Former MP for Lowestoft
I am sure that we are grateful to the Joint Under-Secretary for his very lucid exposition of the plans of the Government for loans and subsidies, but I must say that it was not a very convincing statement and that it will not satisfy many hon. Members on either side of the House. First, may I say that all hon. Members concerned with the interest of the fishing industry, certainly my right...
And Lowestoft.
I dealt with this point at some length in my speech. The request of the trawler owners who wish to buy new vessels is that they should negotiate a new loan, repaying the old one and getting the new loan at a lower rate of interest. I do not see anything immoral or difficult in that. It is a question of negotiation.
That is admitted, but will the right hon. Gentleman explain why he did not take the advice of the White Fish Authority, which was unanimous about it?
Is the Minister aware that this need, particularly of young children, arises in nearly all the hospital areas? Will the Minister pay special attention to the problem, owing to the terrific stress imposed on parents, especially when a child is growing up into adolescence and into adult life?
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the shortage of midwives in East Suffolk, and in Lowestoft in particular; and whether he will strive to improve recruitment by improving salaries and conditions of work.
Is the Minister aware that Lowestoft has the second highest ratio in the country of domiciliary confinements and that there is need not only for one midwife, as his letter to me indicated, but for two, owing to the reorganisation of the service? Will the hon. Gentleman realise that it is absolutely imperative, in order to secure that the service works, to add to the rewards and improve the...
(by Private Notice) asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will make a statement about the shelling of the British trawler "Arctic Viking" by an Icelandic gunboat outside the 12-mile limit from Iceland.
