. |
| Birch, Nigel | Galbraith, Rt. Hon. T. D. (Pollok) | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. G. (King's Norton) |
| Bishop, F. P. | Galbraith, T. G. D. (Hillhead) | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. Selwyn (Wirrall) |
| Black, C. W. | Gammans, L. D. | Lockwood, Lt.-Col. J. C. |
| Boothby, sir R. J. G | Gamer-Evans, E. H. | Low, A. R. W. |
| Bowen, E. R. | Glover, D. | Lucas, Sir Jocelyn (Portsmouth, S.) |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Rt. Hon. J. A. | Godber, J. B. | Lucas, P. B. (Brentford) |
| Boyle, Sir Edward | Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh |
| Braine, B. R. | Gough, C. F. H. | Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. O. |
| Braithwaite, Sir Albert (Harrow, W.) | Cower, H. R. | McAdden, S. J. |
| Braithwaite, Sir Gurney | Graham, Sir Fergus | McCallum, Major D. |
| Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. H | Grimston, Hon. John (St. Albans) | McCorquodale, Rt. Hon. M. S |
| Brooke, Henry (Hampstead) | Grimston, Sir Robert (Westbury) | Macdonald, Sir Peter |
| Brooman-White, R. C. | Hall, John (Wycombe) | Mackeson, Brig. Sir Harry |
| Bullard, D. G. | Harden, J. R. E. | McKibbin, A. J. |
| Burden, F. F. A. | Hare, Hon. J. H. | Mackie, J. H. (Galloway) |
| Butcher, Sir Herbert | Harris, Reader (Heston) | Maclay, Rt. Hon. John |
| Campbell, Sir David | Harrison, Col. J. H. (Eye) | MacLeod, John (Ross and Cromarty) |
| Carr, Robert | Harvey, Ian (Harrow, E.) | Macmillan, Rt. Hon. Harold (Bromley) |
| Cary, Sir Robert | Harvie-Watt, Sir George | Macpherson, Niall (Dumfries) |
| Channon, H. | Hay, John | Maitland, Comdr. J. F. W. (Hornastle) |
| Churohill, Rt. Hon. Sir Winston | Heald, Rt. Hon. Sir Lionel | Maitland, Patrick (Lanark) |
| Clarke, Col. Ralph (East Grinstead) | Heath, Edward | Manningham-Buller, Sir R. E. |
| Clarke, Brig. Terence (Portsmouth, W.) | Henderson, John (Cathcart) | Marlowe, A. A. H. |
| Cole, Norman | Higgs, J. M. C. | Marples, A. E. |
| Colegate, W. A. | Hill, Dr. Charles (Luton) | Marshall, Douglas (Bodmin) |
| Conant, Maj. R. J. E. | Hinohingbrooke, Viscount | Maude, Angus |
| Cooper, Sqn. Ldr. Albert | Hirst, Geoffrey | Maudling, R. |
| Cooper-Key, E. M. | Holland-Martin, C. J. | Maydon, Lt.-Comdr. S. L. C. |
| Craddock, Beresford (Spelthorne) | Hollis, M. C. | Medllcott, Brig. F. |
| Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. | Hope, Lord John | Mellor, Sir John |
| Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. | Hopkinson, Rt. Hon. Henry | Molson, A. H. E. |
| Crouch, R. F. | Hornsby-Smith, Miss M. P. | Monckton, Rt. Hon. Sir Walter |
| Crowder, Sir John (Finchley) | Horobin, I. M- | Moore, Sir Thomas |
| Darling, Sir William (Edinburgh, S.) | Horsbrugh, Rt. Hon. Florence | Morrison, John (Sallsbury) |
| Davidson, Viscountess | Howard, Gerald (Cambridgeshire) | Mott-Radclyffe, C. E. |
| Davies, Rt. Hn. Clement (Montgomery) | Howard, Hon. Greville (St. Ives) | Nabarro, G. D. N. |
| De la Bére, Sir Rupert | Hudson, Sir Austin (Lewisham, N.) | Neave, Airey |
| Deedes, W. F. | Hudson, W. R. A. (Hull, N.) | Nicholis, Harmar |
| Digby, S. Wingfield | Kurd, A. R. | Nicholson, Godfrey (Farnham) |
| Dodds-Parker, A. D. | Hutchrson, Sir Ian Clark (E'b'rgh, W.) | Nicolson, Nigel (Bournemouth, E.) |
| Donaldson, Cmdr. C. E. McA. | Hutchison, James (Scotstoun) | Nield, Basil (Chester) |
| Doughty, C. J. A. | Hylton-Foster, H. B. H. | Noble, Cmdr. A. H. P. |
[ For particulars of Resolutions, see OFFICIAL REPORT, 6th April, 1954; Vol. 526, c. 227–233.]
