Results 1-20 of 308 for speaker:Mr Iain MacCormick

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Referendum (7 February 1979)

Mr Iain MacCormick: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is satisfied with the final arrangements made for the referendum on 1 March.

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Referendum (7 February 1979)

Mr Iain MacCormick: Does the Under-Secretary of State agree that, as the "Yes" campaign in Scotland is being very successful, at the same time it would be extremely frustrating if too many people were not allowed or were unable to vote? Will he look again at the arrangements which have been made or promised for taking into account, for example, all the young people in the Highlands and Islands who will be away...

Oral Answers to Questions — Social Services: Prime Minister (Engagements) (30 January 1979)

Mr Iain MacCormick: asked the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 30 January.

Oral Answers to Questions — Social Services: Prime Minister (Engagements) (30 January 1979)

Mr Iain MacCormick: Bearing in mind the Prime Minister's obviously impossible position in dealing with the present situation in this country, will he turn his attention for a moment to Scotland? Because of the hurdles placed in the way of the coming referendum, largely by the Conservative Opposition and by some of his own rogue elephant colleagues, and because of the possibility of bad weather, will he look...

Housing (Scotland) (16 January 1979)

Mr Iain MacCormick: I suppose I speak for most Members on both sides of the House when I say that this ought to have been an occasion when we could have congratulated the Under-Secretary of State on bringing in this new scheme. But even though he spends so much of his time making witty pronouncements in Argyll when he is on holiday, he has to a certain extent fallen into the same trap as have his political...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Murder and Violent Crime (Convicted Persons) (13 December 1978)

Mr Iain MacCormick: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is satisfied with the present arrangements for the imprisonment of those convicted of murder or other violent crimes who are found to have serious personality disorders.

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Murder and Violent Crime (Convicted Persons) (13 December 1978)

Mr Iain MacCormick: Does the Secretary of State agree, however, that his reply indicates that there might be a gap in the system and that something ought to exist between ordinary prisoners and the State hospital at Carstairs for dealing with people such as this? We appreciate that the public are safeguarded, but we ought to think also of the needs of these prisoners.

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Procurator Fiscal, Oban (13 December 1978)

Mr Iain MacCormick: asked the Lord Advocate if his Department has reached agreement with the Procurator Fiscal in Oban regarding a revision of the latter's conditions of service.

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Procurator Fiscal, Oban (13 December 1978)

Mr Iain MacCormick: In view of the current nature of the position of the Procurator Fiscal in Oban, does not the Lord Advocate think that his Department was rigid in the way that it carried out negotiations with him? Does the right hon. and learned Gentleman regard the arrangements that have been made as satisfactory?

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Local Authority Housing (15 November 1978)

Mr Iain MacCormick: Does the Minister agree, however, that it would be desirable for a much larger number of Scots people, particularly young couples, to own their own homes? Further, does he agree that he should bring pressure to bear on or encourage local authorities not simply to sell council houses but to make more sites and land available to local people to enable them to buy or build their own houses?

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Local Authority Tenants (Charter) (15 November 1978)

Mr Iain MacCormick: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if the proposed legislation providing for a charter for public sector tenants will cover Scotland.

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Local Authority Tenants (Charter) (15 November 1978)

Mr Iain MacCormick: Does the Minister appreciate that Scottish housing problems are often different because they are usually worse? Does he appreciate that what he said earlier about home ownership affects this matter, because what we are trying to do is to end the kind of serfdom which exists in relation to council house tenants?

Dock Labour Scheme (24 July 1978)

Mr Iain MacCormick: I am quite certain that one of the most uncomfortable people in the House tonight is the Secretary of State. I say that particularly in view of what emanated from the Government Back Benches in the course of the debate. Like the right hon. Member for Lowestoft (Mr. Prior), I agree with the Secretary of State that a new scheme is necessary. But, listening to the contributions of the hon....

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Low-flying Training Overseas (27 June 1978)

Mr Iain MacCormick: While I appreciate the great skills of the officers involved to avoid the possibility of another massacre of Glencoe, could I remind the Minister of the problem of low flying there? Is he aware that a lot of my constituents in that area are night-shift workers who find it very difficult?

Oral Answers to Questions — Oral Answers to Questions: Domestic Rates (21 June 1978)

Mr Iain MacCormick: Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that his answer to the question put to him by the hon. Member for Glasgow, Cathcart (Mr. Taylor) will make sick reading to the people of Argyll, whose rates have increased hugely, partly as a consequence of the current revaluation? Does he appreciate that his answer is akin to the posture adopted by Nero who fiddled while Rome burned?

Orders of the Day — Supply: Housing (21 June 1978)

Mr Iain MacCormick: Nothing which has transpired so far in the debate has changed my view that one of the most divisive aspects of society in the United Kingdom today is housing and the way in which society is divided into those who live in council housing and those who live in privately owned houses. This is very sad. It has been shown already during the debate. It was instanced by the hon. Member for Henley...

Orders of the Day — Supply: The Royal Navy (19 June 1978)

Mr Iain MacCormick: I do not intend to prolong my remarks, but several points have been made in the debate on which I want to say a few words. Anyone in Scotland or who represents Scotland in this House must be aware of the threat which the growth of Soviet naval power poses not only to Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom but to the whole of the free Western world. From my point of view, as Member for...

Orders of the Day — Armed Forces (Pay) (22 May 1978)

Mr Iain MacCormick: When I came to the House today, I was at least disposed to advise my hon. Friends to support the Leader of the Opposition's motion. But, having heard the speech of the right hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Sir I. Gilmour), I am extremely disappointed. The right hon. Gentleman had the opportunity of presenting a positive case in favour of those who man our Armed Forces, but he took a...

Orders of the Day — Armed Forces (Pay) (22 May 1978)

Mr Iain MacCormick: The right hon. Gentleman referred to the post-dated cheque that the Government are offering and to his own post-dated cheque of a rather different date. I shall return to that shortly. I was about to say that any Member representing a Scottish constituency has a special right to speak on the whole subject of the remuneration of our Services since Scotland has made so great a contribution,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Dumbarton (Hospital Facilities) (17 May 1978)

Mr Iain MacCormick: I am glad that the Minister is bringing together the Argyll and Clyde board and the Greater Glasgow board, but will he also use his influence to try to ensure that the services of specialists from Glasgow will be continued in further-flung parts of Argyll, because the only alternative is for people to have to travel to Glasgow?