Results 161–180 of 2915 for speaker:Mr Peter Hardy

Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Industry: Industrial Prospects (22 Jun 1994)

Mr Peter Hardy: In the discussions, did the Minister deal with the problem of industries, such as the engineering and steel industry, which face grossly unfair competition from our European partners? If so, will he tell the House what he told them? What urgent action is being taken to remedy that unsatisfactory position?

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: European Union (21 Jun 1994)

Mr Peter Hardy: Does the Secretary of State accept that many of the eastern European countries that have become associated with WEU now believe that they have received a form of security guarantee which, he will accept, western Europe in its present condition could not deliver? Does he accept that there has been some carelessness on the part of Ministers—not necessarily British alone—in accepting that...

European Community Documents: Church of England (General Synod) (Measures) (16 Jun 1994)

Mr Peter Hardy: The House is indebted to the right hon. Member for Selby (Mr. Alison), who presented the Measure clearly and persuasively explained its nature. I do not think that any hon. Member will find it objectionable. In this debate, we miss our former colleague, the late Bob Cryer, who, while not a church man, took a sensitive interest in church buildings and would have taken part in the debate if...

Coal Industry (19 May 1994)

Mr Peter Hardy: It is a simple but serious question. The Minister appeared to be suggesting before he gave way to my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley, West and Penistone (Mr. Clapham) that there was a reasonable amount of time and that the measure took us into 1995 —the next financial year. There are only 10 months of this year left and the wheels of Government sometimes grind extremely slowly. There is...

Coal Industry (19 May 1994)

Mr Peter Hardy: Reference has already been made to the fact that this may be the last coal restructuring debate. That may be so, but the Minister must accept that it certainly will not be the last coal debate because the problems that will remain after the privatisation measure goes through, if it does, will be so enormous that the House will have to return to the subject with the same frequency with which...

Opposition Day: Europe and the Environment (11 May 1994)

Mr Peter Hardy: If the Government are seriously concerned about environmental matters, does my hon. Friend agree that they would not have allowed consideration of the Coal Industry Bill to reach an advanced stage while those in the coalfield areas still have grave anxieties about the consequences of mine drainage and abandoned mines?

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Army Chaplaincy Service (10 May 1994)

Mr Peter Hardy: In view of his reply to his hon. Friend the Member for City of Chester (Mr. Brandreth), will the Minister assure the House that the chaplaincy service will be neither contractorised nor privatised?

Oral Answers to Questions — Education: Parent-Teacher Opinions ( 3 May 1994)

Mr Peter Hardy: If people give the Government advice that the Government do not like, will the Minister ensure that a rather more gracious approach is adopted than that of the Minister of State? On learning the result of a vote on opting out in my area—80 per cent. voted in favour of good sense—the right hon. and noble Lady decided that Members of Parliament were responsible; she appeared to deplore our...

Orders of the Day — Police and Magistrates' Courts Bill [Lords] (26 Apr 1994)

Mr Peter Hardy: Does my hon. Friend think that this development, associated as it seems to be with the system of magistrates being appraised by their fellow magistrates on the bench, means that we are entering a period of uncertainty and complexity which may not be necessary or wise?

Orders of the Day — Police and Magistrates' Courts Bill [Lords] (26 Apr 1994)

Mr Peter Hardy: As the hon. Gentleman has some knowledge of the area that I represent, he will appreciate the point that I am about to make. I am sure that he knows that the South Yorkshire force is divided into divisions, which are commanded by a chief superintendent. To facilitate local policing, the divisions have seven sub-divisions. My constituency largely forms the appropriate sub-division, as it were,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Burglaries (21 Apr 1994)

Mr Peter Hardy: I do not wish to get involved in bandying arguments about the achievements in West and South Yorkshire, where a high detection rate has been achieved over a long time. Would the Minister care to comment on the fact that it is essential that if burglars are caught, perhaps even red-handed, they should then be brought to court and convicted? Would he care to tell the House how the conviction...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Burglaries (21 Apr 1994)

Mr Peter Hardy: That is what I am calling for.

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment: Supermarkets (20 Apr 1994)

Mr Peter Hardy: While I do not disagree with the Secretary of State, will he look into the question recently drawn to my notice of applications for developments that are described as warehouses or buildings for leisure pursuits, when the real intention is to develop retail outlets of the sort that he apparently deplores?

Oral Answers to Questions — Social Security: Family Credit (28 Mar 1994)

Mr Peter Hardy: How is it that the Minister can give my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr (Mr. Rooker) a detailed response when scores or hundreds of Members of Parliament have been waiting for detailed responses from the Child Support Agency since 1993? In many cases, injustice is matched with outrageous incompetence, which causes great concern and anxiety.

Schedule 9: Minor and Consequential Amendments (23 Mar 1994)

Mr Peter Hardy: The Bill is one too far. It demonstrates complete insensitivity to history and the way that the Administration are spurning the very concept of one nation —and it will not a put a feather in any prime ministerial hat. The Bill will certainly mean that all the rest of the days of this Parliament will make no difference—at the end of it, that lot will be gone.

Clause 52: Opencast Operations (23 Mar 1994)

Mr Peter Hardy: I am glad that the right hon. Member for Selby (Mr. Alison) referred to cutting the throat of this evil proposal. If I had said it, it would have been regarded as distasteful. He is right, and I wish many other throats could be cut as far as the Bill is concerned. The issue is important because it gives Conservative Members the opportunity to examine what the Government are doing. They are...

Clause 52: Opencast Operations (23 Mar 1994)

Mr Peter Hardy: It is an incredible development. If Conservative Members want to be able to claim that they possess political consistency, they should agree with the comments of the right hon. Member for Selby. I feel strongly about opencast mining. I want Conservative Members to put themselves in the position of people who live in coal regions, who may have seen their deep-mined pits destroyed, with the...

Clause 22: Pensions and Miners' Welfare Organisations (23 Mar 1994)

Mr Peter Hardy: My hon. Friend may recall that, in the course of the debate, there has been mention of St. John Ambulance, and of that organisation's important contribution in some areas. I understand that it is assisted and accommodated by CISWO. Will my hon. Friend suggest to the Minister also the importance of maintaining the collieries' musical tradition, which is demonstrated not least by fine brass bands?

Orders of the Day — Coal Industry Bill: Restructuring of the Corporation's Functions (23 Mar 1994)

Mr Peter Hardy: My hon. Friends will have heard my hon. Friend the Member for Rother Valley (Mr. Barron) and me make relevant comments about the matter. British Coal intends to de-mothball Maltby but close Silverwood in my constituency. It will transfer men from Silverwood to Maltby, having got rid of most of the Maltby men first. Does the hon. Gentleman recognise that the one thing that Hobart house should...

Orders of the Day — Coal Industry Bill: Restructuring of the Corporation's Functions (23 Mar 1994)

Mr Peter Hardy: I shall be brief. There are three enormities about the Bill: the enormity of the cost to the public purse, the enormity of the challenge to the communities that are affected and the enormity of the Government's idiocy. As my hon. Friend the Member for Livingston (Mr. Cook) said, the Government have produced a Bill which is bred from dogma and out of malice. With breeding of that sort, what...


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