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12 Hydrocarbon Oil, Etc

Volume 20: debated on Monday 15 March 1982

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Motion made, and Question,

That, as from six o'clock in the evening of 9 March 1982, section 6 of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 (excise duties on hydrocarbon oils) shall have effect with the following modifications:—

(1) In subsection (1) (the rates of duty)—

  • (a) for "subsection (2)" there shall be substituted "subsections (2) and (3)";
  • (b) for "£0·1382 a litre" (light oil) there shall be substituted "£0·1554 a litre"; and
  • (c) for "£0·1191 a litre" (heavy oil) there shall be substituted "£0·1325 a litre".
  • (2) At the end of the section there shall be added the following subsections—

    "(3) In the case of aviation gasoline, the duty of excise charged under subsection (1) above shall be at one half of the rate specified in that subsection in relation to light oil.

    (4) In this Act "aviation gasoline" means light oil which—

  • (a) is specially produced as fuel for aircraft; and
  • (b) is not normally used in road vehicles; and
  • (c) is delivered for use solely as fuel for aircraft".
  • And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.— [Sir Geoffrey Howe.]

    put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 94 (Ways and Means motions):

    The House divided: Ayes 310, Noes 74.

    Division No. 88]

    [10.28 pm

    AYES

    Aitken, JonathanElliott, SirWilliam
    Alexander, RichardEmery, Sir Peter
    Alison, Rt Hon MichaelEyre, Reginald
    Amery, Rt Hon JulianFairbairn, Nicholas
    Aspinwall, JackFairgrieve, SirRussell
    Atkins, Robert(PrestonN)Faith, Mrs Sheila
    Atkinson, David(B'm'th, E)Farr, John
    Baker, Kenneth(St.M'bone)Fell, SirAnthony
    Baker, Nicholas (N Dorset)Fenner, Mrs Peggy
    Banks, RobertFinsberg, Geoffrey
    Beaumont-Dark, AnthonyFisher, Sir Nigel
    Bendall, VivianFletcher, A. (Ed'nb'gh N)
    Bennett, Sir Frederic (T'bay)Fletcher-Cooke, SirCharles
    Benyon, Thomas(A'don)Fookes, MissJanet
    Benyon, W.(Buckingham)Forman, Nigel
    Best, KeithFowler, Rt Hon Norman
    Bevan, David GilroyFox, Marcus
    Biffen, Rt Hon JohnFraser, Rt Hon Sir Hugh
    Biggs-Davison, SirJohnFraser, Peter (South Angus)
    Blackburn, JohnFry, Peter
    Bonsor, SirNicholasGardner, Edward (S Fylde)
    Boscawen, HonRobertGarel-Jones, Tristan
    Bottomley, Peter(W'wich W)Gilmour, Rt Hon Sir Ian
    Bowden, AndrewGlyn, Dr Alan
    Boyson, Dr RhodesGoodhart, SirPhilip
    Braine, SirBernardGoodhew, SirVictor
    Bright, GrahamGoodlad, Alastair
    Brinton, TimGorst, John
    Brittan, Rt. Hon. LeonGow, Ian
    Brooke, Hon PeterGrant, Anthony (Harrow C)
    Brotherton, MichaelGray, Hamish
    Brown, Michael (Brigg&Sc'n)Greenway, Harry
    Browne, John (Winchester)Griffiths, E.(B'ySt.Edm'ds)
    Bruce-Gardyne, JohnGriffiths, Peter Portsm'thN)
    Bryan, Sir PaulGrist, Ian
    Buck, AntonyGrylls, Michael
    Budgen, NickGummer, JohnSelwyn
    Bulmer, EsmondHamilton, Hon A.
    Burden, SirFrederickHamilton, Michael (Salisbury)
    Butcher, JohnHampson, DrKeith
    Butler, HonAdamHannam, John
    Cadbury, JocelynHaselhurst, Alan
    Carlisle, John (Luton West)Hastings, Stephen
    Carlisle, Kenneth (Lincoln)Havers, Rt Hon Sir Michael
    Carlisle, Rt Hon M. (R'c'n )Hawkins, Paul
    Chalker, Mrs. LyndaHawksley, Warren
    Channon, Rt. Hon. PaulHayhoe, Barney
    Chapman, SydneyHeath, Rt Hon Edward
    Churchill, W.S.Heddle, John
    Clark, Hon A. (Plym'th, S'n)Henderson, Barry
    Clark, Sir W. (Croydon S)Heseltine, Rt Hon Michael
    Clarke, Kenneth (Rushcliffe)Hicks, Robert
    Clegg, Sir WalterHiggins, Rt Hon Terence L.
    Cockeram, EricHill, James
    Colvin, MichaelHogg, HonDouglas(Gr'th'm)
    Cope, JohnHolland, Philip(Carlton)
    Cormack, PatrickHooson, Tom
    Corrie, JohnHordern, Peter
    Costain, SirAlbertHowe, Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey
    Cranborne, ViscountHowell, Rt Hon D. (G'ldf'd)
    Critchley, JulianHowell, Ralph (NNorfolk)
    Crouch, DavidHunt, David (Wirral)
    Cunningham, G. (IslingtonS)Hunt, John(Ravensbourne)
    Dean, Paul (North Somerset)Hurd, Rt Hon Douglas
    Dickens, GeoffreyIrving, Charles(Cheltenham)
    Dorrell, StephenJenkin, Rt Hon Patrick
    Douglas-Hamilton, LordJ.Jessel, Toby
    Dover, DenshoreJohnsonSmith, Geoffrey
    Dunn, Robert(Dartford)Jopling, RtHon Michael
    Durant, TonyJoseph, Rt Hon Sir Keith
    Dykes, HughKaberry, SirDonald
    Eden, Rt Hon SirJohnKellett-Bowman, MrsElaine
    Edwards, Rt Hon N. (P'broke)Kimball, SirMarcus
    Eggar, TimKing, Rt Hon Tom

