Results 1–20 of 1815 for speaker:Mr John Remer

The War.: British Reply to German Proposals. (12 Oct 1939)

Mr John Remer: rose—

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport.: Motor Vehicles (Noise). (27 Sep 1939)

Mr John Remer: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the noise caused at night and early morning by the grinding of brakes by omnibuses and motor lorries for continuous periods which closely resemble air-raid warnings; and, as these noises can easily be avoided, will he take steps to prevent such inconveniences?

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport.: Motor Vehicles (Noise). (27 Sep 1939)

Mr John Remer: Is my right hon. Friend aware that if he lived on any of the main trunk roads, he would realise the serious nature of the position in this respect?

Orders of the Day — War Risks Insurance Bill. (17 Jul 1939)

Mr John Remer: Does it not cover not only the voyage across the Atlantic, or where-ever it may be, but the whole transaction on landing on the quay and for several days after landing?

Civil Estimates, 1939.: Supply. ( 7 Jun 1939)

Mr John Remer: Is it not a fact that in Jamaica the whole of the Legislative Council, with the exception of one member, are native people?

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Navy.: Insurance Companies (Facilities). (26 Apr 1939)

Mr John Remer: Is it not a fact that these companies have been of great assistance?

Orders of the Day — Cotton Industry (Reorganisation) Bill. (27 Mar 1939)

Mr John Remer: Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that he is bringing the whole of the silk industry into the Bill, because rayon is largely used by practically every silk manufacturer in my division?

Cotton Industry (Reorganisation) Bill. (27 Mar 1939)

Mr John Remer: There are many parts of this Bill which I dislike, but I do not propose to oppose it, mainly on the ground that my right hon. Friend, in his Second Reading speech, said that he was going to consider very closely the Amendments which would be put forward in Committee. I hope that the Committee stage will be taken upstairs and not on the Floor of the House, in spite of what has been said to...

Cotton Industry (Reorganisation) Bill. (27 Mar 1939)

Mr John Remer: I understand the Bill to say that if there is 25 per cent. of cotton or rayon in a piece of silk mixture the factory manufacturing it will come under the provisions of this Bill. If I am wrong, then I hope that I shall be corrected, but if I am right I hope that some alteration will be made in that position. This is a matter of very considerable importance. The silk industry is not an...

Civil Estimates, Supplementary Estimate, 1938.: Foreign Office. (20 Mar 1939)

Mr John Remer: I would not have intervened if I had not only recently returned from the Island of Jamaica. When I was there I was alarmed to find that there was no sort or kind of really British news available for the people of the island. When I made inquiries from the leading newspaper proprietor, he informed me that he was not allowed to publish in his paper the Empire news which is broadcast every night...

Orders of the Day — Supply.: Navy Estimates, 1939. (16 Mar 1939)

Mr John Remer: On a point of Order. May I ask whether this has anything to do with the Navy Estimates?

Private Business.: Road Transport Industry. (21 Dec 1938)

Mr John Remer: Can the hon. Member give one single instance where the rail has given any delivery within 24 hours?

Private Business.: Road Transport Industry. (21 Dec 1938)

Mr John Remer: May I say that I have in my own personal experience in connection with appeals, known of licences having been suspended.

Private Business.: Road Transport Industry. (21 Dec 1938)

Mr John Remer: May I from my own personal experience categorically deny that that is the case?

Private Business.: Road Transport Industry. (21 Dec 1938)

Mr John Remer: In judging this situation does not the hon. Member think there is another interest, namely, the users of transport, like myself, which should also be considered?

Private Business.: Road Transport Industry. (21 Dec 1938)

Mr John Remer: Would any sensible trader who wanted to send goods from Manchester to be delivered to-morrow morning at Birmingham ever employ a railway company? My own firm pays 8d. a ton more for goods to go by road instead of by rail. Would any sensible firm ever employ a railway company to do anything quickly?

Private Business.: Road Transport Industry. (21 Dec 1938)

Mr John Remer: May I say to my hon. Friend that the railways are thoroughly inefficient?

Private Business.: Road Transport Industry. (21 Dec 1938)

Mr John Remer: May I repeat that my own firm pays 8d. a ton more for goods to go by road rather than by rail. Would any sensible firm pay 8d. a ton more if one form of transport were as good as the other? We pay it because the goods go more quickly by road.

Private Business.: Road Transport Industry. (21 Dec 1938)

Mr John Remer: I am the hon. Member who wrote to the hon. and gallant Gentleman. My point in this matter is that I would rather have my hon. and gallant Friend to be the judge of the matter than some of the impartial tribunals I have found dealing with road transport.

Private Business.: Road Transport Industry. (21 Dec 1938)

Mr John Remer: Mr. Remer rose—


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