Results 61–80 of 3072 for speaker:Sir William Anstruther-Gray

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: A.1 Road (Berwick-on-Tweed- Edinburgh) (17 Feb 1965)

Sir William Anstruther-Gray: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last travelled officially by car from Berwick-on-Tweed to Edinburgh by the A.1 road.

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: A.1 Road (Berwick-on-Tweed- Edinburgh) (17 Feb 1965)

Sir William Anstruther-Gray: May I ask the right hon. Gentleman when he will find time to visit this important part of Scotland? Would he be good enough, when he does so, to allow the hon. Member for Berwick and East Lothian to accompany him on the journey so that I may not only show him the good work which has been done in the last 12 years but also point out to him much work which still requires to be done, in...

Oral Answers to Questions — Coal: National Coal Board (Review) (16 Feb 1965)

Sir William Anstruther-Gray: asked the Minister of Power what steps he is taking to support the Chairman of the National Coal Board in his efforts to promote the use of home-produced coal in preference to imported oil fuel.

Awards to Industry ( 4 Feb 1965)

Sir William Anstruther-Gray: Will the Prime Minister consider extending this a ward to agricultural units? It might be for signal services in the exporting of particularly good animals, which might be bulls to the Argentine or America for many thousands of pounds. It would be well worth it.

Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Defence: Simonstown Naval Base (30 Nov 1964)

Sir William Anstruther-Gray: asked the Secretary of State for Defence what consultation he has had with the Australian Government over the defence aspect in the Far East of the Simonstown Agreement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Defence: Simonstown Naval Base (30 Nov 1964)

Sir William Anstruther-Gray: Will the right hon. Gentleman bear in mind that in any consideration he may be giving to the position of Simonstown he should make sure to take the Australian Government into the closest possible consideration?

Orders of the Day — Finance Bill: Clause 1. — (Charge of Income Tax for 1965–66.) (30 Nov 1964)

Sir William Anstruther-Gray: I thank you for those very kind remarks, Dr. King. You make me all too conscious of the fact that, going back for a period of five years, this is a maiden speech for me to make. I wish to draw to the attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer a point which is far-reaching in its consequences. It is the effect, as I see it, of the increase in the standard rate of taxation on the brain drain...

Orders of the Day — Finance Bill: Clause 2. — (Hydrocarbon Oils, Petrol. Substitutes and Power Methy Lated Spirits.) (30 Nov 1964)

Sir William Anstruther-Gray: I can at least agree with the hon. Member for the Western Isles (Mr. Malcolm MacMillan) that the increase in the petrol tax makes the problems of Scotland more difficult. Apart from that, I approach this Amendment not from the point of view of the Highlands and Islands, as he does, but from the point of view of Berwick and East Lothian, and I should like to follow the line which my right hon....

Orders of the Day — Finance Bill: Clause 2. — (Hydrocarbon Oils, Petrol. Substitutes and Power Methy Lated Spirits.) (30 Nov 1964)

Sir William Anstruther-Gray: Yes, I can. In many cases public transport is woefully deficient. I am not happy on the political issue, particularly on the subject of Dr. Beeching and trains, but I see that the Secretary of State for Scotland is present, and although I am aware that it comes under his right hon. Friend the Minister of Transport perhaps more than under himself, I should like to leave it in his mind that,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Board of Trade: Trading Site, Macmerry (26 Nov 1964)

Sir William Anstruther-Gray: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will take steps to draw the attention of industrialists to the trading site at Macmerry, East Lothian, where there is scope for considerable development.

Oral Answers to Questions — Board of Trade: Trading Site, Macmerry (26 Nov 1964)

Sir William Anstruther-Gray: Will the hon. Gentleman bear in mind that the local authorities have done all they can to make the site attractive and to advertise it, and that considerable Government help is required if it is to make the progress we should like to see?

Ferranti LTD. (Lang Report) (30 Jul 1964)

Sir William Anstruther-Gray: It occurred to me that it was difficult to hear, and I think that it would be better if the House allowed the Minister to make his speech.

Ferranti LTD. (Lang Report) (30 Jul 1964)

Sir William Anstruther-Gray: Order. I am afraid that the hon. Member's intervention is becoming unduly long. Mr. Emery.

Adjournment (Summer) (29 Jul 1964)

Sir William Anstruther-Gray: The Question is, That this House, at its rising on Friday, do adjourn till Monday, 19th October. Those that are of that opinion say "Aye". … To the contrary—

Adjournment (Summer) (29 Jul 1964)

Sir William Anstruther-Gray: I had begun to collect the voices. I was very deliberate in putting the Question.

Adjournment (Summer) (29 Jul 1964)

Sir William Anstruther-Gray: Order. If I may reply to the hon. Member for West Ham, North (Mr. A. Lewis), I am sure that no one in the House wants to close the Session on a note of misunderstanding. I thought that I had put the Question rather deliberately. I thought that I had collected the voices "Aye", but it is a fact that I had not collected the voices "No". If an hon. Member wishes to rise and make a speech, not an...

Adjournment (Summer) (29 Jul 1964)

Sir William Anstruther-Gray: Order. I hope that the hon. Member for Ashfield (Mr. Warbey) will not abuse his position. He has made one speech, which is all that he is entitled to make. He has, by courtesy, been allowed to raise more than one question, but I hope that he will not abuse his position.

Adjournment (Summer) (29 Jul 1964)

Sir William Anstruther-Gray: Order, Order. I was, in fact, rebuking nobody. I was expressing a hope.

Dawley (University) (29 Jul 1964)

Sir William Anstruther-Gray: Order. The hon. Member will bear in mind that he is only entitled to make one speech in this debate.

Scotland (General Teaching Council) (29 Jul 1964)

Sir William Anstruther-Gray: I am afraid the hon. Member has exhausted his right to speak.


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