division_name: Civil Defence (Grant) Bill
motion: <p class="" pid=".1013.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid=".1013.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The Bill is designed to apply the standard disciplines that cover public expenditure to a relatively small part of local government spending&#8212;the sum used to finance the administration of local authority emergency planning units totalling less than &#163;20 million this financial year. It is important to stress at the outset that the Bill does not set the level of spending, but provides a mechanism for determining grants and the fair and equitable distribution of expenditure.</p>
  
  <p pid=".1049.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put,</i> That the Bill be now read a Second time:&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid=".1049.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>The House divided:</i> Ayes 292, Noes 159.</p>