Results 61–80 of 281 for speaker:Mr Mike Watson

Bill Presented: Student Finance (22 Feb 1995)

Mr Mike Watson: I am sorry, but I cannot give way because of the restriction on time. The total cost of the mature students' allowance, aside from the administrative costs, which Ministers have told me they cannot calculate, is £34 million to £35 million a year. That will be the saving when it is abolished. We should put that in the context of the total education budget. The sum barely ripples the water....

Bill Presented: Student Finance (22 Feb 1995)

Mr Mike Watson: I cannot give way because I do not have time. No doubt the hon. Gentleman will seek to catch your eye, Mr. Deputy Speaker. The Minister has already spoken in rather scathing terms about what he has described as hard luck stories about students who will be denied a place in higher education. He may not thank me for doing this, but I intend to refer to the case of one of my constituents, which...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Council House Sales (22 Feb 1995)

Mr Mike Watson: The Minister has given us the figures for right-to-buy legislation, but what about those people who choose not to buy but want the right to rent? Will the Minister provide the figures for the number of council houses that have been built since the Conservatives came to power in 1979? Why does he consider it necessary to narrow the right to rent to those authorities that the Government have...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (16 Feb 1995)

Mr Mike Watson: To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 16 February.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (16 Feb 1995)

Mr Mike Watson: Given the unambiguous statements yesterday by the President of the European Commission on European Union internal passport controls and the creation of a single European currency, does the Prime Minister still hold to the view that he expressed in Brussels last July that Jacques Santer is the right man in the right place at the right time?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (14 Feb 1995)

Mr Mike Watson: To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 14 February.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (14 Feb 1995)

Mr Mike Watson: What does the Prime Minister suggest that I could do to help my constituent, Jane Pepper, who gave up a secure job in the civil service last year to attend an access course for university? She secured three offers of places, but is now having to give them up because she loses £5,000 as a result of the Government's penny pinching in cutting the mature students' allowance. Leaving aside the...

Points of Order ( 6 Feb 1995)

Mr Mike Watson: On a point of order, Madam Speaker. Have the Government given notice of their intention to make a statement following the extraordinary and loutish behaviour of the Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, who is responsible for industry and local government, during an incident yesterday when he allegedly attacked a demonstrator with a pickaxe and was subsequently interviewed by Strathclyde...

Pergau Dam (25 Jan 1995)

Mr Mike Watson: I welcome the opportunity to participate in this first ever Wednesday morning debate under the new arrangements, and I join my colleagues in congratulating the right hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Mr. Jopling) on the part that he played in getting us to where we are. In a way, I am glad that my hon. Friend the Member for Jarrow (Mr. Dixon) is not with us, as I know that he was not...

Pergau Dam (25 Jan 1995)

Mr Mike Watson: I am happy to do so, Madam Deputy Speaker. The aid community and, for that matter, the developing world, owes a twofold debt of gratitude as a result of the recent developments in the Pergau dam affair: first, to the World Development Movement for having the foresight to challenge the Government on spending on the Pergau dam and on the wider question of the methods by which the Government...

Vote on Account, 1995–96: Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (15 Dec 1994)

Mr Mike Watson: I, too, welcome the opportunity to participate in this debate and to discuss the role and activity of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and the Health Service Commissioner—or "ombudsmen", as the Committee secured the right for them to be called. I am all for demystifying Government jargon in whatever form it appears, and that is an important step forward. As the hon. Member...

Vote on Account, 1995–96: Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (15 Dec 1994)

Mr Mike Watson: Yes, I accept that, although I suspect that we are having this debate simply because of the special report that has been produced. It is three and a half years since the last debate and we should debate the ombudsmen's work and the Select Committee's scrutiny of their work annually, not just when a report is produced. I do not wish to cite a list of figures, but the number of cases being...

Vote on Account, 1995–96: Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (15 Dec 1994)

Mr Mike Watson: I shall take the hon. Gentleman's intervention, but, to allow as much time as possible for others to participate in the debate, I should like to continue uninterrupted afterwards.

Vote on Account, 1995–96: Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (15 Dec 1994)

Mr Mike Watson: They are a potentially good measure, but they are not fully utilised and contain a lot of padding and window dressing. I am prepared to accept that the intent is well meant.

Petition: Mrs. Helen Tinney (27 Oct 1994)

Mr Mike Watson: I beg leave to present a petition on behalf of many people in the city of Glasgow, following the tragic death of Mrs. Helen Tinney on 12 September 1993. Her death followed the demolition of large multi-storey block in the city in circumstances that have given rise to considerable concern to many people in Glasgow. The petition has been signed by 2,158 people, whose names have been collected...

Opposition Day: Overseas Aid and Development (22 Jun 1994)

Mr Mike Watson: I welcome the opportunity to speak, not least because of the rather mean-minded comments of the hon. Member for City of Chester (Mr. Brandreth). What he said flies in the face of the facts, and even contradicts the Minister's observation that the people of Britain feel generous when it comes to aid provision and want it to be increased. We have heard the figures often enough this evening. We...

Opposition Day: Overseas Aid and Development (22 Jun 1994)

Mr Mike Watson: I am sorry, but I cannot give way because of the time restriction. That certainly gives the lie to the theory that charity begins at home. I hope that we can now bury that idea: people want more aid to be given.

Opposition Day: Overseas Aid and Development (22 Jun 1994)

Mr Mike Watson: I will give way to the hon. Gentleman, as I mentioned him specifically.

Opposition Day: Overseas Aid and Development (22 Jun 1994)

Mr Mike Watson: I do not need any lectures on the fact that this is a serious subject. Unlike the hon. Gentleman, I have been present throughout the debate. I am treating it seriously and I am not interested in making debating points.

Opposition Day: Overseas Aid and Development (22 Jun 1994)

Mr Mike Watson: If the hon. Gentleman has been present throughout the debate, I withdraw what I said. But I have used up enough time on this point; let me simply say that people are more than happy for our aid effort to be increased. Let me deal with a specific aspect of the aid that we have given in recent years. I refer to the middle east and, in particular, to the question of Palestinian refugees....


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