First to Fourteenth Resolutions agreed to.
Fifteenth Resolution— Estate duty ( business assets)—read a Second time.
Question put, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."
The House divided: Ayes, 277: Noes, 233.
| Nugent, G. R. H. | Russell, R. S. | Thompson, Kenneth (Walton) |
| Nutting, Anthony | Ryder, Capt. R. E. O. | Thompson, Lt.-Cdr. R. (Croydon, W.) |
| Oakshott, H. D. | Savory, Prof. Sir Douglas | Thorneycroft, Rt. Hn. Peter (Monmouth) |
| Odey, G. W. | Schofield, Lt.-Col. W. | Thornton-Kemsley, Co). C. N. |
| O'Neill, Hon. Phelim (Co. Antrim, N.) | Scott, R. Donald | Tilney, John |
| Orr, Capt. L. P. S. | Scott-Miller, Comdr. R. | Toucha, sir Gordon |
| Orr-Ewing, Charles Ian (Hendon, N.) | Shepherd, William | Turner, H. F. L. |
| Osborne, C. | Simon, T. E. S. (Middlesbrough, W.) | Turton, R. H. |
| Page, R. G. | Smithers, Peter (Winchester) | Tweedsmuir, Lady |
| Peake, Rt. Hon. O. | Smithers, Sir Watdron (Orpington) | Vans, W. M. F. |
| Peto, Brig. C. H M. | Smyth, Brig. J. G. (Norwood) | Vaughan-Morgan, J. K. |
| Peyton, J. W. W. | Snadden, W. McN. | Vosper, D. F. |
| Pilkington, K. W. M. | Soames, Capt. C | Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W.) |
| Pilkington, Capt R. A. | Spearman, A. C. M. | Walker-Smith, D. C. |
| Pitman, I. J. | Spier, R. M. | Wall, P. H. B. |
| Pitt, Miss EM. | Spence, H. R. (Aberdeenshire, W.) | Ward, Hon. George (Worcester) |
| Powell, J. Enoch | Stanley, Capt. Hon. Richard | Waterhouse, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. |
| Price, Henry (Lewisham, W.) | Stevens, G. P. | Watkinson, H. A. |
| Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. L. | Steward, W. A. (Woolwich, W.) | webbe, Sir H. (London & Westminster) |
| Profumo, J. D. | Stewart, Henderson (Fife, E.) | Wellwood, W. |
| Raikes, Sir Victor | Stoddart-Scott, Col. M. | Williams, Rt. Hon. Charles (Torquay) |
| Ramsden, J. E. | Storey, S. | Williaim, Sir Herbert (Croydon, E.) |
| Rayner, Brig. R. | Strauss, Henry (Norwich, S.) | Williams, Paul (Sunderland, S.) |
| Redmayne, M. | Stuart, Rt. Hon. James (Moray) | Williams, R. Dudley (Exeter) |
| Rees-Davies, W. R. | Studholme, H. G. | Wills, G. |
| Remnant, Hon. P. | Summers, G. S. | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) |
| Renton, D. L. M. | Sutcliffe, Sir Harold | Wood, Hon. R. |
| Ridsdale, J. E. | Taylor, Sir Charles (Eastbourne) | |
| Roberts, Peter (Heeley) | Taylor, William (Bradford, N.) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Robertson, Sir David | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. P. L. (Hereford) | Mr. Buchan-Hepburn and |
| Rodgers, John (Sevenoaks) | Thomas, Leslie (Canterbury) | Sir Cedric Drewe. |
| Roper, Sir Harold | Thomas, P. J. M. (Conway) |
NOES
| ||
| Acland, Sir Richard | Davies, Stephen (Merthyr) | Jay, Rt. Hon. D. P. T. |
| Adams, Richard | de Freitas, Geoffrey | Jeger, George (Goole) |
