Results 1-20 of 31 for speaker:Mr Meredith Titterington

Orders of the Day — BRADFORD CORPORATION BILL (By Order) (28 February 1949)

Mr Meredith Titterington: May I congratulate the hon. Member for Kingston-upon-Thames (Mr. Boyd-Carpenter) on the spirit in which he has introduced these somewhat controversial matters? I recall, as does the hon. Gentleman in his remarks, the association of his father and grandfather with Bradford and the Diocese of Ripon. I am disposed to feel that he is not actuated by any form of destructive criticism. From the...

Orders of the Day — BRADFORD CORPORATION BILL (By Order) (28 February 1949)

Mr Meredith Titterington: The hon. Gentleman can certainly rely on that assurance. Clause 94 is to be withdrawn on the Committee stage. I do not propose after the hon. Gentleman's very kind comments to follow the controversial points he has raised because, like himself, I know that they can be handled in Committee. Therefore, in the interests of the time of the House, I want to come to the specific points raised by...

Orders of the Day — BRADFORD CORPORATION BILL (By Order) (28 February 1949)

Mr Meredith Titterington: The hon. Gentleman is quite right. All that the local authority are seeking to do is to pay off that deficit. I hope the hon. Gentleman will accept the assurance that the motive behind the local authority's promotion of this pageant was very sound and proper. Everyone knows that Bradford is the pivotal town in the wool textile industry, and that far-reaching international obligations lay upon...

Orders of the Day — BRADFORD CORPORATION BILL (By Order) (28 February 1949)

Mr Meredith Titterington: This matter was raised at the public meeting to which I have referred. An objection was raised and was over-ruled. However, my colleagues and the authorities are prepared to give full weight to any observation which the hon. Gentleman may make on that matter. We want to clean our windows so that we can see through them clearly. If it will satisfy the hon. Gentleman and remove his objection to...

Orders of the Day — BRADFORD CORPORATION BILL (By Order) (28 February 1949)

Mr Meredith Titterington: I have already said, on the authority of the Bradford Parliamentary Sub-Committee, that the Clause will be withdrawn, and I again assure the hon. Gentleman that Bradford's bond will be honoured.

Orders of the Day — Ministry of Pensions (Welfare Officers) (7 December 1948)

Mr Meredith Titterington: I should not like to follow the hon. and gallant Gentleman too far in his observations for I do not wish to see any truculence introduced into the Debate. I am intervening as a civilian. The interchange of views makes it look as if my Service colleagues were truculently disposed when we are supposed to be pacific in dealing with the question under review. The remark about "a soulless...

Orders of the Day — Ministry of Pensions (Welfare Officers) (7 December 1948)

Mr Meredith Titterington: In addition to the admirable policy of advising the pensioners of the circumstances to which the Minister has referred, is there any merit in the proposal I made that he should publicise all the respective allowances at post offices?

Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce: Textile Industry (25 November 1948)

Mr Meredith Titterington: Will my right hon. Friend keep in touch with the Yorkshire textile industry, especially the woollen and worsted sections, in view of the recent Press statement made by the Bradford manufacturers that they have received pieces and patterns from overseas markets which support the case put by the hon. and gallant Member for Withington (Squadron-Leader Fleming)?

Oral Answers to Questions — Education: Colleges of Technology (11 November 1948)

Mr Meredith Titterington: asked the Minister of Education whether it is his intention to implement, without any further delay, the recommendation of the Percy Committee, supported by the Barlow Committee, over three years ago that there should be a selected number of colleges of technology in which there should be developed technological courses comparable with those of university courses; and whether university...

Oral Answers to Questions — Education: Colleges of Technology (11 November 1948)

Mr Meredith Titterington: Does my right hon. Friend endorse the view that the conferring of university status on technical colleges situated in the major industries they serve—[Horn. MEMBERS: "Order."] —and which are of approved merit, administration, and achievement——

Oral Answers to Questions — Education: Colleges of Technology (11 November 1948)

Mr Meredith Titterington: Does not my right hon. Friend think that this type of technical colleges situated in the major industries which it serves is the quickest and most effective may to meet the current requirements of our industrial progress at the moment; and does he agree, in that regard, that Bradford stands preeminent?

Oral Answers to Questions — Education: Colleges of Technology (11 November 1948)

Mr Meredith Titterington: Does my right hon. Friend endorse the view that, having regard to the difficulties of the building extensions in our existing universities, with the limitations of their hostel accommodation, the quicker and better way is to encourage the smaller universities?

Orders of the Day — Wireless Telegraphy Bill (10 November 1948)

Mr Meredith Titterington: I am sure that the Postmaster-General will be in a position to rebut the arguments of the hon. Member who represents the Abbey Division of Westminster (Sir H. Webbe), and I am sure that my right hon. Friend will reassure the House that there has been a thorough and competent inquiry made into this matter. The observations of the hon. Member for Bucklow (Mr. W. Shepherd) interested me also....

Orders of the Day — Far Eastern Trade (4 November 1948)

Mr Meredith Titterington: Is not my hon. Friend aware that when General MacArthur sought to inculcate Western ideas of trade union, cooperative and general organisation, a gentleman named Mark Star, who was the education officer for the National Organisation of Garment Workers in America, was invited to undertake that work? When I was in Tokyo in 1946, he reassured me that he was undertaking the job in a manner...

Orders of the Day — Far Eastern Trade (4 November 1948)

Mr Meredith Titterington: Will my hon. Friend make some observations on woollens and worsteds, as distinct from cotton?

Pottery Industry (Development Council) (14 September 1948)

Mr Meredith Titterington: May I venture, in the limited time at my disposal—

Pottery Industry (Development Council) (14 September 1948)

Mr Meredith Titterington: I understood that we were limited to half an hour's Debate on the matter under review.

Pottery Industry (Development Council) (14 September 1948)

Mr Meredith Titterington: I did not propose making a lengthy speech, but now that we are free—

Pottery Industry (Development Council) (14 September 1948)

Mr Meredith Titterington: You know, Mr. Deputy-Speaker, that I do not require your admonition on that particular point because all I propose to do is to submit some corroborative evidence in the form of a series of observations in support of my hon. Friend the Member for Burslem (Mr. Edward Davies), and I propose to limit myself to two or three minutes in putting them forward. I want to refer to the wool textile...

Orders of the Day — Representation of the People Bill (16 February 1948)

Mr Meredith Titterington: I was more than entertained by the interesting contribution of the right hon. Member for Woodford (Mr. Churchill), particularly when he discussed the question of one vote, one value. I do not want to cover the ground which has already been covered by some of my more distinguished colleagues, but to take a simple view of this question. The right hon. Gentleman said that if there was to be one...