Mr Mike Carr: To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 17 July.
Mr Mike Carr: Given the announcement last Friday that the retail prices index has now reached 9.8 per cent., the continuing balance of payments deficit running at over £1 billion a month and the continuation of interest rates at 15 per cent., causing record numbers of bankruptcies, does the Prime Minister agree that the economy is in a mess and that the responsibility for it lies squarely with her and her...
Mr Mike Carr: To ask the hon. Member for Berwick upon Tweed, representing the House of Commons Commission, when he last met trade union representatives of the House of Commons staff to discuss terms and conditions of employment.
Mr Mike Carr: Has the hon. Gentlman met trade union representatives of staff employed by hon. Members, especially in respect of health and safety provisions? If not, will he do so?
Mr Mike Carr: To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will make a statement on the induction procedures for new hon. Members for a general election.
Mr Mike Carr: I have had the benefit of most valued advice from fellow Members since my arrival here about five weeks ago. It occurs to me that, in the event of a general election, when many new Members will be attending the House—[HON. MEMBERS: "Labour."] Yes, obviously Labour Members—the lack of any proper method of induction is an anachronism. Would the right hon. and learned Gentleman wish to...
Mr Mike Carr: May I draw the deputy Prime Minister's attention to early-day motion 1131, which concerns News International's decision to declare 412 workers redundant at the Eric Bemrose works in Liverpool, and to transfer that work to West Germany? [That this House notes with alarm the proposal by News International to make over 400 workers at the Eric Bemrose Works redundant; calls upon the group to...
Mr Mike Carr: It is a great honour for me to make my maiden speech in the House of Commons today. On this occasion I am reminded of a saying which the Secretary of State for Transport, who has left the Chamber, might appreciate. It is that speeches are like babies— easy to conceive but hard to deliver. First, I wish to refer to my election campaign. Considering the tremendous pressures placed on...