Example sentences of "hon. [noun pl] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " 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 However , as my hon. Friends the Members for Ashford ( Mr. Speed ) and for Mid-Kent ( Mr. Rowe ) have strayed into the area of transport , and as the right hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent ( Mr. Foot ) got as far as Yugoslavia , I feel that I , too , can stray a little from the main theme of the debate without attracting too much criticism .
3 The way in which the Government have brought the north and south together was well spelt out by my hon. Friends the Members for Glasgow , Rutherglen ( Mr. McAvoy ) , for Wansbeck ( Mr. Thompson ) and for St. Helens , South ( Mr. Bermingham ) .
4 I commend my hon. Friends the Members for Rugby and Kennilworth ( Mr. Pawsey ) , for Dartford ( Mr. Dunn ) and for Battersea ( Mr. Bowis ) for their overall appraisal of our policy .
5 Our Bills are all of a part with those objectives praised by my hon. Friends the Members for Elmet ( Mr. Batiste ) and for Saffron Walden ( Mr. Haselhurst ) — the drive to get better standards back into our education system , to increase yet further the participation of our young people , and to match the quality of education and training provided by our competitors abroad .
6 My hon. Friends the Members for Spelthorne ( Mr. Wilshire ) and for Nottingham , South ( Mr. Brandon-Bravo ) , among others , welcomed the capping provisions to protect residents of profligate councils .
7 Like my hon. Friends the Members for Harrow , West ( Mr. Hughes ) and for Leeds , North-West , I must now advise the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside that a revaluation would be bad news for Wales .
8 As my hon. Friends the Members for Wyre ( Mr. Mans ) and for Thurrock have said , people expected to be protected by central Government , but we have been told by the Labour party that there will be no limit whatsoever on spending .
9 I am pleased to see so many of my colleagues here , including my hon. Friends the Members for Amber Valley ( Mr. Oppenheim ) , for Derby , North ( Mr. Knight ) and for Derbyshire , West ( Mr. McLoughlin ) and several other colleagues .
10 We have had such contributions from my hon. Friends the Members for Torridge and Devon , West ( Miss Nicholson ) and for Tayside , North ( Mr. Walker ) .
11 We also heard fine contributions from my hon. Friends the Members for Amber Valley ( Mr. Oppenheim ) and for Battersea ( Mr. Bowis ) , who has a quarry of good stories from the London borough of Wandsworth .
12 In a short speech , I shall not attempt to make again the points made so tellingly by others , not least my right hon. Friends the Members for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) , for Shropshire , North ( Mr. Biffen ) , for Cirencester and Tewkesbury ( Mr. Ridley ) , the right hon. Members for Bethnal Green and Stepney ( Mr. Shore ) and for Plymouth , Devonport ( Dr. Owen ) and my hon. Friend the Member for Stafford ( Mr. Cash ) .
13 My hon. Friends the Members for Croydon , North-West and for Ealing , North ( Mr. Greenway ) have referred to a vocational/non-vocational divide within our proposals .
14 By agreeing to their inclusion in the Bill the Secretary of State has responded to the anxieties of my hon. Friends the Members for Cardiff , West ( Mr. Morgan ) and for Cardiff , South and Penarth ( Mr. Michael ) , and of South Glamorgan county council , Cardiff city council and many other bodies .
15 He and my hon. Friends the Members for Pudsey ( Sir G.
16 I support my hon. Friends the Members for Wakefield ( Mr. Hinchliffe ) and for Halifax ( Mrs. Mahon ) in their general comments on the broad area of policy on residential and community care .
17 I congratulate my hon. Friends the Members for Tooting ( Mr. Cox ) and for Newcastle-under-Lyme ( Mrs.
18 The fact that Labour is committed to giving no discounts is — as was said by my hon. Friends the Members for Nottingham , South ( Mr. Brandon-Bravo ) and for Torbay ( Mr. Allason ) — marvellous news from our point of view .
19 I can cover the issue by associating myself wholly with the speeches by my hon. Friends the Members for Saffron Walden ( Mr. Haselhurst ) and for Crawley ( Mr. Soames ) , who said precisely what I think .
20 My hon. Friends the Members for Newham , South ( Mr. Spearing ) and for Newham , North-East ( Mr. Leighton ) have already mentioned the particular problems that we face in our borough .
21 According to my experience — and , I believe , that of my hon. Friends the Members for Aberdeen , North ( Mr. Hughes ) and for Greenock and Port Glasgow ( Dr. Godman ) , and the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan ( Mr. Salmond ) — there is no such thing as anonymity .
22 My right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Defence have spoken in complete unison on this .
23 It reflects the proposals which my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for the Environment , for Scotland and for Wales issued for consultation on 5 November .
24 On the hon. Gentleman 's request for a revenue support grant statement from my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for the Environment and for Wales , the hon. Gentleman is correct in intimating that statements on those matters are necessary , and I hope that they will be made very soon — I hope next week .
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