Mr John Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the total value of extra help, including measures in the 1991 uprating statement, which has been directed to less-well-off pensioners since 1989.
Mr John Browne: Will my right hon. Friend confirm that the proportion of pensioners who claim income support fell significantly over the 10 years beginning 1979? Will he please tell the House what percentage rise the lowest 20 per cent. are receiving in real terms?
Mr John Browne: To ask the Attorney-General if there are any restrictions upon his ability to investigate a case of alleged deliberate injustice.
Mr John Browne: What advice would my right hon. and learned Friend give to those seeking appeal under clause 5 of article 14 of the United Nations international convention on civil and political rights, especially where a quite deliberate injustice has been perpetrated by senior Government Ministers intent on injustice to a Member of a sovereign Parliament by misleading that Parliament?
Mr John Browne: I withdraw the words "senior Government Ministers" and say, certain persons.
Mr John Browne: Further to what was said by the right hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, South (Mr. Ashley) and my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol, East (Mr. Sayeed), may I draw my right hon. Friend's attention to early-day motion 776? [That this House, conscious of the fact that real care for the men and women of our armed forces has enabled our country to rely, even to the point of ultimate sacrifice, upon...
Mr John Browne: Will my right hon.Friend accept my sincere congratulations on Britain's role in what was obviously an historic, far-reaching and forward-looking meeting, especially its role in ensuring the promotion of peace throughout Europe and the maintenance of the essential link with the United States of America? Will he confirm that, when he mentions the word "peace", he means not peace alone, but...
Mr John Browne: Will Her Majesty's chief inspector report on the case of Kings school, Winchester, which was denied grant-maintained status as a direct result of the local authority using public funds to wage a campaign against it?
Mr John Browne: Two of the most fundamental of human rights are the right to a fair trial and the right of appeal. Those two fundamental rights are enshrined in clauses 1 to 4 and in clause 5 of article 14 of the United Nations international convention of 1966 to which Her Majesty's Government are a signatory. That convention applies to both civil and political trials. Political show trials follow a classic...
Mr John Browne: At the end of the previous parliamentary Session, I signed early-day motion 1210 drawing particular attention to the matter.
Mr John Browne: Only by means of the early-day motion.
Mr John Browne: I was referring of course to the hon. Member for Workington (Mr. Campbell-Savours), who is identified in early-day motion 1210. My unintentional transgressions resulted in no financial gain to me, harmed no one, and neither influenced nor changed any Government policy. I was, however, subjected to a sustained denial of human rights and to deliberate injustice.
Mr John Browne: I respect your decision, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I was offered a guarantee, described more fully in early-day motion 1211 of the last Session, that I would not be punished by the House in any way, provided that I stood down from my seat. That offer was entirely unconstitutional, in that it sought to deny to my constituents the right to vote for or against their sitting Member of Parliament at...
Mr John Browne: How does the right hon. Gentleman know?
Mr John Browne: Will my right hon. Friend give way?
Mr John Browne: Will my right hon. Friend give way?
Mr John Browne: ) On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. Last night you witnessed about 500,000 signatures being presented to the House before the Adjournment debate. They reflect just the tip of the iceberg and the very deep feeling that the Government have got the defence cuts wrong.
Mr John Browne: rose——
Mr John Browne: That was not my point of order, Mr. Speaker. I understand that and I accept that, although I have tabled an amendment, I will not be called. I accept that. The amendment that you have chosen comes from a position of less integrated defence, whereas the great feeling in this country is that there should be sufficient defence to be sure that we do not have a return to the high-risk defence...
Mr John Browne: Will my right hon. Friend give way on that point?
