Mr Dennis Hobden
Former MP for Brighton, Kemptown
Former MP for Brighton, Kemptown
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The House will recall that on a previous occasion the Bill was defeated by a small majority. We make no apology for bringing it back one year later, although some critics have taken our action as being some sort of slight against a time limit, as though we in this House never discuss the same issue twice. It is the people of Brighton who have the right to feel indignant about the previous...
I want this evening to raise a problem affecting one of my constituents, a Mr. Brown, who is employed in Brighton by the local taxi company. This debate arises from an unfortunate event in Brighton station at 9 p.m. on the night of 7th January, 1969, when Mr. Brown and a colleague, a Mr. Tasker, were sitting in their taxis on the forecourt of Brighton Stat ion—
Mr. Brown and his colleague, a Mr. Tasker, were sitting in their taxis on the forecourt of Brighton Station, which is used as a taxi rank. Suddenly the attention of these two men was attracted by loud screams and cries for help. On looking round, they saw a man in civilian clothes pulling and dragging a 14-year-old boy. Mr. Brown has said that he could see that the boy was in pain. He could...
Former MP for Brighton, Kemptown
Entered the House of Commons on 15 October 1964 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 29 April 1970 — General election
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