Results 1501–1520 of 1600 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 Arbuthnot of Edrom

Citizens' Compensation Bill: Bereavement Damages ( 7 Jul 1989)

James Arbuthnot: I beg to move amendment No. 12, in page 1, line 23, after 'parents,' insert 'provided that the deceased was a minor who never married.' It is right to set the background to the Bill before charging straight in to a consideration of the amendment. Clause 2 extends the categories of people who would be entitled to bereavement damages. Bereavement damages are damages payable purely for the grief...

Common Land (Rectification of Registers) Bill: Removal from Registers ( 7 Jul 1989)

James Arbuthnot: The Bill, as it went to another place, was a good Bill, but I understand that its defect was that it only allowed the deregistration of a house and garden where the site of the house, as well as the garden, was put on a common land register. There may have been some question that, if only the garden was registered, the Bill may not have allowed deregistration. My hon. Friend the Member for...

Common Land (Rectification of Registers) Bill: Removal from Registers ( 7 Jul 1989)

James Arbuthnot: I am grateful to my hon. Friend, although I am sure that Mr. Paxton will be saddened by his remarks. I am sure, however, that my hon. Friend is right. I accept that those who are interested in preserving common land should hold as much of that land as is rightly common land. Common land is a good thing and it should not be diminished, but in Mr. Paxton's case an obvious mistake has been...

Orders of the Day — Parking Bill ( 7 Jul 1989)

James Arbuthnot: The amendment is important and gives the Secretary of State a power rather than a duty to make regulations, which is the right way to go about it. Right hon. and hon. Members in all parts of the House hope that he will not have to use that power and that local authorities will enter into voluntary arrangements. In the same way that it is better that the Secretary of State has a power rather...

Orders of the Day — Parking Bill ( 7 Jul 1989)

James Arbuthnot: The question is not only need. The question is also balance. If so many people have orange badges that those who cannot walk are prevented from parking near enough to the places where they want to go, that damages everybody. If the 6 million people to whom the hon. Lady referred had orange badges—

Orders of the Day — Parking Bill ( 7 Jul 1989)

James Arbuthnot: I know that that is not what she suggested, but I am taking her argument to absurd extremes in order to demonstrate that there must be a balance. If all the 6 million had orange badges, the amount of car parking space that was available to those who cannot walk would be limited because of the pressure on space. Those who cannot walk must have an orange badge, but the basis has to be balance.

Orders of the Day — Parking Bill ( 7 Jul 1989)

James Arbuthnot: That would be the right result. I hope that it will happen.

Orders of the Day — Parking Bill ( 7 Jul 1989)

James Arbuthnot: There is a look in your eye, Madam Deputy Speaker, which leads me to believe that I ought to get off orange badges and turn to the question of local authorities. The amendment may lead to a proliferation of signs that would be good for the information of motorists but would be bad if they led to motorists being distracted, particularly if those signs were as prominent as hon. Members have...

Orders of the Day — Parking Bill ( 7 Jul 1989)

James Arbuthnot: Does that mean that once the Bill becomes law, assuming that it does, both on-street parking and off-street parking will be treated in exactly the same way? That would obviously be sensible.

Orders of the Day — Parking Bill ( 7 Jul 1989)

James Arbuthnot: Following the point that my hon. Friend the Member for Spelthorne (Mr. Wilshire) raised, what is the effect of the amendment on local authorities which provide car parks but decide to put them out to private tender? Obviously, we are moving in that direction, which I believe is right. I was once in control of parking in Kensington and Chelsea, as chairman of the works committee. I had to...

Orders of the Day — Parking Bill ( 7 Jul 1989)

James Arbuthnot: I have been listening to my hon. Friend with interest. Has he ever seen anybody reading the byelaws so prominently displayed? They are often in such tiny print; on such large and intimidating boards and written in such total gobbledegook that nobody can read them—certainly not in the open air, with the rain coming down—so how could such boards be read if they were at the entrance to a car...

Citizens' Compensation Bill (Mr. Speaker's Ruling) ( 7 Jul 1989)

James Arbuthnot: Further to that point of order, Mr. Speaker. I too am grateful to you for having spent a good deal of time on considering whether the amendments should be dealt with. I have a great deal of sympathy for the hon. Member for Leigh (Mr. Cunliffe) who says that his Bill has been hijacked. It is now a completely different Bill from the one to which the House gave a Second Reading. In Committee the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Drink-Driving (12 Jun 1989)

James Arbuthnot: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what further plans he has for tackling the problem of drinking and driving.

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Drink-Driving (12 Jun 1989)

James Arbuthnot: Will my hon. Friend confirm that if other insurance companies follow the line recently taken by Pearl Assurance, motorists who insist on continuing to drink before they drive will find that they are likely to face a nasty financial shock, even if they do not kill or disable somebody?

Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance: Manufacturing Investment ( 8 Jun 1989)

James Arbuthnot: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the latest official projection for the growth of manufacturing investment in 1989.

Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance: Manufacturing Investment ( 8 Jun 1989)

James Arbuthnot: Is it not clear that it is the policies of the Government that have created the climate where manufacturing investment, output, profits and productivity are all increasing satisfactorily? Can my right hon. Friend say how long and to what extent that trend is likely to continue?

Redbridge London Borough Council Bill (By Order) ( 6 Jun 1989)

James Arbuthnot: I believe that I am the only Member present this evening who was also present for the entire two hours and 40 minutes of the hon. Gentleman's speech on the City of London (Various Powers) Bill. If he really feels that we should not be debating this matter, the solution lies in his hands. I wonder whether his speech this evening will last as long. The hon. Gentleman expressed concern about...

Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Science: Teachers (Recruitment) ( 6 Jun 1989)

James Arbuthnot: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what progress his Department is making in promoting teaching as a career.

Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Science: Teachers (Recruitment) ( 6 Jun 1989)

James Arbuthnot: Will my hon. Friend confirm that teaching is an extremely important, valuable and good career, but, that while the Government are taking positive steps to encourage people to adopt it others tend to emphasise only the negative aspects? Should they not take note of the words of Walter levers, the incoming president of the National Association of Head Teachers, who said recently that negative...

Oral Answers to Questions — Employment: Jobcentres (16 May 1989)

James Arbuthnot: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have consulted jobcentres in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.


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