Mr Ivan Lawrence: ...that fluoridation is unsafe, I can produce a doctor, scientist or expert who has produced a report to say that it is unsafe. Furthermore, I draw the attention of hon. Gentlemen who support the Bill and say that Lord Jauncey in a lengthy case has come to the conclusion that it is safe, to three judges who have held the contrary view. In May 1982 Judge Ferris, hearing a case in Houston,...
Mr Ian Stewart: ...been developed during the debate, because they are fundamental. I shall try to cover the main points that were raised by Opposition Members as well as my hon. Friends. There is an oddity about the Bill, which presents some difficulties to me and the House. I readily admit that, because it is inherent in the situation. If the TSBs were already Companies Act companies in the private sector,...
Harry Cohen: ...country is bearing an unjustifiable financial and cultural cost as buildings old and new are damaged, leaving future generations an architecture that is etched in acid. The danger to our natural environment must also be taken into account. That is even more sinister, because the damage may not be apparent to the general public. The widespread nature of acidified fresh water in the United...
Mr Roland Boyes: ...recognise the expertise of the workers, and much more perhaps than some other people in Britain they recognise that the north-east is a super place in which to live and work and provides a good environment in which to establish new factories. Philips has arrived from Einhoven, Danavox has come from Denmark, Littelfuse has come from Austin, Texas, Cooper Tools has come from Houston,...
Mr Harry Cowans: .... That picture sums up the meaning of the phrase the magic of the market". I am a super-optimist. I had hoped that in Committee we would make some progress and bring about some alterations to the Bill, but it was apparent from the beginning that there were substantial differences between the two sides, and that is even more apparent now. I have heard nothing tonight to change my opinion. I...
Jim Wallace: It is regrettable that we cannot legislate to create peace. However, we can establish a framework and an environment which fosters and promotes peace. A youth charter would try to do just that. It would try to ensure peace of mind for a person who might be frustrated by inadequate employment, unemployment or because his academic aspirations have been thwarted. It would promote peace in...
Mr Tony Banks: ...speak at the Opposition Dispatch Box, so I have seized that opportunity. My reason for seeking an Adjournment debate on sport in London was the answer given by the Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, who is responsible for sport, during Question Time last month. He said: Only in the last 12 to 18 months has the GLC started to show some interest in sport in the metropolis. The...
Hon. Nicholas Ridley: With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a short statement about the Civil Aviation Bill. The House gave the Bill a Second Reading on 21 November, by a majority of 78, and committed it to Standing Committee F for consideration. However, on two separate occasions, Tuesday 11 December and Tuesday 18 December, the Committee voted against the sittings motion. The Bill is required...
Mr John Biffen: Yes, Sir. The business for the first week after the Christmas Adjournment will be as follows: Wednesday 9 January — Second Reading of the Shipbuilding Bill. Remaining stages of the New Towns and Urban Development Corporations Bill and of the Mineral Workings Bill. Thursday 10 January—Second Reading of the Milk (Cessation of Production) Bill. Debate on European Community Documents on...
Sir David Amess: ...birth, development and adulthood. Everything that a human individual will be is present in the first cell that is created by the fusion of the male sperm and the female ovum. Left in the correct environment, the early human being will grow and develop. By 11 weeks, the foetus is clearly recognisable as a human baby. A baby at that stage of gestation was aborted in Dr. Nathanson's...
Mr Bill O'Brien: ...appealed to the Government for a capital injection into the construction industry. Minutes before the statement was made yesterday, a meeting was held between the Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, the hon. Member for Ealing, Acton (Sir George Young), and the Institute of Maintenance and Building Management, at which the members of the institute appealed to the Minister to give...
Tom Clarke: ...Woodilee and Stoneyetts will have just finished their night shift. I am sure that we all anxious about the fact that they will be returning to housing conditions which fall far short of the type of environment that we want for people who do so much for the Health Service in my constituency. The Minister is aware of the history of the problem. There are 100 houses in Woodilee and...
Mr Neil Macfarlane: ..., when applied to some 18 million households, lead one to very large sums of money. Private contractors normally install meters and that is something of which we take note. Whoever picks up the bill, it is obviously right to ensure that outlays of that order are well justified. However, there have been developments which could favour greater use of metering in the future—for for...
Mr John Patten: ...of the north-west Thames regional health authority, Dame Betty Patterson, who served for so long and so well, and who laid down the burden at the end of last month. I wish her successor, Mr. Bill Doughty, the very best of fortune in handling a number of problems which will land on his plate in the coming months, one of which will be the item which my hon. Friend has drawn to my attention....
Mr Tom Cox: ...with which to put these homes back into use. Young people and adults who are homeless do not want to live in bed-and-breakfast accommodation. The Minister must be aware of the Department of the Environment report "The Single and the Homeless". It was based on about 7,000 interviews. It dealt with the kind of accommodation which homeless people would like to have. It demonstrated that they...
Jack Straw: ...the Government. We look forward to his and his hon. Friend's support on this amendment. Yesterday the Government suffered a major moral and near arithmetical defeat. The Secretary of State for the Environment was interviewed on the radio this morning about that defeat. My hon. Friends should savour the following extract from the Press Association tape. Under the headline, Jenkin's open...
Mr Hugh Dykes: ...kind—by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science in his former capacity as Minister for Housing and Local Government. During Second Reading of the London Government Bill he rightly, and with great conviction and enthusiasm, quoted the masterly Report of clarity, humanity and vision of the Herbert Commission and said that it formed the basis of the … Bill"....
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours: As my right hon. Friend the Member for Blaenau Gwent (Mr. Foot) said, the Bill is fundamental. It snaps at the very heels of our democracy. It challenges the essential freedom of the individual. Even the Home Secretary dismissed the possibility that Members might be capable of free thinking. Such is his respect, or lack of it, for the freedoms which we hold precious. He described the...
Mr David Bevan: ...structure for tourism. All those engaged in tourism are subject to the adjudication of at least six Ministries at the moment, including the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department of the Environment, the Department of Transport, the Scottish Office, the Welsh Office and the Northern Ireland Office. As a result we are subject to the considerations of many Ministers within those...
Mr Neil Kinnock: ...of weeks off for Christmas. Will the right hon. Gentleman give an assurance that, following the usual precedent on constitutional matters, the Committee stage of the Representation of the People Bill will be taken on the Floor of the House? We shall want a statement next Monday on the report of the European Community Environment Council. Following that, may we have an undertaking that in...