Former MP for Argyll
I, too, should like to congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bute and North Ayrshire (Sir F. Maclean) on putting up, consistently and well, the fight on behalf of his constituents. The hon. Member for Central Ayrshire (Mr. Lambie) implied that this was wrong because only a small minority was involved. This is a problem which we have to face in this House, and which we shall increasingly...
This is one of the rare occasions when we have a short time in which to debate something of vital importance to a great many of my constituents. My hon. Friend said with some confidence that the new scheme should lead to a more satisfactory basis. It could not conceivably lead to worse than the one we have at the moment. In my 15 years as Member for Argyll, I have not had on any other...
My hon. Friend probably does not realise that that was very much less than the number booked, because the "Bute" simply could not take the numbers.
I do not intend to detain the House for long, but I agree with almost everyone who has spoken on the amendment that to bring on the Bill today has made a mess of things. I do not think that the other place was very clever, and nor was the management of this House which arranged for the Bill to come forward on a Monday and not on a Tuesday or a Wednesday when we should have had more time. It...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement about the hotel fire in Oban, Argyll this morning.
May I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement? Is he aware that I am glad that an appropriate inquiry will take place in due course? At this stage may I simply express on behalf of my constituents and myself, and particularly those in the Oban area, our deep regret over this tragedy and our sympathy for the relatives of those who died in the fire? Is my right hon. Friend aware that...
I, too, shall make a very short speech, though rather in the contrary sense to that of my right hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton (Sir Robin Turton). I have, as hon. Members know, three perhaps separate interests here. I am a member of the British Agricultural Export Council. The hon. Member for Derby, North (Mr. Whitehead) complained that he had been bombarded with documents from...
No. It is better if we each make our points quickly and simply. The welfare of animals exported for breeding purposes is clearly vital to the work of my council and its members. We are selling abroad animals which are often worth hundreds and even thousands of pounds, and we, therefore, know something about the transportation of valuable livestock over infinitely greater distances than those...
