Results 1-18 of 18 for trident speaker:Dennis Skinner

Prayers: Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (13 Nov 1992)

Mr Dennis Skinner: ...to the richest 1 per cent. of the population. I would use some of that money to increase pensions. There are other areas in which there is a great deal of public expenditure. For example, I would cancel the Trident project. That would save £10 billion. I would use some of that money to bolster the welfare state, to build more houses, and to give pensioners more money. I would stop the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Plutonium (4 Feb 1992)

Mr Dennis Skinner: Why is it that £40 million is being spent on the 220 building at Harwell? Does this have something to do with the transfer of work on Trident warheads from Aldermaston, which is not big enough? Is not the cry of every potential bomb-making third-world country that its nuclear work is entirely civil, even though it is, in fact, for defence purposes? It is time Britain gave a lead by...

Opposition Policies (19 Jan 1990)

Mr Dennis Skinner: Has the hon. Gentleman recently seen the test for Trident, that so-called defence weapon? I saw a shot on television recently of the latest testing. The missile was spinning around like a Catherine-wheel on bonfire night. If that is the effectiveness of Trident, the Labour party would be well advised in the run-up to the next election to say that we shall get rid of Trident and use the...

Points of Order (10 Feb 1988)

Mr Dennis Skinner: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. You will have noticed that, since my hon. Friend the Member for Linlithgow (Mr. Dalyell) raised his point of order about the storm last night and the bit of Trident dropping off into the sea, and the fact, about which you were a bit uncertain, that the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster had said that there would be a business statement today, the Leader...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Nuclear Weapons (11 Mar 1986)

Mr Dennis Skinner: How can the Government claim that the money is well spent, especially in view of the announcement of the £9·8 billion that is spent on Trident, when the same Government could not find more than 40p for the old-age pensioners a few days ago and yesterday came to the Dispatch Box and announced that prescription charges will go up by 1,000 per cent.? Do the Government not have a...

Opposition Day: National Health Service (2 Jul 1985)

Mr Dennis Skinner: ...not get a reprieve. Five thousand people died of breast cancer. They did not get a reprieve. Those are facts that have been brought about because the Government are prepared to spend more money on Trident, cruise missiles and so on than they are on the National Health Service. Those are the real facts.

Television Licence Fee (27 Mar 1985)

Mr Dennis Skinner: .... Why did he not appoint Lord Bridge for the job — he deals with things extremely swiftly? If the Home Secretary wants to know where money for pensioners can come from, he could cancel Trident. There is plenty of money there. Then the pensioners would be on the same basis as all hon. Members who manage to see television without paying a licence fee.

Prayers: Taxation and Benefits (1 Mar 1985)

Mr Dennis Skinner: ...for child benefit, for pensioners and for other deserving people in society. If they can find another £10,000 million — or is it £12,000 million — to finance the latest American weapon, Trident, I say that they should use the money to create a better life for all our people. The debate has been wide-ranging, and when one talks about taxation it could hardly be...

Petitions: Tourism (7 Dec 1984)

Mr Dennis Skinner: ...have no more of this talk about there not being enough money in the country. This Government can find money for all sorts of things if they want to. The Government have spent £12,000 million on Trident and they are spending £20,000 million a year to finance the dole queue. There is plenty of money in the country. Since the Prime Minister came to power £2 billion has been...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Trident (24 Jul 1984)

Mr Dennis Skinner: asked the Secretary of State for Defence what are the projected annual running costs of Trident.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Trident (24 Jul 1984)

Mr Dennis Skinner: Is it not a fact that the cost of Trident increases by about £25 million for every 1 cent fall of the pound against the dollar? As the Government have admitted that they have no control over the way in which the dollar reacts in the world economy, why are they prepared to write a blank cheque for nuclear missiles to provide Americans with jobs, but are not prepared to write a blank...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Poseidon Submarines (26 Jun 1984)

Mr Dennis Skinner: Will the Minister give an absolute guarantee that none of those Poseidon submarines will be either modified in any way or retro-fitted to carry Trident missiles, and then based at Holy loch or anywhere else in this country? What we want is a guarantee.

Prayers: Health and Safety at Work (3 Feb 1984)

Mr Dennis Skinner: ...way to being solved. The Government are spending £18,000 million to finance the dole queue. They say that there is no money in the country when there is all that waste of talent and resources. The latest estimate for Trident is £12,000 million. The Government are spending all that to keep Ronald Reagan happy and to provide additional work in the run-up to his election before the...

Pensioners (23 Nov 1983)

Mr Dennis Skinner: ...there being no money. There is always plenty of money for the purposes that some of my hon. Friends referred to earlier. My hon. Friend the Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Mr. McKelvey) talked about Trident, which will now cost £10 billion or £12 billion. [Interruption.] I am told it is £20 billion, yet the Government say there is no money in the country. My hon. Friend...

Pensioners (23 Nov 1983)

Mr Dennis Skinner: ...disabled, many of whom are elderly and suffer from NHS cuts and so on. Without a doubt, the Labour party is on the side of the pensioners. Much more could be said, but I need only repeat that money is found for Trident and the Falklands and that the banks have made huge profits. Currently £17,000 million is paid to the unemployed. If those 3 to 4 million people were in full-time work...

Young People (Employment Opportunities): Opposition Day (10 Nov 1983)

Mr Dennis Skinner: ...prospects of those on YTS getting a job when they have finished the 12 months scheme. The Government managed to find buckets of money to look after their pet projects, such as the Falklands buying Trident, and defence generally and £17,000 million to finance the dole queue. Last week they were prepared to spend £24 per square yard on a carpet for the House of Commons. The...

Unemployment (East Midlands) (9 Feb 1983)

Mr Dennis Skinner: ...leaner and fitter. It must be deliberately planned, with a 35-hour working week, education grants, proper trade union rates of pay for people on YOPs, shorter hours and longer holidays. We would use that £15,000 million and scrap Trident and a few other unnecessary impediments at the same time. There are plenty of other ways, too. There must be plenty of money in this country. The...

Oral Answers to Questions — Social Services: Retirement Age (18 Jan 1983)

Mr Dennis Skinner: ...working week and a shorter working life? If the Government can find £2 billion to spend on the Falklands for 1,500 people—some say £3 billion—and if they can spend £10 billion on Trident, why cannot they spend a few billion pounds to achieve retirement at 60 for men, so that many of the youngsters who want a job will be given one?