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Sayeed, JonathanScott, Rt Hon Nicholas
Shepherd, Colin (Hereford)
Shore, Rt Hon Peter
Sillars, Jim
Skeet, Sir Trevor
Skinner, Dennis
Speller, Tony
Spicer, Michael (S Worcs)
Stewart, Andy (Sherwood)
Stokes, Sir John
Stradling Thomas, Sir John
Summerson, Hugo
Taylor, Mrs Ann (Dewsbury)
Temple-Morris, Peter
Thompson, D. (Calder Valley)
Thornton, Malcolm
Thurnham, Peter
Walker, Bill (T'side North)
Wallace, James
Waller, Gary
Wardell, Gareth (Gower)
Wareing, Robert N.
Wheeler, Sir John
Widdecombe, Ann
Williams, Rt Hon Alan
Williams, Alan W. (Carm'then)
Winterton, Nicholas
Wise, Mrs Audrey
Wolfson, Mark
Wood, Timothy
Woodcock, Dr. Mike
Young, David (Bolton SE)
Young, Sir George (Acton)
Tellers for the Noes :
Mr. John M. Taylor and
Mr. David Lightbown.
Question accordingly negatived.
Several Hon. Members : On a point of order, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker : Order. I shall take one point of order from the hon. Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (Mr. Rowlands).
Mr. Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney) : On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. As this was the first time that that question was put to the House since the television cameras were introduced, if it had been carried, would the television cameras have been shut off? Would the cameras be strangers?
Mr. Speaker : If that had occurred, I confirm that that would have been the case--the cameras would be shut off.
Several Hon. Members rose --
Mr. Speaker : Order. I am not taking any more points of order. I now call Mr. David Alton to present his petition.
Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) rose --
Mr. Speaker : Order. I will not take the hon. Gentleman's point of order.
Mr. Skinner : I am moving the writ for Upper Bann.
Mr. Speaker : I order the hon. Gentleman to resume his seat.
Mr. Skinner : According to "Erskine May"--
Mr. Speaker : I have already asked the hon. Gentleman to resume his seat. I call Mr. David Alton.
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PETITION
Local Government Finance
1.25 pm
Mr. David Alton (Liverpool, Mossley Hill) : At the end of this 23- hour marathon session of the House I am pleased to have the opportunity to present a petition that has been collected by my constituents in the Wavertree, Edge Hill and Smithtown areas of the city of Liverpool.
I could mention many of the streets included in the petition, but I am sure that the House would not wish to be detained. [Hon. Members :-- No. Name them."] Many hundreds of people in those areas have asked me to present the petition on their behalf detailing their concern about the implementation of the community charge, the poll tax. I am sure that the House would wish to hear the terms of reference of the petition. It reads, in the time-honoured way :
"To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled.
The humble petition of the residents of Smithtown ward in Liverpool showeth that this community rejects the poll tax as a unfair law and notes that many people in this community will face grave difficulty in paying the charge.
Wherefore your Petitioners pray that your Honourable House will replace the community charge with a fair and equitable means of local government finance that truly reflects a persons ability to pay. And your petitioners in duty bound will ever pray."
I should like to take this opportunity--
Mr. Speaker : Order. The hon. Gentleman may not make a speech about it. He must present his petition.
Mr. Alton : I believe that it is normal for one or two sentences to be said--
Mr. Speaker : Prior to reading what the hon. Gentleman has just read out.
Mr. Alton : I should like to take the opportunity to congratulate the organiser of the petition, Mr. Peter McGrath. Responsible opposition of this sort highlights the acute anxieties that many people in under privileged parts of the country, such as the community that I have represented for 18 years in Liverpool--
Mr. Speaker : Order. The rule is that the hon. Gentleman should make any preparatory remarks before he reads out the petition. He has read it out. Will he please put it in the bag?
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Gynaecology (Privacy)
1.28 pm
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.-- [Mr. Dorell.]
Miss Emma Nicholson (Torridge and Devon, West) rose --
Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) : I have got the writ here for Upper Bann.
Miss Nicholson : The purpose of the debate is to restore to women the dignity and privacy on gynaecological matters that the new-- [Interruption.]
Mr. Allan Rogers (Rhondda) : The hon. Member for Liverpool, Mossley Hill (Mr. Alton) has not presented his petition.
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Mr. Speaker : Order. I call on the hon. Gentleman to put his petition in the bag. Miss Nicholson.
Miss Nicholson : The purpose of the debate is to restore to women the dignity and privacy that the new GPs' contract has inadvertently removed.
Several Hon. Members : On a point of order, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker : Order. We are in the middle of the Adjournment debate.
Several Hon. Members rose --
Mr. Speaker : Order. Hon. Members should sit down, as we are in the middle of the Adjournment debate-- [Interruption.]
Grave disorder having arisen in the House, Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No. 26 (Power of Mr. Speaker to adjourn House or suspend sitting), adjourned the House without Question put. Adjourned at Twenty- nine minutes past one pm.
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