| Albu, A. H. | Deer, G. | Jeger, Mrs. Lena |
| Allen, Arthur (Bosworth) | Delargy, H. J. | Jenkins, R. H. (Stechford) |
| Anderson, Frank (Whitehaven) | Dodds, N. N. | Jones, David (Hartlepool) |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Donnelly, D. L. | Jones, Frederick Elwyn (West Ham, S.) |
| Awbery, S. S. | Dugdale, Rt. Hon. John CW. Bromwich) | Jones, Jack (Rotherham) |
| Bacon, Miss Alice | Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. | Keenan, W. |
| Baird, J, | Edwards, Rt. Hon. Ness (Caerphilly) | Kenyon, C. |
| Balfour, A. | Edwards, W J. (Stepney) | Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. |
| Barnes, Rt. Hon. A. J | Evans, Albert (Islington, S.W.) | King, Dr. H. M. |
| Bartley, P. | Evans, Edward (Lowestoft) | Lee, Frederick (Newton) |
| Bence, C R. | Evans, Stanley (Wednesbury) | Lever, Leslie (Ardwick) |
| Benn, Hon. Wedgwood | Fernyhough, E. | Lewis, Arthur |
| Beswick, F. | Fienburgh, W | Lindgren, G. S. |
| Bevan, Rt. Hon. A. (Ebbw Vale) | Finch, H. J. | Lipton, Lt.-Col. M |
| Bing, G H. C. | Fletcher, Eric (Islington, E.) | Logan, D. G. |
| Blackburn, F. | Foliick, M. | MacColl, J. E. |
| Blenkinsop, A. | Forman, J. C. | McGhee, H. G |
| Blyton, W. R. | Gaitskell, Rt Hon. H T. N. | McGovern, J |
| Boardman, H. | Gibson, C. W. | Mclnnes, J. |
| Bottomley, Rt. Hon A. G | Gordon Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. | McKay, John (Wallsend) |
| Bowden, H. W. | Greenwood, Anthony (Rossendale) | McLeavy, F. |
| Bowles, F. G. | Grey, C. F. | MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) |
| Brockway, A. F. | Griffiths, David (Rot her Valley) | McNeil, Rt. Hon. H. |
| Brook, Dryden (Halifax) | Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) | Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield, E.) |
| Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil (Colne Valley) | Mann, Mrs. Jean |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. George (Belper) | Hall, John T. (Gateshead, W.) | Manuel, A. C. |
| Brown, Thomas (Ince) | Hamilton, W. W | Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A |
| Burke, W. A. | Hardy, E. A. | Mason, Roy |
| Burton, Miss F. E. | Hargreaves, A | Mayhew, C. P. |
| Butler, Herbert (Hackney, S.) | Hastings, S. | Messer, Sir F. |
| Callaghan, L. J. | Hayman, F. H. | Mikardo, Ian |
| Carmichael, J. | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Rowley Regis) | Mitchison, G. R. |
| Champion, A. J. | Herbrson, Miss M. | Monslow, W. |
| Chapman, W. D. | Hewitson, Capt. M. | Moody, A. S. |
| Chetwynd, G. R. | Hobson, C. R | Morgan, Dr. H. B. W. |
| Clunie, J. | Holman, P. | Morley, R |
| Collick, P. H. | Holmes, Horace | Morris, Percy (Swansea, W) |
| Corbet, Mrs. Freda | Houghton, Douglas | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, S.) |
| Cove, W. G. | Hoy, J. H. | Mort, D. L. |
| Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) | Hudson, James (Ealing, N.) | Moyle, A. |
