Results 181–200 of 654 for speaker:Mr Michael McGuire

Economic Policy (28 Nov 1979)

Mr Michael McGuire: Further to that point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I think that the problem is that we have had a one-for-one policy in calling hon. Members, but that that policy has been to the disadvantage of Labour Back Benchers. For example, after the Liberal spokesman, the hon. Member for Colne Valley (Mr. Wainwright), the next speaker was from the Government side. After the spokesman for the Scottish...

Economic Policy (28 Nov 1979)

Mr Michael McGuire: Perhaps the right hon. Gentleman will let me finish. In rising, he reminds me that we have heard speeches from representatives of three minority parties, and every time the following speaker has been a Conservative Member. I suggest, Mr Deputy Speaker, that we should have a better balance.

Economic Policy (28 Nov 1979)

Mr Michael McGuire: Was that calculation made when the Tory Government introduced the index linking and the pensions about which he now complains?

Economic Policy (28 Nov 1979)

Mr Michael McGuire: Did the Tory Government consider it?

Business of the House (15 Nov 1979)

Mr Michael McGuire: Will the Leader of the House tell us when we can expect a debate on the Floor of the House about the North-West? Will he clear up a misunderstanding that arose last week when I asked him about the regional affairs Committee? He seemed to indicate that it existed in a state of limbo—a theological term that he will appreciate. I would like to know when we can expect them to be resuscitated...

Business of the House ( 8 Nov 1979)

Mr Michael McGuire: When may we expect a debate on the affairs of the North-West? If time cannot be found for a debate in the Chamber, do arrangements still exist for debates in the Regional Affairs Committee? If they do, we have only then to agree on the team to take part. Does the right hon. Gentleman recollect that the last time we debated the North-West in the Regional Affairs Committee we had an omnibus...

Civil Service (Dispersal) (26 Jul 1979)

Mr Michael McGuire: May I ask the hon. Gentleman whether he will publish full details of how he arrived at the decision not to transfer posts that were decided by the Labour Government as a saving in the national interest? I think that the Minister will agree that we are at some disadvantage, in that he answers a question by saying "Yes, the saving in that direction is £X million". Will he promise to publish...

Civil Service (Dispersal) (26 Jul 1979)

Mr Michael McGuire: Could I just say a word on that point, Mr. Speaker? You are the protector of Back Benchers and I have always been led to believe that you were a particular protector of those hon. Members who, for one reason or another, are not making a maiden speech once a week or even once a fortnight. I put it to you, Mr. Speaker, quite sincerely—I do not know whether I am in order—that you have helped...

Pneumoconiosis etc. (Wor Kers' Compensation) Bill ( 2 Apr 1979)

Mr Michael McGuire: Like other hon. Members who have taken part in the debate, I want to add my warm congratulations to my hon. Friend the Minister of State on what must have been for him considerable pleasure in introducing the Bill. I apologise that I was unable to be here for his opening speech. I know that we have quite a bit of time because this is exempted business, but the hour is late. If the time were...

Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Bill: Conditions of Entitlement ( 2 Apr 1979)

Mr Michael McGuire: May I seek confirmation from the Minister that clause 2(2)(b) is a provision which those hon. Members who are interested in industrial injuries legislation have wanted to see for a long time? Am I right in assuming that when, for example, a widow is not awarded industrial death benefit because the pneumoconiosis medical panel pronounces that her husband had not died as a result of a disease...

Service Widows (Provision of Pensions): Service Widows (Provision of Pensions) (28 Mar 1979)

Mr Michael McGuire: I hope that the hon. Member for Cardiff, North-West (Mr. Roberts) will forgive me if I do not take up the points he made in his speech. The hon. Member for Antrim, South (Mr. Molyneaux) spoke for the largest group of the Northern Ireland Members. The group is split into two or three, each with its own leader. The hon. Gentleman referred to newspaper criticisms of the Government trying to...

Service Widows (Provision of Pensions): Service Widows (Provision of Pensions) (28 Mar 1979)

Mr Michael McGuire: The hon. Member confirms that this is an issue which has not just been concocted. It has a long history. The hon. Member confirms that it is wrong to believe that this is a cobbled-up deal. There is a parallel scheme on which it will be modelled. I asked the Prime Minister yesterday if the Government's purpose was—as it should be—to help those who most need it and who are helpless...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister (Engagements) (27 Mar 1979)

Mr Michael McGuire: Is my right hon. Friend aware that everyone will be pleased that he has set out the record concerning the Government's efforts to help the Welsh ex-quarrymen and people in other industries? May I ask my right hon. Friend if the principle is as enunciated by him—that is, to help people who have a just cause, and where there may be conflicts in reaching a solution? Will he advise his...

Business of the House (15 Feb 1979)

Mr Michael McGuire: Is my right hon. Friend aware that tomorrow I have a small Private Member's Bill going through? Will he have a talk with his colleagues to ensure that no voice on this side of the House is instructed to shout "Object"? My right hon. Friend will remember that when I first raised this matter with him—the Bill is to help old workmen's compensation cases—he was favourably disposed towards it....

Orders of the Day — Credit Unions Bill (12 Feb 1979)

Mr Michael McGuire: The story of credit unions is not well known, but, while it has not been spectacular, it has been a success. Credit unions have a record of solid achievement and it is incredible how little is known about them in this country. The right hon. Member for Down, South (Mr. Powell), quite properly from his point of view, always looks at the connection between Northern Ireland and Great Britain....

Orders of the Day — Credit Unions Bill (12 Feb 1979)

Mr Michael McGuire: Credit unions have certainly been much more a feature of life in Ireland than in this country. I agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow, Maryhill (Mr. Craigen) that the Bill will give an impetus to the co-operative principle. My hon. Friend is always magnanimous and, although he wants to pay tribute to the Co-operative Party, to which he proudly belongs and of which he is such a...

Orders of the Day — Credit Unions Bill (12 Feb 1979)

Mr Michael McGuire: The hon. Gentleman mentioned funerals, to which I referred in an aside. I spoke of how people try to provide for that eventuality. The hon. Gentleman will be aware that the present scheme of credit unions provides a free insurance scheme which caters essentially for that purpose. It is provided as an extra benefit provided small conditions are met.

National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) (Amendment) (24 Jan 1979)

Mr Michael McGuire: I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to bring within the present scheme those old workmen's compensation cases who are not covered by the present Acts, including latents. There is an old saying that there is many a slip betwixt cup and lip. I want to point out that there has been a slip here—the fault is entirely mine—because this proposed Bill is designed to help...

House of Commons (Freedom of Access) (22 Jan 1979)

Mr Michael McGuire: Further to the point of order, Mr. Speaker. I ask you, with very great respect, not to bother the police with this matter. Like the hon. Member for Macclesfield (Mr. Winterton), I had to travel about 210 miles to get here. I was also stuck in a traffic jam. Realising that I had chosen the wrong route, I doubled back. I suggest that any hon. Member with an ounce of sense—[Interruption.] I...

Adjournment (Christmas and Winter) (12 Dec 1978)

Mr Michael McGuire: What has come out of this debate on the motion for the Adjournment—and, indeed, what has come out of the many previous Adjournment debates that I have attended—is that the House really must in the future find a better system of managing its affairs. I have heard it said repeatedly—and again today—that we need more time in which to discuss this or that specialised report from a Select...


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