Results 121–140 of 6300 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Lord Darling of Roulanish

State of the Economy (25 Oct 1988)

Alistair Darling: With respect, I shall not give way to the hon. Lady as time is short and a number of hon. Members have been waiting for some time.

State of the Economy (25 Oct 1988)

Alistair Darling: As the hon. Lady is on her feet, I shall comment on one point raised by the hon. Member for Angus, East (Mr. Welsh). He said that the Government would not have allowed it to happen to an English beer company. That is a little blinkered, because the Government were none too keen to help Rowntree, which is certainly an English company. This issue illustrates the difference in philosophy between...

Clause 42: Transfer of Existing Tenancies (26 Oct 1988)

Alistair Darling: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Clause 42: Transfer of Existing Tenancies (26 Oct 1988)

Alistair Darling: Does the hon. Gentleman accept that we are dealing, not with an ordinary person but with somebody who was a Minister, who lost his seat and was given a job by the Secretary of State? Does he not think that there is something deplorable and even sick about what is happening in Scotland when defeated Tory candidates are found jobs here, there and everywhere? In this particular case the person...

Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance: Balance of Payments (27 Oct 1988)

Alistair Darling: Does the Chancellor accept that his policy of high interest rates will make it more difficult for businesses to borrow money to start investing and producing goods in this country and, therefore, make the balance of payments crisis even worse?

Social Security Benefits (Uprating) (27 Oct 1988)

Alistair Darling: Does the Secretary of State accept that the major problem with the benefit system is that he has made thousands of people ineligible for benefit? For those who receive benefits, the amounts that have been announced will not begin to meet their increased housing, heating and food costs. Surely child benefit is no more indiscriminate than giving tax cuts to those on top rates, who can hardly be...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Industry (Ownership) ( 9 Nov 1988)

Alistair Darling: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has of the likely pattern of ownership of industry in Scotland over the next five years; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Industry (Ownership) ( 9 Nov 1988)

Alistair Darling: If Terry Butcher and I can share the same platform in defence of a Scottish company, will the Minister accept that there is a growing feeling that Scottish and Newcastle is merely one company in a line of others that is at risk of foreign takeover in Scotland? Will he accept that the Government's open-door policy to mergers will put the ownership of Scottish industry at risk, and that...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Computer Systems (29 Nov 1988)

Alistair Darling: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he has any plans to strengthen the security of sensitive defence computer systems.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Computer Systems (29 Nov 1988)

Alistair Darling: Can the Minister tell us whether British defence computer systems have been interfered with? Can Britain's defence computer system be infiltrated as happened in the United States when computer hackers spread a virus in the system and so compromised defence? The Minister sounds a little complacent, as if he is seeking to hide behind a shroud of secrecy. Will he answer my question and give the...

Summer Time ( 1 Dec 1988)

Alistair Darling: This has been an important debate and, ironically, it has been quite short, given the two important matters which it raises. The extremely important question of summer time causes a great deal of concern, especially in Scotland and in the north and west of Britain. My hon. Friend the Member for Western Isles (Mr. Macdonald), the hon. Member for Tayside, North (Mr. Walker) and the hon. Member...

Summer Time ( 1 Dec 1988)

Alistair Darling: The short answer is that if Scotland was an independent country it would have only three votes and would still be subject to the majority wish. If the majority was against Scotland, it could do nothing about it. Now that we are in the EEC and have subjected ourselves to article 100A—there is no reason to believe that all member states will not be subjected to it—we are surrendering much...

Summer Time ( 1 Dec 1988)

Alistair Darling: I am glad to hear the hon. Gentleman welcoming the idea of a Labour Government with so many Scots in it. Article 100A has been discussed at some length. I hope that the Minister will reply to the points that have been made and that the House will have an opportunity to discuss the matter again. One's view of British summer time or double summer time depends on whether one lives north and...

Summer Time ( 1 Dec 1988)

Alistair Darling: The Minister talked about the various options that the Government are considering, and the various options that might come forward. Can he tell us a little more about who is being consulted and what the nature and scope of the review is, or is it something that Ministers are discussing among themselves? Our concern is that all parts of the country are not being consulted and therefore have...

Summer Time ( 1 Dec 1988)

Alistair Darling: Is the Minister already anticipating that, as a result of the review that we have not yet had, the majority of people will argue for the change that I suspect he wants? Surely, when we are considering the vires of this directive, it is for those who are promoting it to prove that it falls within the vires. I cannot see how the directive facilitates communication or transport, and I shall be...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Pensioners (Health) (13 Dec 1988)

Alistair Darling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he plans to add to the advice given by his Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Derbyshire, South (Mrs. Currie) at Reading, to pensioners on keeping healthy during the winter months.

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Pensioners (Health) (13 Dec 1988)

Alistair Darling: On reflection, does the hon. Lady consider that her remarks were ill-judged and stupid? For how much longer will she be allowed to act as court jester, deflecting attention from the fact that for many pensioners this Christmas the choice will be between heating their houses and eating? Is she aware that the best Christmas present that she could give most pensioners, and, indeed, many...

Orders of the Day — Electricity Bill (13 Dec 1988)

Alistair Darling: Does the Secretary of State accept, that while the companies' headquarters may be in Scotland, Scotland does not have enough money to buy the companies? The lion's share of the issued shares will probably be owned outside Scotland and possibly abroad. The Government are merely transferring an electricity industry that we now own collectively to individuals who have little or no interest in...

Orders of the Day — Transport (Scotland) Bill [Money] (14 Dec 1988)

Alistair Darling: Is my hon. Friend aware that MacBrayne Haulage had debts at the time of its sale? Does anything in the money resolution allow the public purse to recoup the amount that might have been written off, or reduced, when MacBrayne Haulage was sold to Kildonan? It seems only right that if Billy Walker, or whatever his name is, has made a packet by flogging off public assets we ought to get the money...

Orders of the Day — Transport (Scotland) Bill [Money] (14 Dec 1988)

Alistair Darling: My hon. Friend has referred to the Clyde crossings. The money resolution does not include the loan debt for the three vessels that currently serve the Clyde crossing—the Saturn, the Jupiter and the Juno. All those vessels were built in the 1970s. They were quite expensive because of their revolutionary design. Does my hon. Friend know how large that loan debt is? Even more important, does...


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