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Group 8-Petrol, Etc

Volume 890: debated on Monday 21 April 1975

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Item No.

  • 1. Light oil, except where it is in containers not exceeding 20 fluid ounces and is intended for sale in those containers solely as fuel for mechanical lighters.
  • 2 Petrol substitute.
  • 3. Power methylated spirits.
  • Notes:

  • (1) "Light oil", "petrol substitute" and "power methylated spirits" have the same meanings as in the Hydrocarbon Oil (Customs & Excise) Act 1971.
  • (2) "Mechanical lighters" has the meaning assigned to it by section 221(4) of the Customs and Excise Act 1952.—[Mr. Healey.]
  • put forthwith pursuant to Standing Oder No. 94 (Ways and Means motions): —

    The House divided: Ayes 283, Noes 270.

    Dell, Rt Hon EdmundJones, Alec (Rhondda)Rees, Rt Hon Merlyn (Leeds S)
    Dempsey, JamesJones, Barry (East Flint)Richardson. Miss Jo
    Doig, PeterJones, Dan (Burnley)Roberts, Albert (Normanton)
    Dormand, J. D.Judd, FrankRoberts, Gwilym (Cannock)
    Douglas-Mann, BruceKaufman, GeraldRobertson, John (Paisley)
    Dunn, James A.Kelley, RichardRoderick, Caerwyn
    Dunnett, JackKerr, RussellRodgers, George (Chorley)
    Dunwoody, Mrs GwynethKilroy-Silk, RobertRodgers, William (Stockton)
    Eadie, AlexLambie, DavidRooker, J. W.
    Edelman, MauriceLamborn, HarryRose, Paul B.
    Edge, GeoffLamond, JamesRoss, Rt Hon W. (Kilmarnock)
    Edwards, Robert (Wolv SE)Leadbitter, TedRowlands, Ted
    Ellis, John (Brigg & Scun)Lee, JohnRyman, John
    Ellis, Tom (Wrexham)Lestor, Miss Joan (Eton & Slough)Sandelson, Neville
    English, MichaelLever, Rt Hon HaroldSedgemore, Brian
    Ennals, DavidLewis, Ron (Carlisle)Selby, Harry
    Evans, Fred (Caerphlily)Lipton, MarcusShaw, Arnold (Ilford South)
    Evans, loan (Aberdare)Lomas, KennethSheldon, Robert (Ashton-u-Lyne)
    Evans, John (Newton)Luard, EvanShore, Rt Hon Peter
    Ewing, Harry (Stirling)Lyon, Alexander (York)Short, Rt Hon E. (Newcastle C)
    Fernyhough, Rt Hon E.Lyons, Edward (Bradford W)Short, Mrs Renee (Wolv NE)
    Fitch, Alan (Wigan)McElhone, FrankSilkin, Rt Hon John (Deptford)
    Fitt, Gerard (Belfast W)MacFarquhar, RoderickSllkin, Rt Hon S. C. (Dulwich)
    Flannery, MartinMcGuire, Michael (Ince)Silverman, Julius
    Fletcher, Ted (Darlington)Mackenzie, GregorSkinner, Dennis
    Foot, Rt Hon MichaelMackintosh, John P.Small, William
    Ford, BenMaclennan RobertSmith, John (N Lanarkshire)
    Forrester, JohnMcMillan, Tom (Glasgow C)Spearing, Nigel
    Fowler, Gerald (The Wrekin)McNamara, KevinSpriggs, Leslie
    Fraser, John (Lambeth, N'w'd)Madden, MaxStallard, A. W.
    Freeson, ReginaldMagee, BryanStewart, Rt Hon M. (Fulham)
