Former MP for Ludlow
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I apologise for delaying the debate, and I am not saying this in criticism of anything said by the hon. Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr (Mr. Rooker), but I suggest that the House ought to be clear about what it is being asked to do. Surely the hon. Gentleman has been pre-empted by the Government statement yesterday that a council on animal welfare will be...
I apologise for inflicting yet another swansong on the House, but I will keep it brief. I want to concentrate on something which was well discussed by my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Huntingdonshire (Sir D. Renton)—the question of the police. I am delighted that the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department is present. When discussing animal welfare, we must stop...
In winding up this short debate on behalf of the Opposition, I am in the happy position of being able to say that I agree with almost everything that has been said this morning. I do not want to repeat what has been better said by others. I reluctantly accept the conclusions of clause 2. Fortunately the word "kilometre" does not appear, which makes me slightly more favourably disposed...
That would be most desirable. The difficulty about suggesting forestry to a farmer is that unless the farmer is very young indeed he knows that he himself will get virtually no financial return in his lifetime. But, if we could start on the younger generation, I would certainly agree with the hon. Member. The hon. Member for Glasgow, Spring-burn (Mr. Buchanan) is no longer in the room. I...
With regard to the question of the rate support grant raised by my right hon. and hon. Friends, will the Leader of the House make clear whether, in addition to the debate which he has promised, there will be a statement from the Government regarding the rate support grant and, if so, on which day it will be made?
The subject of this short debate, which I am sorry to inflict on the House at this hour, is tinkers. "Tinker" is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as itinerant beggar, trader or performer", as opposed to "gipsy", which is defined as member of a wandering race (by themselves called Romany) of Hindu origin. The Minister knows that under the Caravan Sites Act 1968 provisions were made with the...
If it is too late to have a debate on this important subject, even though the Select Committee report was published several weeks ago, does the hon. Gentleman agree that before the recess we should have from the Government their comments on the report?
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. With reference to today's Questions, may I respectfully draw your attention to the fact that forestry is not an unimportant responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food? We had a forestry Question, Question No. 12, in the name of the hon. Member for Preston, North (Mr. Atkins), but in the course of 40 minutes we were able only to reach...
