Results 1-20 of 1,717 for speaker:Mr William Hamling

Orders of the Day — Dogs Bill (14 February 1975)

Mr William Hamling: I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Dundee, West (Mr. Doig) on the Bill, and offer my general support. I have lived in cities all my life and have always felt that dogs in cities were out of their element. They should not be there—and not only for the many reasons that my hon. Friend adduced. It is not only that they foul the pavements. A week or so ago, I saw a man with a dog...

Orders of the Day — Dogs Bill (14 February 1975)

Mr William Hamling: That is going through my mind. One of our aims must be to reduce the population of dogs in cities and make it more difficult for people to keep dogs idly. Many people who have dogs do not understand that they cause offence to many other people as well as being a nuisance, not only in the legal but in the aesthetic, and practical senses. I am one of those with a physical allergy to dogs. I...

Orders of the Day — Dogs Bill (14 February 1975)

Mr William Hamling: It seems to me that in certain parts the dogs are even more numerous than that. One is entitled to ask whether the country can sustain such a population of dogs, bearing in mind not only the mess they cause, the nuisance they are, the fear they inspire in children and among infirm people, but the uncontrolled way in which many of their owners allow them to behave, the noise they create at...

Orders of the Day — Dogs Bill (14 February 1975)

Mr William Hamling: I am not sure about that. My hon. Friend has mentioned the regulations that many local authorities impose. The effect is to forbid people keeping dogs in council houses or council flats. My own borough has that sort of regulation. I know that the rule is broken right, left and centre throughout the country. That sort of regulation cannot be policed. I have no doubt that if there were an...

Orders of the Day — Dogs Bill (14 February 1975)

Mr William Hamling: The hon. Member for Western Isles (Mr. Stewart) knows all about that. I can see the twinkle in his eye. I can see him, some 45 years ago, getting up to all sorts of mischief. In fact, he still gets up to mischief now and again. I am not sure that having the sort of labels that we have been discussing will do much good. However, that is a point which can be discussed in Committee. Any...

Orders of the Day — Dogs Bill (14 February 1975)

Mr William Hamling: Farm dogs are not quite the same as guard dogs. The farm dog represents centuries of tradition. We do not need to police farm dogs or dogs owned by shepherds. I suppose that it could be said that we should first catch the shepherd. The idea is not on of "bobbies" tramping the moors of Scotland or the moors of Yorkshire looking for a shepherd in order to see that his dog is properly trained....

Orders of the Day — Dogs Bill (14 February 1975)

Mr William Hamling: Not entirely. The hon. Gentleman will understand that guard dogs in warehouses, for example, in urban areas are in an entirely different physical environment. By the very nature of things they are amongst people. They are in an urban environment guarding a shop, warehouse or building site. There are bound to be many people in the vicinity. There are different conditions. From my experience...

Orders of the Day — Dogs Bill (14 February 1975)

Mr William Hamling: I hope that the hon. Member will not forget that I had a young child with me. In such circumstances one is fearful for the child and bears in mind its nervousness.

Orders of the Day — Dogs Bill (14 February 1975)

Mr William Hamling: Rather naked.

Orders of the Day — Local Lotteries Bill (31 January 1975)

Mr William Hamling: The right hon. Gentleman should recognise that in my party the payroll does some strange things at times.

Orders of the Day — Local Lotteries Bill (31 January 1975)

Mr William Hamling: I have not said that I will support the right hon. Gentleman. All I am saying is that "Friday Members" come to listen to the arguments now and again.

Orders of the Day — Local Lotteries Bill (31 January 1975)

Mr William Hamling: What does the hon. Member mean by "we"? Is there a Whip on the Opposition side?

Orders of the Day — Local Lotteries Bill (31 January 1975)

Mr William Hamling: I do not come here on a Friday on a Whip. I am here every Friday, unlike the hon. Gentleman. I have been coming here on Fridays ever since I became a Member of the House, and before the hon. Gentleman was a Member—

Orders of the Day — Local Lotteries Bill (31 January 1975)

Mr William Hamling: I am glad to speak directly after the hon. and learned Member for Blackpool, North (Mr. Miscampbell) or, if his views carry the House with him, the Las Vegas of the North. I know Blackpool well. It has considerable holiday facilities. I have no doubt that the way in which the hon. and learned Gentleman outlined his support for the Bill would react favourably not only to Blackpool's advantage...

Orders of the Day — Local Lotteries Bill (31 January 1975)

Mr William Hamling: I cannot think of many better places.

Orders of the Day — Local Lotteries Bill (31 January 1975)

Mr William Hamling: And the third prize is a fortnight's holiday there. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Crosby not only on his good fortune in this lottery but on the agreeable way in which he presented the Bill. The right hon. Gentleman is an old hand in this House. He has the professional touch. Indeed, I think that he might often get away with murder. He said that he was prepared to co-operate with...

Orders of the Day — Local Lotteries Bill (31 January 1975)

Mr William Hamling: My hon. Friend is a fellow Liverpudlian. He cannot say too much.

Orders of the Day — Local Lotteries Bill (31 January 1975)

Mr William Hamling: Or any other day. After all, my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Mr. Ogden) represents the area where I was born. Blood is thicker than water. Whether it is thicker than Mersey water I am not sure. I was about to commend to the House the course suggested by the hon. and learned Member for Thanet, West (Mr. Rees-Davies) of adjourning the debate and allowing the Bill to...

Orders of the Day — Local Lotteries Bill (31 January 1975)

Mr William Hamling: I can yet see on the bookstands a book, "Confessions of a Chief Whip".

Orders of the Day — Local Lotteries Bill (31 January 1975)

Mr William Hamling: I am certain that it would be obscene.