    Garrett, John (Norwich S)Maguire, Frank (Fermanagh)Stott, Roger
    Garrett, W. E. (Wallsend)Mahon, SimonStrang, Gavin
    George, BruceMallalieu, J. P. W.Strauss, Rt Hon G. R.
    Gilbert, Dr JohnMarks, KennethSummerskill, Hon Dr Shirley
    Ginsburg, DavidMarquand, DavidSwain, Thomas
    Golding, JohnMarshall, Dr Edmund (Goole)Taylor, Mrs Ann (Bolton W)
    Gould, BryanMarshall, Jim (Leicester S)Thomas, Jeffrey (Abertillery)
    Gourlay, HarryMeacher, MichaelThomas, Mike (Newcastle E)
    Graham, TedMellish, Rt Hon RobertThomas, Ron (Bristol NW)
    Grant, George (Morpeth)Mikardo, IanTierney, Sydney
    Grant, John (Islington C)Millan, BruceTinn, James
    Grocott, BruceMiller, Dr M. S. (E Kilbride)Tomlinson, John
    Hamilton, James (Bothwell)Miller, Mrs Millie (Ilford N)Tomney, Frank
    Hamilton, W. W. (Central Fife)Mitchell, R. C. (Solon, Itchen)Torney, Tom
    Hardy, PeterMolloy, WilliamVarley, Rt Hon Eric G.
    Harrison, Walter (Wakefield)Moonman, EricWainwright, Edwin (Dearne V)
    Hart, Rt Hon JudithMorris, Alfred (Wythenshawe)Walden, Brian (B'ham, L'dyw'd)
    Hattersley, Rt Hon RoyMorris, Charles R. (Openshaw)Walker, Harold (Doncaster)
    Hatton, FrankMorris, Rt Hon J. (Aberavon)Walker, Terry (Kingswood)
    Hayman, Mrs HeleneMoyle, RolandWard, Michael
    Healey, Rt Hon DenisMuiley, Rt Hon FrederickWatkins, David
    Heffer, Eric S.Murray, Rt Hon Ronald KingWeetch, Ken
    Hooley, FrankNewens, StanleyWeitzman, David
    Horam, JohnNoble, MikeWellbeloved, James
    Howell, Denis (B'ham, Sm H)Oakes, GordonWhite, Frank R. (Bury)
    Hoyle, Doug (Nelson)O'Halloran, MichaelWhite, James (Pollok)
    Huckfield, LesO'Malley, Rt Hon BrianWhitlock, William
    Hughes, Rt Hon C. (Anglesey)Orbach, MauriceWilley, Rt Hon Frederick
    Hughes, Mark (Durham)Orme, Rt Hon StanleyWilliams, Alan (Swansea W)
    Hughes, Robert (Aberdeen N)Ovenden, JohnWilliams, Alan Lee (Hornch'ch)
    Hughes, Roy (Newport)Owen, Dr DavidWilliams, Rt Hon Shirley (Hertford)
    Hunter, AdamPadley, WalterWilliams, W. T. (Warrington)
    Irvine, Rt Hon Sir A. (Edge Hill)Palmer, ArthurWilson, Rt Hon H. (Huyton)
    Irving, Rt Hon S. (Dartford)Park, GeorgeWilson, William (Coventry SE)
    Jackson, Colin (Brighouse)Parker, JohnWise, Mrs Audrey
    Jackson, Miss Margaret (Lincoln)Parry, RobertWoodall, Alec
    Janner, GrevillePavitt, LaurieWoof, Robert
    Jay, Rt Hon DouglasPearl, Rt Hon FredWrigglesworth, Ian
    Jeger, Mrs LenaPerry, ErnestYoung, David (Bolton E)
    Jenkins, Hugh (Putney)Phipps, Dr Colin
    Jenkins, Rt Hon Roy (Stechford)Prentice, Rt Hon RegTELLERS FOR THE AYES:
    John, BrynmorPrice, C.(Lewisham W)Mr. Joseph Harper and
    Johnson, James (Hull West)Price, William (Rugby)Mr. David Stoddart.
    Johnson, Walter (Derby S)Radice, Giles

