Results 141–160 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

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

Alistair Darling: Sub-paragraph (ii) says that guarantees can be given by the Secretary of State. Does that not mean that it lies with the Secretary of State to guarantee sums to replace the boat operating on the Stornoway to Ullapool route, perhaps with a vessel similar in design to the Hebridean Isles, on which we met one summer morning two years ago? We commented on how uncharacteristic of Caledonian...

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

Alistair Darling: May I ask the Secretary of State a question that I asked him yesterday on electricity privatisation but which he failed to answer? Even if there is a management buy-out, what will he do if the shareholders in the new company sell to a third party? That happened in England. There were management buy-outs, after which there were sales to Gibraltar and other places. How will the Secretary of...

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

Alistair Darling: The Scottish Transport Group has its headquarters in my constituency and at the time of deregulation I was chairman of the Lothian region transport committee, so I think that I know something about the subject—more, I suspect, than the hon. Member for Pembroke (Mr. Bennett), who is no longer in the Chamber, having done his duty to the Conservative Whips and made his contribution. Most of...

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

Alistair Darling: I am grateful to my hon. Friend. Lothian and Strathclyde regional councils have had to pay substantial sums to keep unprofitable services on the road. There is not the slightest doubt that, as local authority expenditure is pressed and as the effect of the poll tax is felt, local authorities will come under substantial pressure to cut expenditure. One item of expenditure that could he...

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

Alistair Darling: Of course I did, because I believe in providing a public bus service as a service. I was happy to accede to the hon. Gentleman. I was also happy to tell his constituents why it had all come about. Will the Under-Secretary of State tell me why the leader of the Conservative group on the Lothian regional council, Mr. Brian Meek, believes that one of the elements of high spending in Lothian...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Identity Cards (15 Dec 1988)

Alistair Darling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration he has given to the introduction of identity cards in the United Kingdom after 1992; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Identity Cards (15 Dec 1988)

Alistair Darling: The Secretary of State seems to be hazy and vague about the Government's proposals. Does he accept that many people would regard the introduction of compulsory ID cards—or even pressure to carry them on a voluntary basis—as an intrusion into civil liberties and that they would deeply resent it? Will he take this opportunity to state categorically that there will be no requirement to...

Orders of the Day — Racial Harassment (19 Dec 1988)

Alistair Darling: What research has been done into the workings of the 1986 Act and how many prosecutions and successful convictions have been obtained under it? There is a fear that, although the framework is there, it is not being implemented.

Points of Order: Select Committee on Scottish Affairs (20 Dec 1988)

Alistair Darling: Will the Leader of the House reflect on the irony that we are talking about press-ganging and ordering when the Government Whips have no difficulty in getting hon. Members with no great interest in Scottish affairs to attend Scottish Question Time and other occasions such as this debate, yet those hon. Members are not interested in the hard work of scrutinising the Scottish Office? The Leader...

Richmond, Yorks By-Election (20 Jan 1989)

Alistair Darling: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Can I have your assurance that, if a Minister of State for the Home Department requests permission to make a statement, he will be allowed to do so? Negotiations have been going on all morning. Mr. Mendis is on the plane at the moment and it would be helpful if you could give us that assurance.

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Drugs ( 2 Feb 1989)

Alistair Darling: When does the Home Secretary expect to share with the House the outcome of his ministerial discussions? In particular, he is discussing not only the international drug trade but freedom of entry into this country and freedom of movement in this country and in European Community states. When will he make a statement about his discussions with the Trevi group of Ministers, rather than keeping...

Orders of the Day — Right of Reply Bill ( 3 Feb 1989)

Alistair Darling: rose—

Orders of the Day — Right of Reply Bill ( 3 Feb 1989)

Alistair Darling: rose—

Orders of the Day — Right of Reply Bill ( 3 Feb 1989)

Alistair Darling: Is my hon. Friend aware that when anybody applies for legal aid, no matter what the subject, he has to establish probable cause, so that if someone sought legal aid to raise an action for defamation, he would have to satisfy the legal aid committee that he had probable cause? That screening would stop vexatious or frivolous complaints. There is no reason, therefore, why legal aid should be...

Petition: National Identity Card Bill (10 Feb 1989)

Alistair Darling: This has been a useful opportunity to debate the issue of national identity cards. We should be grateful to the hon. Member for Norfolk, North (Mr. Howell) for having given us that opportunity, if for nothing else. The debate has not really started, although there has been growing interest in identity cards over the past couple of years, for two obvious reasons. First, with 1992 and the...

Petition: National Identity Card Bill (10 Feb 1989)

Alistair Darling: I am not sure that the pattern is the same in every police force. Some chief constables, such as the one in my area, have taken substantial steps to put more officers on the beat and have fewer officers engaged in tasks that are not particularly productive. Identity cards, whether compulsory or voluntary, will not assist the free movement of people in Europe or the detection of those...

Petition: National Identity Card Bill (10 Feb 1989)

Alistair Darling: I shall refer to that point in due course. As I said, the debate has only just started. I remind the hon. Gentleman that, when the Government introduced their proposals for the poll tax in England and Wales, the majority of people thought that they were a good thing. When they found out what they are about, the majority thought that they were a bad thing. As the debate on identity cards...

Petition: National Identity Card Bill (10 Feb 1989)

Alistair Darling: The hon. Gentleman suggested that the card should be capable of being read. I am sorry that I misrepresented him. If the right hon. Member for Brent, North has his way, it will be a formidable card as more and more information is added. If the card is capable of being read and, therefore, the information is typed on to it or put on in some other way, the risks of fraud will be greater. The...

Petition: National Identity Card Bill (10 Feb 1989)

Alistair Darling: That is a problem. If I were minded to swim in the river Forth, I might want to carry a card as I might not be confident of emerging from it because of the chill of the water and the pollution. Someone might nip out to buy a Sunday newspaper and be confronted by a constable asking for an identity card. That person will have to visit the police station within seven days to produce it, which is...

Petition: National Identity Card Bill (10 Feb 1989)

Alistair Darling: I can do better than that. When I visited terminal 3 at Heathrow the name of someone seeking to enter the country appeared on the computer screen. An officer kindly showed me how to key in the right information. The officials thought that there might be an inconsistency. I did not stay very long in that department. As I was leaving Heathrow so, too, was the gentleman, so it could not have...


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