Former MP for Gloucestershire West
What about the far Right, the National Front?
I am glad that the Secretary of State said that there had been an increase in the morale of the police, particularly because of the pay settlement. But I hope that he will have a close look at the complaints of the Police Federation about the procedures for disciplinary action. The federation seems to complain that one of the new problems among the police is that when they submit an appeal to...
What does the hon. Gentleman know about it? He is not a parent.
Am I to understand that my hon. Friend has not been able to acquire the documents relevant to the debate from the Vote Office?
I believe that there is a point of order involved here, Mr. Deputy Speaker. As you will be aware, Mr. Speaker Hylton-Foster did in practice rule that if documents were not available within two years of publication to hon. Members of the House the debate to which they related could not proceed. If my hon. Friend is saying that he has been to the Vote Office and that the document concerned was...
Further to my point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I am sorry to pursue this matter, but it is of prime importance to the House. It may be that on this occasion some hon. Members do not look at it in that way, but they may well do so on a future occasion. On the occasion that Mr. Speaker Hylton-Foster made the ruling to which I referred these was a fairly good discussion about it. The ruling...
He got it from somebody else—
In view of the fact that this is a serious issue involving almost the future of our nation, if the two barometers of confidence for industry are first investment and secondly the share price index, is it not wise to look at the rate of investment in the latter part of 1973 and the first quarter of 1974 and at the share index in November last year? Do not those figures indicate that the lack...