Results 61–80 of 88 for speaker:Mr Jim Nicholson

Orders of the Day — Milk (Cessation of Production) Bill (10 Jan 1985)

Mr Jim Nicholson: I am grateful to the Minister for recognising that at the end of the day the money is still there and that the Bill is still against the farmers in Northern Ireland. However, will he deal with the point I made regarding the quality of the relationship between farmers in Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom, especially the small farmers and bringing up to 1983 levels those...

Orders of the Day — Milk (Cessation of Production) Bill: Payments to Persons Ceasing Milk Production ( 5 Feb 1985)

Mr Jim Nicholson: I welcome the concession that the Government are making because it will help large dairy farmers to contract and have an easier time running their farms. They will be able to sell their extra quota; or they may wish to lease it, although the Minister wants them to sell it. I am concerned about the lack of uptake in Northern Ireland of the buyers scheme. The amendment will be of no help in...

Orders of the Day — Milk (Cessation of Production) Bill: Title ( 5 Feb 1985)

Mr Jim Nicholson: Northern Ireland is included in the Bill and we shall be presented with an Order in Council on which we, representing dairy farmers in Northern Ireland, will riot be allowed to make one comment. That is ridiculous. I should like to say much more, but I realise the time of night.

Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Beef and Sheepmeat (14 Feb 1985)

Mr Jim Nicholson: I welcome the Minister's firm declaration in support of the beef variable premium scheme. I assure him that it has the support of farmers in Northern Ireland, who recognise the great need for it. In view of the continuing delay in the payment of the 1984–85 ewe premium, will he ensure that an interim payment is made to alleviate the hardship that is felt especially by hill livestock producers?

Orders of the Day — New Clause 1: Proportional Representation (14 Feb 1985)

Mr Jim Nicholson: Does the hon. Gentleman extend that principle to all elections in Northern Ireland?

Agriculture Council (28 Feb 1985)

Mr Jim Nicholson: May I take this opportunity to add my congratulations to the Minister on the outcome of the negotiations, which, without doubt, will be of great assistance to the dairy farmers in Northern Ireland. May I also take the opportunity to remind him that, while we welcome the improvements, in many ways they have come too late for those producers who kept within the law as it was and did not...

Northern Ireland (Terrorist Killings) ( 4 Mar 1985)

Mr Jim Nicholson: I thank the Secretary of State for his expression of sympathy to all those who were bereaved in my constituency last Thursday night. Will he ensure that a full inquiry is conducted into this brutal and callous attack, that the inquiry examines all ways in which such attacks can be prevented in future and how perimeter surveillance can be improved to ensure that no repetition of Thursday's...

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Security ( 7 Mar 1985)

Mr Jim Nicholson: On Monday afternoon the Secretary of State made a statement to the House in which he announced that large sums of money are to be made available for the provision of better security at border police stations. May I draw to his attention the fact that many of us are aware that the proposals for a new police station in Newry are not new, but have been on the books for many years? Will he assure...

Northern Ireland (Appropriation) ( 7 Mar 1985)

Mr Jim Nicholson: I was prepared to condense a half-hour speech into one of 15 minutes, but now I find that I shall have to condense it even more. I shall do my best. Like my hon. Friend the Member for Antrim, South (Mr. Forsythe), I may have to make a somewhat disjointed speech, but I hope that hon. Members will bear with me. I turn first to the employment, or lack of employment, in my constituency. Once...

Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Milk Quotas (14 Mar 1985)

Mr Jim Nicholson: The right hon. Gentleman spoke earlier about helping small farmers. I remind him again that in Northern Ireland he has only 1 per cent. of what he required in the milk buy-out scheme, even after a second bite at the cherry to buy out further quota. How far along the road has he proceeded, and has he any solution to the problem?

Common Agricultural Policy Prices (18 Mar 1985)

Mr Jim Nicholson: I rise to speak mainly with the aim of bringing hon. Members face to face with the problems of agriculture in Northern Ireland. I do not want in the limited time available to go into the more heavy aspects of the CAP. I wish to emphasise that agriculture in Northern Ireland has been through a traumatic time during the past 12 months. The imposition of dairy quotas caused great difficulty...

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Security ( 4 Apr 1985)

Mr Jim Nicholson: I join the Secretary of State and my right hon. Friend the Member for Lagan Valley (Mr. Molyneaux) in offering sympathy to those who have been bereaved. Yesterday saw the death of the 10th member of the RUC to be murdered in my constituency in the past five weeks, and a civilian was also murdered. Will the Secretary of State assure the House that he will give further consideration to more...

Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Agricultural Prices (19 Apr 1985)

Mr Jim Nicholson: In view of the protracted negotiations that are taking place in Brussels on the co-responsibility levy, will the right hon. Gentleman consider introducing an interim measure, to take effect from 1 April, to reduce the levy by 1·5 per cent.? That would at least provide some aid for the hard-pressed dairy farmers, who have suffered much in the last 12 months, and such a step would riot in any...

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Security ( 9 May 1985)

Mr Jim Nicholson: Does the Secretary of State agree that not only Mrs. Ferraro but many other people come to Northern Ireland on these bucket-shop trips and go away experts—including some hon. Members sitting not too far away from me? Will the Secretary of State wholeheartedly add his support to the UDR, which has suffered much over the past 15 years in Northern Ireland? Is it not time that he brought...

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Milk Quotas ( 9 May 1985)

Mr Jim Nicholson: asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress he has made in achieving equality with other regions of the United Kingdom for small dairy farmers in respect of milk quotas.

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Milk Quotas ( 9 May 1985)

Mr Jim Nicholson: Following the announcement by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food earlier this week that small dairy farmers in England and Wales would be brought back to the 1983 levels of production and that hardship cases would be met in full, will he assure me and the House that small dairy farmers in Northern Ireland will receive the same treatment, to which they are entitled?

Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Price Review (16 May 1985)

Mr Jim Nicholson: Have the Minister and his right hon. Friend accepted the compromise proposal put forward in the negotiations to allow the Republic of Ireland an additional 58,000 tonnes of milk this year as a retrospective adjustment for last year? Does the hon. Gentleman recognise that many of us would not find that compromise acceptable? Will he bear in mind the serious position of Northern Ireland dairy...

Clause 1: Appropriation (Northern Ireland) ( 5 Jun 1985)

Mr Jim Nicholson: I wish to examine class V, which deals with housing, and to raise some matters that have affected my constituency for a considerable time. The availability of renovation grants is causing concern. Many people find it difficult to qualify at one of the so-called entry points and that suggests to me that the conditions are too rigid, lack imagination and require a rethink. I shall outline...

Clause 1: Appropriation (Northern Ireland) ( 5 Jun 1985)

Mr Jim Nicholson: Does the hon. Gentleman agree that we can thank membership of the EC for our present position, and for having ruined our intensive sectors, thus making us so dependent on the grass-based sectors?

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Cross-border Co-operation (13 Jun 1985)

Mr Jim Nicholson: In recent months, 14 members of the RUC have been brutally butchered in my constituency by the IRA. The Secretary of State's words ring hollow in the ears of my constituents. The co-operation to which he refers with the Irish Republic is a sham and non-existent. Does the Secretary of State not recognise that fact?


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