Results 101–120 of 1384 for speaker:Mr James Molyneaux

Departmental Select Committees ( 9 Mar 1994)

Mr James Molyneaux: I trust that the Leader of the House will not mind my paying tribute to the Select Committee on Procedure and especially its chairman, the right hon. Member for Honiton (Sir P. Emery), for the consistent and fair-minded approach to the desirability of extending the trend of comparatively new Select Committees, which was put in place in 1979 by Lord St. John of Fawsley, the then Leader of the...

Departmental Select Committees ( 9 Mar 1994)

Mr James Molyneaux: I thank the Minister. I pay tribute once more to the right hon. Member for Honiton and his Select Committee, which initiated in 1990 the process that has resulted in this motion. They have given careful consideration to all the submissions made five long years ago and they have updated their thinking at frequent intervals since the Committee made that decision in principle; we want them to...

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Cross-border Co-operation (17 Feb 1994)

Mr James Molyneaux: Does the Secretary of State welcome the paper which the hon. Member for Antrim, North (Rev. Ian Paisley) and I presented to the then Prime Minister on 28 August 1985 in which we said that, if we were members of a devolved administration, we would discuss with Irish Ministers matters of mutual interest and concern, provided always that United Kingdom sovereignty remained undiminished and that...

Airports (Northern Ireland) (14 Feb 1994)

Mr James Molyneaux: But for world war two, the part of the airfield that was vested from my grandfather would have eventually passed to me. That might, in certain circumstances, have meant that I would have had to declare an interest. Now my hands are clean. I am not the landlord of the airfield. I hope that that does something to relieve the anxieties of my hon. Friend the Member for Antrim, South (Mr....

Airports (Northern Ireland) (14 Feb 1994)

Mr James Molyneaux: I support the hon. Gentleman's remarks. He and others who participated in the group talks and in the major consultation that ranged over three years became familiar with the phrase, "Nothing will be agreed until everything is agreed." Apparently, now that we have all agreed, it is not to be done. In other words, the phrase is meaningless.

Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Milk Quotas (27 Jan 1994)

Mr James Molyneaux: Can the right hon. Lady assure me that United Kingdom farmers who live in Northern Ireland will not be placed at a disadvantage under the present modified scheme, as they definitely were when milk quotas were first announced and introduced, and subsequently?

Prayers: Northern Ireland (21 Jan 1994)

Mr James Molyneaux: I have consistently made my position clear. We sit on this side of the House because our party does not support the Government. It is for the hon. Gentleman to decide why he sits on the Government side and whether he supports the Government. All Opposition parties sit on Madam Speaker's left. That is the constitutional position. I have made it abundantly clear at all times that I reserve the...

Prayers: Northern Ireland (21 Jan 1994)

Mr James Molyneaux: Independence.

Prayers: Northern Ireland (21 Jan 1994)

Mr James Molyneaux: When?

Prayers: Northern Ireland (21 Jan 1994)

Mr James Molyneaux: I do not think that anyone would imagine that Ulster Unionists, Democratic Unionists, or SDLP Members, even when they are combined, would claim to have a veto over how the United Kingdom is governed or over British policy. The hon. Gentleman will remember a dramatic demonstration of that when the education order was passing through the House. The three Irish parties represented in the House...

Prayers: Northern Ireland (21 Jan 1994)

Mr James Molyneaux: The whole House, all Northern Ireland Members and hon. Members who represent constituencies on this side of the water and every law-abiding citizen of the United Kingdom are deeply indebted to the hon. Member for Gillingham (Mr. Couchman) for providing us with this opportunity to take stock of the situation in Northern Ireland. We are especially indebted to him for his comprehensive...

Prayers: Northern Ireland (21 Jan 1994)

Mr James Molyneaux: Yes, or on any day. The cameras do what they are not supposed to do: pan around the Chamber to show the lack of interest in, for example, Welsh affairs and, yes, Scottish affairs, legislation on the Mersey Docks and Harbours Board and all such enlightening proceedings. I pay tribute to all hon. Members present who are proof that Northern Ireland is not a forgotten place. The Sinn Fein-IRA...

Prayers: Northern Ireland (21 Jan 1994)

Mr James Molyneaux: The simple question for the right hon. Gentleman and those who share his view remains: By "Brits out now", do they mean now, at the end of the year or—as it is in the minds of the modernised IRA—phased over a period of 11 years? The full horror of that scenario has only recently struck the IRA. A British withdrawal would leave it in an independent Ulster, not a united Ireland. It may even...

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Political Talks (20 Jan 1994)

Mr James Molyneaux: As it is abundantly clear that the IRA intends to treat with contempt worldwide appeals for peace, may we assume that the Government will now proceed, having first taken the necessary steps to extirpate terrorism, to use the words of the Foreign Secretary, to speed up consultations with the constitutional parties, ignoring the sheer nonsense of leaving an empty chair at the table for Sinn...

Ireland (Joint Declaration) (15 Dec 1993)

Mr James Molyneaux: Has the Prime Minister noticed that this morning's statement is already being termed the Downing street declaration? Those of us who remember the earlier Downing street declaration in the time of the Government of Lord Wilson will remember that it was very specific in saying that the affairs of Northern Ireland were an internal matter for the Parliament of the United Kingdom. May I, in a...

Hong Kong ( 6 Dec 1993)

Mr James Molyneaux: Is the Foreign Secretary aware that there will be widespread support for his declaration that the Government stand in defence of democratic principles, and that they wish those principles to be pressed through the ballot box, if necessary with the backing of international opinion, to ensure that the will of the greater number prevails?

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Inter-party Talks ( 2 Dec 1993)

Mr James Molyneaux: In response to any inquiries from foreign parts, will the Secretary of State explain clearly that those conversations and informal discussions being so ably pursued by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Devizes (Mr. Ancram), have the aim and object of restoring accountable democracy to all the people of Northern Ireland and that that is a necessary first step to...

Northern Ireland (29 Nov 1993)

Mr James Molyneaux: I hope that the Secretary of State will agree that, if Mr. Adams feels that he ought to have a spokesman in the House, he need look no further than the Opposition spokesman. It remains for those who sit beside and behind that hon. Gentleman to decide whether he speaks for them. When the Secretary of State came to the Northern Ireland Office, did he consider dismantling the links with the...

Northern Ireland (29 Nov 1993)

Mr James Molyneaux: About 20 years.

Orders of the Day — Home Affairs and Education (23 Nov 1993)

Mr James Molyneaux: My old friend, the hon. and learned member for Burton (Sir I. Lawrence), will be gratified to know that my party broadly supports what he has said, and what his right hon. and learned Friend the Home Secretary said earlier. The Minister of State, Home Office—the hon. Member for Penrith and The Border (Mr. Maclean)—will be aware of my oft repeated view that, over the years, hon. Members...


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