Results 1–20 of 162 for speaker:Mr Humphrey Attewell

Orders of the Day — Political Parties (Accounts) (15 Dec 1949)

Mr Humphrey Attewell: Well, tell the truth then.

Oral Answers to Questions — Infant Mortality Rate, Wigston (17 Nov 1949)

Mr Humphrey Attewell: asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the high infant mortality rate over the last 10 years for the Urban District Council of Wigston, Leicestershire; that the infant mortality rate for the Wigston Urban District for 1948 was 51.3 per 1,000 live births, when the figures for Leicestershire were 32.2 and for England and Wales 34; and if he will take special steps to reduce this high...

Clothing Industry Development Council ( 1 Nov 1949)

Mr Humphrey Attewell: Can the hon. and gallant Gentleman tell us how many employers there are in the 16 organisations?

Clothing Industry Development Council ( 1 Nov 1949)

Mr Humphrey Attewell: If the hon. Gentleman is alleging Quislings, is he aware that the leader of his side tonight has made it quite clear that on the Third Reading the party opposite supported the Measure, so that the whole of the Opposition are Quislings.

Clothing Industry Development Council ( 1 Nov 1949)

Mr Humphrey Attewell: Let us be quite clear about this. The hon. Member will probably remember that I directed certain specific questions to the leader of my own Front Bench who made it quite clear that so long as the majority of the industry—not the manufacturers or the employees—decided on it, he would introduce the order.

Clothing Industry Development Council ( 1 Nov 1949)

Mr Humphrey Attewell: In referring to the development council, hon. Members have spent far too much time in making it appear that the Minister who was in charge of the original Measure has broken Ministerial promises. [HON. MEMBERS: "Hear, hear."] I suggest that if Members of the Opposition had good memories and remembered the discussions which took place on the original Measure they would realise that it is part...

Clothing Industry Development Council ( 1 Nov 1949)

Mr Humphrey Attewell: I asked what was a substantial number when we were discussing this matter before. A number of operatives is engaged. Each employer counts as an individual and, as far as being engaged in the industry is concerned, each employer can only equal one employee. If there are 16 organisations in the industry and, let us say, 100 employers in each organisation, it must mean that when the operatives...

Clothing Industry Development Council ( 1 Nov 1949)

Mr Humphrey Attewell: I am quite satisfied, as a trade union officer, that each one of my members is equal to each one of the employers.

Clothing Industry Development Council ( 1 Nov 1949)

Mr Humphrey Attewell: If they are not members of a trade union, it does not automatically mean that they can be ranked alongside the employers for the purposes of this Act.

Clothing Industry Development Council ( 1 Nov 1949)

Mr Humphrey Attewell: I am not talking about trade union leaders. They represent given numbers in the same way as the manufacturers' associations, when they are gathered round a table, represent their industry. When the employers of the industry met the Minister, they did not all go, but sent their representatives, in the same way as the trade union officers there were representing their members. Therefore, I fail...

Clothing Industry Development Council ( 1 Nov 1949)

Mr Humphrey Attewell: The hon. Gentleman says "nonsense," but I am telling him why I feel this industry is badly in need of a development council. If this industry is not in need of a development council, I wonder whether hon. Members opposite, who agreed with the Act, will tell me which industry is in need of a development council.

Clothing Industry Development Council ( 1 Nov 1949)

Mr Humphrey Attewell: I shall not bother to say "Nonsense" to that, because it is self-evident. Development councils were introduced at a time when the whole House felt that there was a need for them to enable this country to get on its feet by assisting industry to reach peak production. The fact that the Opposition did not oppose the Third Reading of the Industrial Organisation and Development Act is some...

Clothing Industry Development Council ( 1 Nov 1949)

Mr Humphrey Attewell: Well, I should have said they were both clothing. I cannot understand why, because sub-contractors take over parts of the work, they ought not to be classed as members of the clothing industry. The sub-contractor merely takes over a division of the labour; he does a certain part of the work, in many cases because those who take on the whole job cannot perform that part of the work as...

Clothing Industry Development Council ( 1 Nov 1949)

Mr Humphrey Attewell: I notice that there are not the normal leaders of the Opposition opposing this order, and it rather looks as though on this issue there are certain rebels going against the party line. I should like to direct attention to the Second Schedule, paragraph 5 of which concerns promotion of the production of products of standard qualities. Surely a development council could do that very...

Sterling Exchange Rate (27 Sep 1949)

Mr Humphrey Attewell: The hon. Member should tell us what he told the Americans.

Orders of the Day — Iron and Steel Bill: Clause 1. — (the Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain.) (25 Jul 1949)

Mr Humphrey Attewell: Will the hon. Member deal with the point my hon. Friend made in regard to accountability?

Orders of the Day — Iron and Steel Bill: Clause 1. — (the Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain.) (25 Jul 1949)

Mr Humphrey Attewell: I am trying to follow the argument and I wish that the hon. Member would read the Amendment. It says "for industrial purposes." Frying pans for the housewife are not for industrial purposes.

Orders of the Day — Iron and Steel Bill: New Clause "A." — (Powers of Subsidiaries of the Corporation.) (25 Jul 1949)

Mr Humphrey Attewell: Is the hon. and learned Member now saying that only this House has a voice in the making of orders and that the other House has no such voice whatsoever?

Orders of the Day — Iron and Steel Bill: New Clause "A." — (Powers of Subsidiaries of the Corporation.) (25 Jul 1949)

Mr Humphrey Attewell: Would the hon. and learned Member answer my question? Does the other House take any part in the procedure of the annulment of orders?


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