| Crosland, C. A. R. | Hughes, Cledwyn (Anglesey) | Mulley, F. W. |
| Crossman, R. H. S. | Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) | Murray, J. D. |
| Daines, P. | Hynd, H. (Acorington) | Nally, W. |
| Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. | Hynd, J. B. (Atteroliffe) | Neal, Harold (Bolsover) |
| Darling, George (Hillsborough) | Irvine, A. J. (Edge Hill) | Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P. J. |
| Davies, Ernest (Enfield, E.) | Irving, W J. (Wood Green) | Oldfield, W. H. |
| Davies, Harold (Leek) | Janner, B | Oliver, G. H |
| Orbach, M. | Royle, C. | Tomney, F. |
| Oswald, T. | Shackleton, E. A. A. | Turney-Samuels, M. |
| Padley, W. E. | Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E | Ungeed-Thoma, Sir Lynn |
| Paget, R. T. | Short, E. W. | Usborne, H. C. |
| Paling, Rt. Hon. W. (Dearne Valley) | Shurmer, P. L. E. | Viant, S. P. |
| Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) | Silverman, Julius (Erdington) | Warbey, W. N. |
| Palmer, A. M. F. | Silverman, Sydney (Nelson) | Watkins, T. E. |
| Pannell, Charles | Simmons, C. J. (Brierley Hill) | Webb, Rt. Hon. M. (Bradferd, C.) |
| Pargiter, G. A. | Skeffington, A. M. | Weitzman, D. |
| Parker, J. | Slater, J. (Durham, Sedgefield) | Wells, Percy (Faversham) |
| Parkin, B. T. | Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) | West, D. G. |
| Pearson, A. | Smith, Norman (Nottingham, S.) | Wheeldon, W. E. |
| Peart, T. F. | Sorensen, R. W. | White, Mrs. Eirene (E. Flint) |
| Plummer, Sir Leslie | Seskics, Rt. Hon. Sir Frank | Whitley, Rt. Hon. W. |
| Popplewell, E. | Sparks, J. A. | Wigg, George |
| Porter, G. | Steele, T. | Wilkins, W. A. |
| Price. J. T. (Westhoughten) | Stewart, Michael (Fulham, E.) | Willey, F. T. |
| Price, Philips (Gloucestershire, W.) | Starchey, Rt. Hon. J. | Williams, David (Neath) |
| Proctor, W. T. | Strauss, Rt. Hon. George (Vauxhall) | Williams, Rt. Hon, Thomas (Don V'll'y) |
| Pryde, D. J. | Swingler, S. T. | Williams, W. R. (Droyisden) |
| Pursey, Cmdr. H. | Sylvester, G. O. | Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton) |
| Reeves, J. | ||
| Reid, Thomas (Swindon) | Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) | Winterbottom, Richard (Brightside) |
| Reid, William (Camiachie) | Taylor, John (West Lothian) | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Richards, R. | Taylor, Rt. Hon. Robert (Morpeth) | Wyatt, W. L. |
| Robens, Rt. Hon. A. | Thomas, George (Cardiff) | Yates, V. F. |
| Roberts, Albert (Normanton) | Thomas, Iorwerth (Rhondda, W.) | Younger, Rt. Hon. K. |
| Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvon) | Thomas, Ivor Owen (Wrekin) | |
| Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.) | Thomson, George (Dundee, E.) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Ross, William | Thornton, E. | Mr. James Johnson and |
| Mr. Wallace |