Andrew MacKay: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider reducing the level of direct taxation in the United Kingdom.
Andrew MacKay: Does my right hon. Friend agree that, on the day that the House is debating the degree of increase in expenditure in the Health Service, it would be right to reflect that a large number of people voted for our Government back in June because they hoped that they would be cost-effective in the public sector and that this would lead to cuts in direct taxation, which would give an incentive to...
Andrew MacKay: Has my right hon. Friend yet had time to note that yesterday afternoon concern was expressed by Conservative Members about the draft circular on the green belt issued by the Secretary of State for the Environment? Is he aware that this is only the tip of the planning iceberg and that people in Berkshire and, indeed, the whole of the south-east are worried about the proposed structure plan?...
Andrew MacKay: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a further statement on the Government's relationship with Grenada.
Andrew MacKay: Bearing in mind the history of the tragic oppression of party democracy in Grenada since it was given independence, does my hon. Friend agree that the best role for the British Government in the difficult times ahead for that island is to encourage a return to genuine democracy and genuine elections and that we should do all we can to help those occur?
Andrew MacKay: asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 10 November.
Andrew MacKay: Since my right hon. Friend's return from Germany, has she had an opportunity to study the text of the excellent Darwin lecture delivered by the Lord Chief Justice last Tuesday in Cambridge in which he called on the British people to go into battle against crime, said that there was a need for strong punishments to combat video nasties and, perhaps most serious of all, suggested that the...
Andrew MacKay: My right hon. Friend gave a characteristically sympathetic reply two weeks ago to my request for a debate on planning and development. Grave concern is being voiced on that issue in all parts of the House and the country. Would it therefore be possible for us to have a full day's debate? A debate on the adjournment would not be appropriate.
Andrew MacKay: Further to that point of order, Mr. Speaker. I was also outside the House and witnessed what occurred. I must say that the police behaved absolutely impeccably——
Andrew MacKay: I also heard the warning because I was outside. I was fearful that certain Members, such as the hon. Member for Sunderland, North (Mr. Clay), would be there and might distort what happened. The police behaved impeccably. I, like many other hon. Members and taxpayers, am concerned about the cost of this operation. I should like once more to commend the police for the excellent job that they did.
Andrew MacKay: Did my right hon. Friend read with pleasure and partisan delight today's announcement that Mr. Tony Benn will be throwing his hat into the ring for the Labour nomination at Chesterfield?
Andrew MacKay: Is it not both extraordinary and sad that no Labour Member, not even the former Secretary of State for Defence the right hon. Member for Leeds, East (Mr. Healey), has condemned Soviet withdrawal from the peace talks?
Andrew MacKay: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the level of inflation.
Andrew MacKay: Does my right hon. Friend agree that the best way to protect the interests of pensioners and other vulnerable groups is for the Government to continue vigorously to bring about measures that fight inflation? Does he agree, however, that that process has been harmed by the irresponsible action of the unions at Ford in turning down the generous pay offer of 7·5 per cent.?
Andrew MacKay: asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 24 November.
Andrew MacKay: In case I and like-minded colleagues are unsuccessful in the forthcoming private Members' ballot, and bearing in mind that the widespread concern on both sides of the House makes an Adjournment debate on planning and development inappropriate, will my right hon. Friend find time for a debate as soon as possible on this subject?
Andrew MacKay: I believe that I am the thirteenth Conservative Member to contribute to the debate and I know that a number of my hon. Friends are waiting to contribute. On such an important day when we are debating the future of the Royal Navy I am saddened to see so few Opposition Members present and so few contributing to the debate. Perhaps we should not be surprised. Last week when the official...
Andrew MacKay: Is my right hon. Friend aware that the great majority of people in Berkshire understand the need for the installation of cruise missiles at Greenham common, but that they are less happy at having to fund the cost of the policing of the base and the protection of what is a national deterrent?
Andrew MacKay: Has my right hon. and learned Friend noticed that because the British public, unlike the Leader of the Opposition, totally condemn acts of thuggery on the picket line, and because they believe passionately in upholding the law, there has never been an occasion when they have so totally opposed industrial action?
Andrew MacKay: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on illegal drug trafficking in the United Kingdom.
