Example sentences of "hon. [noun] had " in BNC.

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1 The hon. Lady had the advantage of slipping out for an hour , when no doubt she managed to get hold of that news .
2 When I asked whether the hon. Lady had the leave of the House to speak again , there was no objection .
3 Bearing in mind the need to keep the business rate down , has my hon. Friend had time to glance at a pamphlet entitled ’ The Citizens ' Charter ’ , written in 1921 by one Herbert Morrison , then secretary of the London Labour party , which states that the best way to improve local services is to increase competition ?
4 Has my right hon. Friend had time to see the OECD report on unsatisfactory unemployment levels in France and the clear evidence that its minimum wage policy has served to make unemployment worse ?
5 As my hon. Friend would expect , my right hon. Friend had considerable success in his negotiations with Commissioner Millan , who agreed in principle to help to fund those two crucially important infrastructure developments .
6 Has my right hon. Friend had time to notice this week substantial orders from abroad for British Aerospace , Rolls-Royce and Govan Shipbuilders ?
7 Has my right hon. Friend had time to consider the tax implications of an extra £35 billion of spending pledges ?
8 Has my right hon. Friend had a chance yet to read the excellent report submitted to him by the chief constable of Northumbria about the problem of constant reoffending on bail ?
9 Has my right hon. Friend had an opportunity to look at the study in The Financial Times on 6 January which pointed to the fact that the northern region has very much benefited from the economic restructuring of the 1980s and is now coming out of recession faster than any other part of the country , due to the success of the regeneration programmes that the Government have put in place in the region ?
10 Has my right hon. Friend had a chance to reflect on the excellent report produced by Professor Glennerster and published by the King 's Fund , which shows that fund-holding practices are more effective and efficient in delivering health care to patients , and that they use their resources much better ?
11 Has my right hon. Friend had the opportunity to read the scandalously deceitful national health service trust ballot which was put through my constituents ' letter boxes by Labour-controlled Harlow council — at an expense to the charge payers of £25,000 ?
12 Has my right hon. Friend had a chance to study the statement by the Bundesbank that Germany is now in recession and that it blames the fall in output in Germany on the world recession ?
13 Has my right hon. Friend had the chance to study the document entitled ’ The Citizen 's Charter ’ , which was written in 1921 by Herbert Morrison , then secretary of the London Labour party ?
14 Has my right hon. Friend had time to study the reaction of the CBI to the proposal for a national minimum wage ?
15 Has my right hon. Friend had time to study the important report on occupational pensions by the Select Committee on Social Services ?
16 My hon. Friend had it in a nutshell .
17 Has my right hon. Friend had a chance to look at the Order Paper recently ?
18 I think that my hon. Friend had difficulty with the phrase because of the girations of Labour policy on so many issues .
19 Is it not a fact that everyone in the Home Office associated with this case has been properly advised by qualified lawyers , that the facts that my right hon. Friend had produced to the House today are not in dispute and that the issue is one of constitutional importance only ?
20 My hon. Friend had two criticisms of the way in which the programme was put into effect .
21 Has my right hon. Friend had a chance to read early-day motion 316 , which stands in my name and is supported by about 40 right hon. and hon. Members ?
22 Mr. Grist : The Hon. Gentleman had better prove that it is not clean and fit to drink .
23 The Hon. Gentleman had better address his mind to that difference .
24 If the right hon. Gentleman had paid more attention to the CBI yesterday , he would have heard the director general say that since the crash of October 1987 , real take-home pay is up by 11 per cent. , manufacturing productivity is up by 20 per cent .
25 I suspect that the hon. Gentleman had framed his supplementary before hearing my answer to his question , in which I made it clear that the number of nurses who were employed during that period was far greater than the number who qualified .
26 I am not precisely sure that I know what the right hon. Gentleman had in mind on sentencing policy , but I am happy to engage in exchanges outside .
27 It might have helped if the hon. Gentleman had given people a better example in that respect .
28 If the hon. Gentleman had his way and we had an independent Scotland , we would have four votes instead of 10 and our influence in being able to fight for the interests of Scotland 's farmers would be less .
29 If the hon. Gentleman had listened carefully to my reply , he would have realised what rubbish his supplementary was .
30 If the right hon. Gentleman had done his homework — rather unusually — better than he has , he would know , first , that the change in the 16-week rule was introduced after lengthy consultations with building societies and , secondly , that at the time , they said that there was no reason for people to lose their homes because of that reduction ; nor have they .
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