All 3 results for unparliamentary speaker:Mr Merlyn Rees

Sinking of the General Belgrano (18 Feb 1985)

Mr Merlyn Rees: ...afternoon, for when one gets up the line one is self-authorising. I say to the House that Admiral Lewin is also self-authorising. I shall not say what Admiral Lewin would say, because it would be unparliamentary. He is not going to be done, but the Government say that they are looking at it. How crazy can the Government be when they say that one of their trusted advisers, a man whom I...

Death Penalty (13 Jul 1983)

Mr Merlyn Rees: They may be gangsters, but there are a lot of gangsters in Northern Ireland and on both sides. It is wrong to give the idea that they are all on one side. I could use an unparliamentary word to describe all those who believe that killing and murder is the way to proceed. However, I do not want to hang them, or to repeat the mistakes of the Easter rising. My advice to the Opposition is to vote...

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Constitutional Convention. (19 Feb 1976)

Mr Merlyn Rees: ...that take place there, particularly the happenings of yesterday and some of the happenings of last week end. From my postbag and from comments made elsewhere it seems that they are the sort of unparliamentary activities that take place. The sort of thing that took place at Stormont Castle yesterday afternoon does nothing for the good name of Northern Ireland.


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