    NOES

    Adley, RobertBanks, RobertBlaker, Peter
    Aitken, JonathanBeth, A. J.Body, Richard
    Alison, MichaelBell, RonaldBoscawen, Hon Robert
    Arnold, TomBennett, Dr Reginald (Fareham)Bowden, A. (Brighton, Kemptown)
    Atkins, Rt Hon H. (Spelthorne)Benyon, W.Boyson, Dr Rhodes (Brent)
    Awdry, DanielBerry, Hon AnthonyBraine, Sir Bernard
    Bain, Mrs MargaretBiffen, JohnBrittan, Leon
    Baker, KennethBiggs-Davison, JohnBrotherton, Michael

    Brown, Sir Edward (Bath)Hordern, PeterPrior, Rt Hon James
    Bryan, Sir PaulHowe, Rt Hon Sir GeoffreyRaison, Timothy
    Buchanan-Smith, AlickHowell, David (Guildford)Rathbone, Tim
    Buck, AntonyHowell, Ralph (North Norfolk)Rees, Peter (Dover & Deal)
    Budgen, NickHowells, Geraint (Cardigan)Rees-Davies, W. R.
    Bulmer, EsmondHurd, DouglasRenton, Rt Hon Slr D. (Hunts)
    Burden, F. A.Hutchison, Michael ClarkRenton, Tim (Mid-Sussex)
    Carlisle, MarkIrvine, Bryant Godman (Rye)Rhys Williams, Sir Brandon
    Carr, Rt Hon RobertIrving, Charles (Cheltenham)Ridley, Hon Nicholas
    Chalker, Mrs LyndaJames, DavidRidsdale, Julian
    Churchill, W. S.Jenkin, Rt Hon P. (Wanst'd&W'df'd)Rifkind, Malcolm
    Clark, Alan (Plymouth, Sutton)Jessel, TobyRippon, Rt Hon Geoffrey
    Clark, William (Croydon S)Johnson Smith, G. (E. Grinstead)Roberts, Michael (Cardiff NW)
    Clarke, Kenneth (Rushcliffe)Johnston, Russell (Inverness)Roberts, Wyn (Conway)
    Clegg, WalterJones, Arthur (Daventry)Ross, Stephen (Isle of Wight)
    Cockcroft, JohnJopling, MichaelRossi, Hugh (Hornsey)
    Cooke, Robert (Bristol W)Joseph, Rt Hon Sir KeithRost, Peter (SE Derbyshire)
    Cope, JohnKaberry, Sir DonaldRoyle, Sir Anthony
    Corrie, JohnKellett-Bowman, Mrs ElaineSainsbury, Tim
    Costain, A. P.Kimball, MarcusSt. John-Stevas, Norman
    Crawford, DouglasKing, Evelyn (South Dorset)Scott, Nicholas
    Crouch, DavidKing, Tom (Bridgwater)Scott-Hopkins, James
    Crowder, F. P.Kirk, PeterShaw, Giles (Pudsey)
    Davies, Rt Hon J. (Knutsford)Kitson, Sir TimothyShaw, Michael (Scarborough)
    Dean, Paul (N Somerset)Knight, Mrs JillShelton, William (Streatham)
    Dodsworth, GeoffreyKnox, DavidShepherd, Colin
    Douglas-Hamilton, Lord JamesLamont, NormanShersby, Michael
    Drayson, BurnabyLane, DavidSilvester, Fred
    du Cann, Rt Hon EdwardLangford-Holt, Sir JohnSims, Roger
    Durant, TonyLatham, Michael (Melton)Sinclair, Sir George
    Dykes, HughLawrence, IvanSkeet, T. H. H.
    Eden, Rt Hon Sir JohnLawson, NigelSmith, Cyril (Rochdale)
    Edwards, Nicholas (Pembroke)Lewis, Kenneth (Rutland)Smith, Dudley (Warwick)
    Elliott, Sir WilliamLloyd, IanSpeed, Keith
    Emery, PeterLoveridge, JohnSpence, John
    Evans, Gwynfor (Carmarthen)Luce, RichardSpicer, Jim (W Dorset)
    Ewing, Mrs Winifred (Moray)McAdden, Sir StephenSpicer, Michael (S Worcester)
    Eyre, ReginaldMacCormick, lainSproat, Iain
