Results 101–120 of 1090 for speaker:Mr Thomas Scollan

Orders of the Day — Iron and Steel Bill: New Clause "B." — (Appointment of Iron and Steel Prices Board.) (25 Jul 1949)

Mr Thomas Scollan: I read both with great care and interest. The difference between them is this: I have no criticism to make of Cadbury's because they have never been known to treat an employee shabbily. But I know a man who was for 50 years employed in John Brown's and the day he retired not even the manager came to say, "Thank you." He retired without a pension or a single penny. [An HON. MEMBER: "So did...

Oral Answers to Questions — Colonial Empire: State Lotteries (13 Jul 1949)

Mr Thomas Scollan: How long have they been carried on?

Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies: Farmworkers (13 Jul 1949)

Mr Thomas Scollan: Is my right hon. Friend aware that harvests in England, Scotland and Ireland have been taken in for hundreds of years by farmworkers who were fed on nothing but potatoes and oatmeal, because they could not get anything more?

Oral Answers to Questions — Railway Carriages (Door Locks) (13 Jul 1949)

Mr Thomas Scollan: Have the transport authorities considered the advisability of abolishing the old type of single-compartment coaches and making one compartment for the whole coach?

Orders of the Day — Strike, London Docks: Emergency Powers (Proclamation) (13 Jul 1949)

Mr Thomas Scollan: On a point of Order, Mr. Speaker. I want to raise a point with regard to the recognition of the parties taking part in this discussion. Is it in Order for an hon. Member of a party which has already been represented to take part in these discussions before other leaders have been called?

Orders of the Day — Strike, London Docks: Emergency Powers (Proclamation) (13 Jul 1949)

Mr Thomas Scollan: Further to that, Mr. Speaker. I did not hear your answer. [HON. MEMBERS: "Sit down."] What idiot said "Sit down"? I want to hear your reply, Mr. Speaker.

Orders of the Day — Strike, London Docks: Emergency Powers (Proclamation) (13 Jul 1949)

Mr Thomas Scollan: Further to that point of Order, Mr. Speaker. I want to know if two hon. Members of one party are to be called before other party leaders.

Orders of the Day — Strike, London Docks: Emergency Powers (Proclamation) (13 Jul 1949)

Mr Thomas Scollan: May I call your attention to the fact, Mr. Speaker, that the hon. Member who was speaking is the nominee for the Conservative Party in West Renfrew for the next General Election?

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Alleged Salmon Poaching, Helmsdale (12 Jul 1949)

Mr Thomas Scollan: I would like to ask you, Mr. Speaker, if it is within the Rules of this House to make definite charges of breaking the law against certain people who are named, without giving them a chance to establish their innocence?

Oral Answers to Questions — Festival of Britain (12 Jul 1949)

Mr Thomas Scollan: Is my right hon. Friend aware of the widespread discontent that this announcement has created in Scotland in view of the housing shortage there and the parsimonious treatment given to the housing needs of the West of Scotland?

Orders of the Day — Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Clause 1. — (Extension of Jurisdiction of High Court in Certain Matri- Monial Proceedings.) ( 8 Jul 1949)

Mr Thomas Scollan: May I point out that almost invariably it was always dubbed "United Kingdom and Ireland," and later "United Kingdom and Northern Ireland"? This is a departure from that practice.

Orders of the Day — Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Clause 8. — (Short Title and Extent.) ( 8 Jul 1949)

Mr Thomas Scollan: I would like the hon. and learned Gentleman to deal with the question of aliens coming to this country and obtaining divorce after the qualifying period of three years.

Orders of the Day — Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Clause 8. — (Short Title and Extent.) ( 8 Jul 1949)

Mr Thomas Scollan: But the Bill does not apply to Scotland, or to Northern Ireland?

Scotland (Industry) ( 7 Jul 1949)

Mr Thomas Scollan: I welcome the opportunity of saying a word with regard to this report "Industry and Employment in Scotland" I want to assure the hon. Member for West Aberdeen (Mr. Thornton-Kemsley) that I will not follow the arguments that he has produced with regard to the catering trades and the application of the Catering Wages Act to Scottish hotels. I intend to take an entirely different line of...

Scotland (Industry) ( 7 Jul 1949)

Mr Thomas Scollan: If my hon. Friend will listen he will soon know. The answer is perfectly simple. Unfortunately, we get one day to discuss matters of this importance, and even then the subject is cribbed, confined and reduced to certain limits, to which each speaker is asked to keep. During the course of his remarks, the Secretary of State said that the economy of Scotland could not be separated from world...

Scotland (Industry) ( 7 Jul 1949)

Mr Thomas Scollan: If not from world economy, then from English economy, which is a most absurd position for us to be put in. I want to give full marks to the Secretary of State and his staff for all they have done with the material at their disposal. I do not think they could have done any more, but when I have said that, I also want to point out that the blame for not getting more done does not lie at their...

Scotland (Industry) ( 7 Jul 1949)

Mr Thomas Scollan: The hon. Gentleman is simply talking nonsense. It was not before the war.

Scotland (Industry) ( 7 Jul 1949)

Mr Thomas Scollan: That only proves my point that the hon. Gentleman was talking nonsense. The Government did not adopt the principle.


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