Results 1–20 of 3289 for speaker:Tim Yeo

Betting, Gaming and Lotteries ( 5 Jul 1983)

Tim Yeo: I am grateful to you, Mr. Speaker, for calling me to make my maiden speech on a subject which affects far more people than the obscure title of the order suggests and which has become controversial. I declare an interest as the director of the Spastics Society which is one of the charities that derives substantial revenue from a football pool that is operated under the Pool Competition Act...

Clause 9: Gifts to Charities (14 Jul 1983)

Tim Yeo: I welcome the lifting of capital transfer tax on charities to bring them into line with the National Trust, but the change will be of primary benefit to the larger charities. Out of 140,000 charities, only 70 last year had an income from legacies in excess of £250,000. The concession will, therefore, be of interest only to the larger charities. Many medium-sized charities have no concession....

Social Services (Finance) (25 Jul 1983)

Tim Yeo: It is my pleasant duty to congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Mid-Kent (Mr. Rowe) on his fluent and constructive maiden speech. I do so as one who went through the same experience three weeks ago, and I regret that there are not more hon. Members present to hear my hon. Friend. However, I am sure that his remarks will be widely noted and that both sides of the House will look forward...

Oral Answers to Questions — Social Services: Maternity Services Advisory Committee (26 Jul 1983)

Tim Yeo: asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects the maternity services advisory committee to publish its next report.

Oral Answers to Questions — Social Services: Maternity Services Advisory Committee (26 Jul 1983)

Tim Yeo: While we await the publication of the next report, will my hon. Friend tell the House what response his Department has received to the last report of the maternity services advisory committee and what steps his Department is taking to monitor the implementation of that report's recommendations by individual health authorities, particularly in the light of the successful Sighthill scheme for...

Nurses (Accommodation) (29 Jul 1983)

Tim Yeo: It is appropriate that, just two days after the announcement of a new system of pay determination for nurses, attention should also be focused on the conditions in which nurses' accommodation is provided by the NHS. We have been reminded in the last couple of days of the fact that the members of the Royal College of Nursing do not as a rule go on strike; were it not for that honourable...

Nurses (Accommodation) (29 Jul 1983)

Tim Yeo: I am coming to the more recent guidelines. In 1943, the Nursing Mirror published further guidelines, which were laid down for the King Edward's hospital fund in London for the supervision of nurses' health. They included the importance of diet, of three good meals a day, and said that every nurse should have her own room, preferably with her own wash basin. At that time a ratio of five to...

Personal Social Services (10 Nov 1983)

Tim Yeo: I begin my contribution to this important debate by expressing strong support for Government policy in this area. I especially commend the consultative document, "Care in the Community". Publication of that document was a great step forward. It showed the Government's willingness to act where many of their predecessors had merely spoken. I am sorry that that has not been more clearly...

Orders of the Day — Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Amendment) Bill (18 Nov 1983)

Tim Yeo: I am grateful for the opportunity of contributing to this important debate. First, I congratulate the hon. Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Mr. Wareing) on his choice of subject, having come second in the Ballot. Secondly, I thank my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security for the generous tributes that he paid to hon. Members on both sides of the House,...

Orders of the Day — Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Amendment) Bill (18 Nov 1983)

Tim Yeo: I have had a large number of contacts with many individual disabled people and organisations — [HON. MEMBERS: "Answer the question."] The Bill was published only eight days ago, since when the number of representations addressed to me can be counted on the fingers of one hand. The hon. Member for West Derby mocked the lack of punctuality that he experienced at the DHSS. Yet, when the...

Athens Summit ( 7 Dec 1983)

Tim Yeo: Bearing in mind that it was the Labour Government who conducted a so-called renegotiation of the terms of British membership of the Common Market, may I ask if my right hon. Friend agrees that it is shameful for the Opposition now to be glorying in the difficulties with which the EC is faced and, indeed, ludicrous for them to direct criticism at those member states which are trying to...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (13 Dec 1983)

Tim Yeo: Does my right hon. Friend agree that the action by the TUC leadership to discourage the National Graphical Association from proceeding with its strike is not only most welcome but shows a concern for NGA members which the NGA itself has not shown, and a respect for the law? Does she further agree that in this respect the TUC general secretary is setting an example which the Leader of the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Energy: Energy Prices (19 Dec 1983)

Tim Yeo: In view of the tremendous fuss that appears to have been generated over electricity prices, will my right hon. Friend confirm clearly that, whatever the outcome of the discussions, any increase in the price of electricity will be substantially below the current rate of inflation and substantially below the types of increases to which we were accustomed under the Labour Government? In view of...

Charities (19 Dec 1983)

Tim Yeo: I am glad to have this opportunity of introducing a debate on a subject that is of the greatest importance. The operations of charities now cover every aspect of the welfare and education of human beings in this country and overseas. In addition to people, animals are cared for, protected and cured, buildings are constructed and restored, services are provided, research is conducted; and,...

Charities (19 Dec 1983)

Tim Yeo: It is important that the House should know that that fund-raising was undertaken without prior consultation with the Tadworth court hospital. As soon as the trustees became aware of what had happened, steps were taken to prevent any further unauthorised fundraising.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (17 Jan 1984)

Tim Yeo: Does my right hon. Friend agree that as a substantial part of the rates are paid by businesses, which have no vote—

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (17 Jan 1984)

Tim Yeo: —the argument that the rate-capping Bill is a threat to local democracy amounts to no more than a pool of crocodile tears which have been shed by people whose real attitude to democracy can be seen by their resistance to the Trade Union Bill?

Oral Answers to Questions — Social Services: Child Benefit (31 Jan 1984)

Tim Yeo: Does my right hon. Friend agree that raising child benefit by more than the amount shown in the Autumn Statement will be the most cost-effective way of helping those suffering from the poverty trap? Will he use his best endeavours to persuade the Chancellor of the Exchequer to devote what resources are available in this year's Budget to raising child benefit, in preference to a cut in income tax?

Oral Answers to Questions — Social Services: Perinatal Mortality (31 Jan 1984)

Tim Yeo: I add my congratulations to my right hon. Friend on the satisfactory figures that he reported for the first nine months of last year. Will he give fresh consideration to the introduction of enforceable minimum standards of antenatal and neonatal care as recommended by all the leading professional bodies in this subject and as backed up by a large number of voluntary organisations?

Freeports ( 2 Feb 1984)

Tim Yeo: As Felixstowe is the most modern and profitable port in the country and was described by The Times last year as the nearest thing to an economic miracle in the British ports industry, and as it is an outstanding example of what private industry can achieve in an area previously dominated by moribund public sector attitudes, does my hon. Friend agree that the decision to exclude Felixstowe...


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