    Kitson, SirTimothyProctor, K. Harvey
    Knight, MrsJillPym, Rt Hon Francis
    Knox, DavidRaison, Rt Hon Timothy
    Lamont, NormanRathbone, Tim
    Lang, IanRees, Peter (Dover and Deal)
    Langford-Holt, SirJohnRees-Davies, W. R.
    Latham, MichaelRenton, Tim
    Lawrence, IvanRhodesJames, Robert
    Lawson, Rt Hon NigelRhysWilliams, SirBrandon
    Lee, JohnRidley, HonNicholas
    LeMarchant, SpencerRidsdale, SirJulian
    Lennox-Boyd, HonMarkRifkind, Malcolm
    Lester, Jim (Beeston)Rippon, At Hon Geoffrey
    Lewis, Kenneth (Rutland)Roberts, M. (Cardiff NW)
    Lloyd, Ian (Havant & W'loo)Roberts, Wyn (Conway)
    Lloyd, Peter (Fareham)Rossi, Hugh
    Loveridge, JohnRost, Peter
    Luce, RichardRoyle, SirAnthony
    Lyell, NicholasSainsbury, HonTimothy
    McCrindle, RobertSt. John-Stevas, Rt Hon N.
    Macfarlane, NeilScott, Nicholas
    MacGregor, JohnShaw, Giles (Pudsey)
    MacKay, John (Argyll)Shaw, Michael (Scarborough)
    McNair-Wilson, M. (N'bury)Shelton, William (Streatham)
    McNair-Wilson, P. (New F'st)Shepherd, Colin (Hereford)
    Madel, DavidShepherd, Richard
    Major, JohnShersby, Michael
    Marland, PaulSilvester, Fred
    Marlow, AntonySims, Roger
    Marshall, Michael (Arundel)Smith, Dudley
    Marten, Rt Hon NeilSpeed, Keith
    Mates, MichaelSpeller, Tony
    Maude, Rt Hon Sir AngusSpence, John
    Mawby, RaySpicer, Jim (West Dorset)
    Mawhinney, DrBrianSpicer, Michael (S Worcs)
    Maxwell-Hyslop, RobinSproat, Iain
    Mayhew, PatrickSquire, Robin
    Mellor, DavidStainton, Keith
    Meyer, SirAnthonyStanbrook, Ivor
    Miller, Hal (B'grove)Stanley, John
    Mills, Iain (Meriden)Steen, Anthony
    Mills, Peter (West Devon)Stevens, Martin
    Miscampbell, NormanStewart, A. (ERenfrewshire)
    Mitchell, David (Basingstoke)Stewart, Ian (Hitchin)
    Moate, RogerStokes, John
    Monro, SirHectorStradlingThomas, J.
    Montgomery, FergusTapsell, Peter
    Moore, JohnTaylor, Teddy (S'end E)
    Morgan, GeraintTebbit, Rt Hon Norman
    Morris, M. (N'hamptonS)Temple-Morris, Peter
    Morrison, Hon C. (Devizes)Thomas, Rt Hon Peter
    Morrison, Hon P. (Chester)Thompson, Donald
    Mudd, DavidThorne, Neil (IlfordSouth)
    Murphy, ChristopherThornton, Malcolm
    Neale, GerrardTownend, John (Bridlington)
    Needham, RichardTownsend, Cyril D, (B'heath)
    Nelson, AnthonyTrippier, David
    Neubert, MichaelTrotter, Neville
    Newton, Tonyvan Straubenzee, Sir W.
    Normanton, TomVaughan, DrGerard
    Onslow, CranleyViggers, Peter
    Oppenheim, Rt Hon Mrs S.Waddington, David
    Osborn, JohnWakeham, John
    Page, John (Harrow, West)Waldegrave, HonWilliam
    Page, Richard (SW Herts)Walker-Smith, At Hon Sir D.
    Parkinson, At Hon CecilWall, SirPatrick
    Parris, MatthewWaller, Gary
    Patten, Christopher (Bath)Walters, Dennis
    Patten, John (Oxford)Ward, John
    Pattie, GeoffreyWarren, Kenneth
    Pawsey, JamesWatson, John
    Percival, Sir IanWells, Bowen
    Peyton, Rt Hon JohnWells, John (Maidstone)
    Pink, R. BonnerWheeler, John
    Pollock, AlexanderWhitelaw, RtHon William
    Porter, BarryWickenden, Keith
    Prentice, Rt Hon RegWiggin, Jerry
    Price, Sir David (Eastleigh )Wilkinson, John
    Prior, Rt Hon JamesWill iams, D. (Montgomery)

