Example sentences of "to my hon. [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further to the very unsatisfactory replies that the Minister has given not only to me but , earlier , to my hon. Friends the Members for Glasgow , Pollok ( Mr. Dunnachie ) and for Carrick , Cumnock and Doon Valley ( Mr. Foulkes ) , may I ask whether the Government consider the Indonesian occupation of East Timor to be illegal ? |
| 2 | Therefore , as I have frequently said in letters to Opposition Members and to my hon. Friends , we regard the support of students as the proper duty of the education system , rather than of the social security system , although there are exceptions that we support under the social security system . |
| 3 | I listened carefully to my hon. Friends , and especially my hon. Friend the Member for Sherwood ( Mr. Stewart ) , when they set out their ideas for extending and expanding the work that I have described in the affected areas . |
| 4 | The confusion about the project has been made worse by the Government 's vacillation and indecision , and also by their lack of answers to my hon. Friends about where the finance for the project will come from . |
| 5 | Briefly , I should like to respond to the Secretary of State and to express my thanks to my hon. Friends who have contributed positively to improving the Bill . |
| 6 | In response to my Hon. Friend the Member for Dundee , East , the Minister said that the transitional arrangements will take between six and 16 months . |
| 7 | Mr Hurd : I listened to my hon. Friend 's particularly interesting speech on that theme on Monday , and I commend it to the House . |
| 8 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that helpful and cheering response . |
| 9 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that exceedingly full and comprehensive reply — the type of reply that we have come to expect from this Minister . |
| 10 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his opening remarks , after which perhaps I should be brief in answering his supplementary question . |
| 11 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend . |
| 12 | I can readily confirm to my hon. Friend , to whose long-held interest in education I pay tribute , that we are committed to continuing to fund adult education of all kinds — vocational , leisure , basic education and English as a second language . |
| 13 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his remarks . |
| 14 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend and agree that the measures taken in respect of drift netting will boost salmon interests in Scotland . |
| 15 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his view of the position south of the border . |
| 16 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend . |
| 17 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for drawing that excellent report to my attention . |
| 18 | I am very grateful to my hon. Friend , who has put his finger on the real point . |
| 19 | I shall be happy to talk to my hon. Friend about her constituent 's case . |
| 20 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that example , which I had not previously come across . |
| 21 | We have supplied the answers that the Minister refused to give to my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield , Hillsborough ( Mr. Flannery ) this afternoon . |
| 22 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that good news and for the justifiable concern that he expressed earlier about late payment of debt . |
| 23 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend and I am pleased to be in a position to answer his question . |
| 24 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend . |
| 25 | I am happy to confirm that to my hon. Friend . |
| 26 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend . |
| 27 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend . |
| 28 | Does my right hon. Friend recall the answer that he gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Saffron Walden ( Mr. Haselhurst ) on Tuesday about monetary union ? |
| 29 | I confirm to my hon. Friend that I am not prepared to see our competitiveness lost in that manner . |
| 30 | I am happy to give an undertaking to my hon. Friend that I would be only too delighted to visit his constituency , but I should be grateful if he would release me on Christmas day . |