Results 161–180 of 4677 for speaker:Mr Eustace Willis

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Food (Production and Imports) ( 3 Jul 1968)

Mr Eustace Willis: Is it not true that Scottish industry has better records in exports than English industry has? If so, why does the hon. Member for Louth (Sir C. Osborne) need to worry about imports of food and raw materials into Scotland? We do more than our share in paying for them.

New Clause 2 (27 May 1968)

Mr Eustace Willis: Hon. Members opposite said they wanted it discussed.

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Legal Aid (22 May 1968)

Mr Eustace Willis: Is my hon. Friend aware that there is growing concern over what appears to be the increasingly extravagant use of counsel, both in criminal and civil proceedings? Ought he not to look at this very seriously?

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Forestry Commission (Land) (22 May 1968)

Mr Eustace Willis: Have the difficulties that exist in connection with obtaining land in the North-East been overcome?

New Clause.: Actions for Divorce. ( 8 May 1968)

Mr Eustace Willis: I beg to move, That the Clause be read a Second time. Had I been sitting on the Opposition benches I might have been tempted to chide the Government very gently for putting Scottish business on at this time of night. I still gently chide the Government and I hope that the rebuke will be carried to the right quarters. I hope that hon. Gentlemen have read the new Clause, which I commend to...

New Clause.: Actions for Divorce. ( 8 May 1968)

Mr Eustace Willis: They arise out of divorce and not, surely, considerations affecting whether or no divorce should be granted. Therefore I am not influenced to a great extent by this argument. Sheriff courts also have to consider important matters in actions of reparation for large sums of money, actions which arise out of accidents in mines and factories, and elsewhere. These are very important...

New Clause.: Actions for Divorce. ( 8 May 1968)

Mr Eustace Willis: I am suggesting how this Clause would work in practice. There are so many pleasant byways down which one is tempted.

New Clause.: Actions for Divorce. ( 8 May 1968)

Mr Eustace Willis: I was about to express my gratitude to you, for drawing my eyes to the straight path of the Clause. This seems to be an improvement on the existing situation. We are always being told that the party opposite stands for choice. Let us give the person concerned choice. This is what the Clause proposes. I hope that it will receive some support. I have tried to put the case moderately, and it...

New Clause.: Actions for Divorce. ( 8 May 1968)

Mr Eustace Willis: There are no passions, just a whole-hearted zestfulness.

New Clause.: Actions for Divorce. ( 8 May 1968)

Mr Eustace Willis: Surely there is inconvenience, even in the central belt, when someone has to go to a lawyer there who then has to engage a lawyer in Edinburgh. The lawyer in Edinburgh then has to engage an advocate and if witnesses are involved they have to come along too.

New Clause.: Actions for Divorce. ( 8 May 1968)

Mr Eustace Willis: I dealt with precisely this point and pointed out that the figures worked out at about one case per sheriff substitute per week. If we take the higher figures with which my hon. Friend is dealing—they were in respect of the following year, I think—we see that the amount of work involved is not as great per head as it might seem at first sight.

New Clause.: Actions for Divorce. ( 8 May 1968)

Mr Eustace Willis: My hon. Friend says that he does not see any comparable difficulty for the Court of Session. He must be familiar with the debates that have been taking place over the years about the Court of Session and about the burden of work it has. Only last Christmas the Government asked for powers to appoint two additional judges.

Orders of the Day — SOCIAL WORK (SCOTLAND) BILL [Lords] ( 6 May 1968)

Mr Eustace Willis: The hon. Member for Dumfries (Mr. Monro) concluded by saying that while social welfare work is important we should consider the cost. If there is one thing on which we should be able to spend money, as a fairly affluent society, it is on trying to prevent the steady increase in crime. If not, the future is bleak. I support the Bill with a certain amount of pleasure because we often discuss...

Orders of the Day — SOCIAL WORK (SCOTLAND) BILL [Lords] ( 6 May 1968)

Mr Eustace Willis: Despite the knowledge of children that they will go before juvenile courts, delinquency does not seem to have been prevented. The roots of delinquency are far deeper than simple deterrence. The emphasis now is surely on the reformative aspect—what can be done socially to try to assist the child to lead a responsible life which will be of use to himself primarily but also to the community. I...

Scottish Standing Committees (29 Apr 1968)

Mr Eustace Willis: I do not wish to add to what has been said. I merely wish to raise a point on the Motion which has not so far been raised. The Motion says: That the said second Committee…shall consist of not less than Twenty nor more than Fifty Members…of whom not less than Twenty Members shall represent Scottish constituencies. It happens at times that in the House it is necessary to add English...

Scottish Standing Committees (29 Apr 1968)

Mr Eustace Willis: The hon. Member will not serve on the Standing Committee.

Scottish Standing Committees (29 Apr 1968)

Mr Eustace Willis: The hon. Member is missing the point. The Second Reading of the Bill has to be passed by the House and after the Committee stage, the Report stage is on the Floor of the House.

Procedure (29 Apr 1968)

Mr Eustace Willis: Although I do not agree with some of the things he said, by and large I am in agreement with the hon. Member's approach to this question. This is not the occasion on which to discuss the wide question of Scottish government. What is raised is whether or no, in discussing procedure, we can devise a more democratic instrument in the present set-up to reflect the wishes of the people of...

Procedure (29 Apr 1968)

Mr Eustace Willis: I do not know what goes on in the Whips' offices. On one or two occasions there have been English Members who have made contributions, but by and large they have contributed nothing. The point that I made in the earlier debate was that when there was no necessity for balancing up by introducing Scottish Members, and even where the bounds were not easily reached without English Members, which...

Procedure (29 Apr 1968)

Mr Eustace Willis: I am debarred from a number of Committees which I would like to be on, but I have to make representations to a member of the Committee to express my point of view. With great respect to the hon. Gentleman who attended the Committee, he made a valuable contribution, but I am not certain that contribution could not have been made by the lawyers on the Committee from our own ranks. Some hon....


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