    Winterton, Nicholas
    Wolfson, MarkTellers for the Ayes:
    Young, SirGeorge (Acton)Mr. Anthony Berry and
    Younger, Rt Hon GeorgeMr. Carol Mather.

    NOES

    Alton, DavidMarshall, DrEdmund (Goole)
    Ashton, JoeMarshall, Jim (LeicesterS)
    Beith, A. J.Maxton, John
    Bennett, Andrew(St'kp'tN)Mitchell, R. C. (Sotonltchen)
    Canavan, DennisNewens, Stanley
    Carmichael, NeilO'Halloran, Michael
    Carter-Jones, LewisPaisley, Rev Ian
    Cohen, StanleyPark, George
    Cowans, HarryParry, Robert
    Craigen, J. M. (G'gow, M'hill)Pendry, Tom
    Cryer, BobPitt, William Henry
    Dalyell, TamRace, Reg
    Ellis, R. (NE D'bysh 're)Richardson, Jo
    English, MichaelRoberts, Allan (Bootle)
    Field, FrankRoberts, Gwilym (Cannock)
    Fitt, GerardRobinson, P. (Belfast E)
    Foulkes, GeorgeRoss, Ernest (Dundee West)
    Golding, JohnSkinner, Dennis
    Hamilton, W. W. (C'tral Fife)Smith, Cyril (Rochdale)
    Hart, Rt Hon Dame JudithSpriggs, Leslie
    Holland, S. (L'b'th, Vauxh'll)Stallard, A. W.
    HomeRobertson, JohnSteel, Rt Hon David
    Homewood, WilliamStewart, Rt Hon D. (W Isles)
    Hoyle, DouglasStoddart, David
    Hughes, Roy (Newport)Stott, Roger
    Janner, HonGrevilleThomas, Dafydd (Merioneth)
    Kilfedder, James A.Thorne, Stan (PrestonSouth )
    Lambie, DavidTorney, Tom
    Lamborn, HarryUrwin, Rt Hon Tom
    Lamond, JamesWalker, B. (Perth)
    Leadbitter, TedWatkins, David
    Lewis, Arthur (N'ham NW)Weetch, Ken
    Lewis, Ron (Carlisle)Winnick, David
    Litherland, RobertWoodall, Alec
    Lofthouse, GeoffreyYoung, David (Bolton E)
    McKay, Allen (Penistone)
    McMahon, AndrewTellers for the Noes:
    McQuarrie, AlbertMr. Gordon Wilson and
    Marshall, D(G'gowS'ton)Mr. Dafydd Wigley.

    Question accordingly agreea to.