Former MP for Portsmouth North
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May I take this opportunity, Mr. Deputy Speaker, of confirming what the right hon. Member for Crosby (Mr. Page) said, and of thanking the Committee for the work it did in giving the matter its attention.
We are grateful to the hon. Member for Walsall, North (Mr. Hodgson) for the way in which he so factually raised this agonising story. I want to make it absolutely clear at the outset that the Government are deeply concerned about the distress that has been caused to a number of British families following this accident. The hon. Gentleman mentioned a number of hon. Members on both sides of...
If the hon. Gentleman will bear with me, I shall deal specifically with that point shortly. At this juncture, I must remind the House that at this stage there are no official legal grounds whatsoever for the Government themselves to intervene. I can quite understand that the hon. Gentleman and others who are personally exposed to the sadness and distress which has followed the accident may...
Former MP for Portsmouth North
Entered the House of Commons on 31 March 1966 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 7 April 1979 — General election
Also represented Portsmouth West
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