Orders of the Day — Prime Minister (Salary)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 4 July 1977.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Mr William Ross Mr William Ross , Kilmarnock 12:00, 4 July 1977

Our policy is the policy of the United Kingdom. It is the Shetlands policy, too, that we should use the benefits of the oil for all the people of this country. That is our way.

I hope that everybody appreciates the absence of policy and the conflicts of policy on the part of the SNP. Taking that together with the advice to its canvassers, one begins to understand exactly the difficulty the party is in.

There is one awkward question on the document. If the person at the door says The SNP is too inexperienced the reply is to be this: The party has been on the go since 1930. That is the right phrase "on the go ". We now have experts in all fields, advising our MPs quietly on policies. The experts had better stop advising them quietly and start shouting because it has not got across to the MPs yet.

I end with this quotation from the document: Everyone has commented on the high standard of our MPs. That is a lie, because I have not. After the speech we heard today from the right hon. Member for Western Isles, I shall not make the comment.