    Fairbairn, NicholasMcCrindle, RobertStainton, Keith
    Fairgrieve, RussellMacfarlane, NeilStanbrook, Ivor
    Finsberg, GeoffreyMacGregor, JohnStanley, John
    Fisher, Sir NigelMacmillan, Rt Hon M. (Farnham)Steel, David (Roxburgh)
    Fletcher, Alex (Edinburgh N)McNair-Wilson, M. (Newbury)Steen, Anthony (Wavertree)
    Fletcher-Cooke, CharlesMcNair-Wilson, P. (New Forest)Stewart, Donald (Western Isles)
    Fookes, Miss JanetMadel, DavidStewart, Ian (Hitchin)
    Fowler, Norman (Sutton C'f'd)Marshall, Michael (Arundel)Stokes, John
    Fox, MarcusMarten, NeilStradling Thomas, J.
    Fraser, Rt Hon H. (Stafford & St)Mates, MichaelTapsell, Peter
    Freud, ClementMather, CarolTaylor, R. (Croydon NW)
    Fry, PeterMaude, AngusTaylor, Teddy (Cathcart)
    Galbraith, Hon. T. G. D.Maudling, Rt Hon ReginaldTebbit, Norman
    Gardner, Edward (S Fylde)Mawby, RayTemple-Morris, Peter
    Gilmour, Rt Hon Ian (Chesham)Maxwell-Hyslop, RobinThatcher, Rt Hon Margaret
    Gilmour, Sir John (East Fife)Mayhew, PatrickThomas, Dafydd (Merioneth)
    Glyn, Dr AlanMeyer, Sir AnthonyThomas, Rt Hon P. (Hendon S)
    Godber, Rt Hon JosephMills, PeterThompson, George
    Goodhart, PhilipMiscampbell, NormanThorpe, Rt Hon Jeremy (N Devon)
    Goodhew, VictorMitchell, David (Basingstoke)Townsend, Cyril D.
    Goodlad, AlastairMoate, RogerTrotter, Neville
    Gorst, JohnMonro, HectorTugendhat, Christopher
    Gow, Ian (Eastbourne)Montgomery, Fergusvan Straubenzee, W. R.
    Gower, Sir Raymond (Barry)Moore, John (Croydon C)Vaughan, Dr Gerard
    Grant, Anthony (Harrow C)Morgan, GeraintViggers, Peter
    Gray, HamishMorgan-Giles, Rear-AdmiralWainwright, Richard (Colne V)
    Griffiths, EldonMorris, Michael (Northampton S)Wakeham, John
    Grimond, Rt Hon J.Morrison, Hon Peter (Chester)Walker, Rt Hon P. (Worcester)
    Grist, IanMudd, DavidWalker-Smith, Rt Hon air Derek
    Hall, Sir JohnHeave, AireyWalters, Dennis
    Hall-Davis, A. G. F.Nelson, AnthonyWatt, Hamish
    Hamilton, Michael (Salisbury)Neubert, MichaelWeatherill, Bernard
    Hampson, Dr KeithNewton, TonyWells, John
    Hannam, JohnNormanton, TomWelsh, Andrew
    Harvie Anderson, Rt Hon MissNott, JohnWhitelaw, Rt Hon William
    Hastings, StephenOnslow, CranleyWiggin, Jerry
    Havers, Sir MichaelOppenheim, Mrs SallyWigley, Dafydd
    Hawkins, PaulPage, Rt Hon R. Graham (Crosby)Wilson, Gordon (Dundee E)
    Hayhoe, BarneyPardoe, JohnWinterton, Nicholas
    Heath, Rt Hon EdwardParkinson, CecilWood, Rt Hon Richard
    Henderson, DouglasPattie, GeoffreyYoung, Sir G. (Ealing, Acton)
    Heseltine, MichaelPenhaligon, DavidYounger, Hon George
    Hicks, RobertPercival, Ian
    Higgins, Terence L.Peyton, Rt Hon JohnTELLERS FOR THE NOES:
    Holland, PhilipPink, R. BonnerMr. Adam Butler and
    Mr. Spencer Le Marchant.

    Questions accordingly agreed to.