New Clause 12

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 9:15 pm on 11 February 1980.

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New clause 12 seeks to insert into the Bill a declaratory provision which we have unashamedly taken from the 1975 Act which was put on the statute book by the previousLabour Government. We are firm in our belief and convinced that the best way of inserting a preventive mechanism and a prohibition is to put it into the Bill. That is not to say that we accept the Bill, but if we are to do anything to prevent foreign control and domination, the mechanism should be inserted in the Bill.