Former MP for Stockport South
Is my right hon. Friend aware that although he said that Westminster hospital was one of those that had closed, as did The Daily Telegraph this morning, I have just returned from Westminster hospital in the last quarter of an hour? I had a full examination which began at two o'clock. [HON. MEMBERS: "By volunteers."] Not by volunteers. I was seen by consultants and nurses and was looked after...
I have spoken seldom in the House in the last few months because I do not propose to stand at the next General Election. I have been attending a retirement party which was given downstairs, and I came here to listen to the end of this debate. I have listened most carefully to the two lectures delivered by the hon. Members for Cirencester and Tewkesbury (Mr. Ridley) and for the City of London...
Really! Neither here nor anywhere else am I in the habit of answering hypothetical questions. That suggestion is a lot of rubbish. I have an income of over £1,500 a year in dividends, but I do not depend upon that because it is cut away by the taxes that are levied on it. The hon. and learned Gentleman is perfectly well aware of that. The poor nurse whom he mentions could never receive...
As the constituency Member for Miss Mendleson and her family, I wish to congratulate my hon. Friend on his reply and to say to the right hon. Member for Penrith and The Border (Mr. Whitelaw) that he was a member of—
I am sure that Mr. Speaker will interrupt me if I am out of order.
Is the Minister aware that the right hon. Member for Penrith and The Border was a member of the Government which released Leila Khaled, who was a terrorist arrested on a plane and handed over to the Metropolitan Police? She was released by the Government of which the right hon. Gentleman was Home Secretary. In those circumstances, he is the last person in the world to raise this issue.
I thought that this was not a laughing matter. My hon. Friend will be aware that Miss Mendleson was visited by her hon. Member in Holloway Gaol on a number of occasions. I found that she was teaching illiterates there to read and write. [HON. MEMBERS: "Ask a question."] You are a silly lot of fellows.
The last person in the world on whom I would wish to cast aspersions is a fellow countryman such as yourself, Mr. Speaker. Is my hon. Friend aware that this young lady has been teaching art to prostitutes, dope smugglers and pickpockets in prison and that her request for parole was supported by a warden, the welfare officer, her tutor, the art teacher and myself? Is it not right that she...
