Former MP for Stalybridge and Hyde
Will the Minister also look at the growing practice of heavy lorries travelling in convoy?
I am sorry to disappoint my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning, but it will come as no great surprise to him that my views are somewhat different from his. There is general agreement in government, both central and local, if not among the general public, on the need for some reform of local government, but there is not the same agreement about...
Is my right hon. Friend aware that he can expect strong opposition to these proposals? While everyone agrees that some measure of reform is necessary, it would appear that the Government have fallen into the same mistake that the Redcliffe-Maud Report has in thinking that mere size is the criterion of efficiency. Can he say whether any estimate has been made of the cost of carrying these...
Is my right hon. Friend aware that more time will be available for debate tomorrow if less time than usual is wasted on Business questions?
I thank my hon. Friend for his comprehensive answer to the original Question. Is he aware, as I am sure he is, that some people like at times to be quiet?
Will my hon. Friend bear continually in mind the needs of our own domestic textile industry, which has suffered more than any other industry in this country from cheap imports? If India and Pakistan have to be helped, surely the best way in which to help them is by not killing our own industry.
Do I understand that future discussions with the Argentine Government will be concerned mainly with communications?
Can my right hon. Friend confirm that it is with his Ministry that we must take up this question of pollution of the atmosphere by exhaust fumes?
