Former MP for Shoreditch and Finsbury
I beg to present a humble Petition of residents of the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury which sheweth: That the new rating provisions in London, because they are not geared to individual incomes, in countless cases place a grievous burden upon families unable to meet such unprecedented increases.Wherefore your Petitioners pray that new legislation may be introduced that will be more...
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. May I seek your guidance? Is it correct and proper for an hon. Member to take up the time of this House making charges and counter-charges against personalities while other hon. Members have a number of problems relating to the Motion before the House with which they wish to deal? I think it is not in the best interests of this House or of the country, nor...
May I ask a question? [HON. MEMBERS: No.]
We are reaching the end of our consideration of the Bill, and I have no doubt that the Government will get it through the House. I cannot imagine that some of the critics on the other side will be bold enough to join us in the Division Lobby against the Government. The Bill is likely to have an effect on thousands of officers and officials connected with local authorities and county council...
asked the Minister of Labour what were the figures at 14th January, 1963, of workers unemployed in the furnishing industry in Shoreditch as compared with the figures at 10th December, 1962; and how they compare with the total national figures of unemployed in all the other manufacturing industries at those dates.
Notwithstanding the amusement of some hon. Members opposite, the guillotining of this Bill is something which we ought all to feel to be extremely dangerous to any parliamentary democracy. We could have appreciated the Bill being pushed through if general conditions in London were so appalling that it became necessary to protect not only the people of London, but those hundreds of thousands...
(Shoreditch and Finsbury): I find it difficult to understand why there is all this urgency about 1964, particularly in view of the statements that have been made from time to time by Ministers and hon. Members, as when we have discussed local government officers and services and everyone has said how wonderful they are. That has been said even about the London County Council. The Government...
Hear, hear.
