Recent appearances

• Orders of the Day — BSE Crisis 17 Feb 1997

  I have read a parliamentary answer which stated that Ministers were first told about the BSE situation in June 1987. That was a week or two after I left the Ministry, which was fortuitous timing from my point of view.

• Orders of the Day — BSE Crisis 17 Feb 1997

  My only comment on the speech that we have just listened to is that the leader of the Liberal Democrats has a bare-faced cheek coming in five minutes before his spokesman makes a speech and then telling us what has been left out from the first hour and a quarter of the debate. If is he going to interfere in debates in that way, I hope that he will do us the courtesy of listening to the debate...

• Orders of the Day — BSE Crisis 17 Feb 1997

  I regard that as a total distortion of the events in March and of what has happened since. I do not recognise the facts from what the hon. Gentleman has said.

More of Mr Michael Jopling’s recent appearances

Profile

Former MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale

Entered the House of Commons on 15 October 1964 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 8 April 1997 — General election

Also represented Westmorland

• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Future MPs in this constituency

• Tim Collins
• Tim Farron