Example sentences of "member for birmingham " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the long-sitting member for Birmingham Ladywood has a practised ear . |
| 2 | Similarly , Andrew Hargreaves , Member for Birmingham Hall Green , is rightly thought to be very ‘ balanced ’ in his views . |
| 3 | Since 1979 , there has been an increase of 15,000 uniformed officers , whereas their numbers were cut under the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) . |
| 4 | However , the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Small Heath ( Mr. Howell ) , who is supposed to be the shadow spokesman on this subject , suggested that Labour would encourage a greater ministerial role in the Sports Council . |
| 5 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that , in sharp contrast to the open-door policy apparently espoused by the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) and his party , the measures contained in the Asylum Bill will be fair and of great benefit to genuine asylum seekers ? |
| 6 | I can not really add to the answer that I gave the hon. Member for Birmingham , Erdington ( Mr. Corbett ) . |
| 7 | Do not Conservative Members , the Secretary of State and his health team agree with the hon. Member for Birmingham , Edgbaston ( Dame J. Knight ) , who said in a newspaper article that ’ All in all , it was , and is , wrong to breach the principle that a health check within the NHS should be free ’ ? |
| 8 | Indeed , we recently saw that the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) has taken actions to run down the region and its potential . |
| 9 | May I support what my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Selly Oak ( Mr. Beaumont-Dark ) has just said in urging the Government to give serious consideration to the establishment of a Securities and Exchange Commission in Britain . |
| 10 | Being assaulted by the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) on such issues is rather like being attacked by a bread and butter pudding . |
| 11 | This morning , the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) said that he wanted to see more policemen on the beat , yet when he was a member of the last Labour Cabinet he cut the number of policemen and left the police force under strength . |
| 12 | The right hon. Gentleman may recall that prediction by his right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) before the previous election . |
| 13 | Further to the question from my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) , and given the obvious confusion among Ministers about the implications of their electoral promises for the future level of value added tax , can the Leader of the House conjure up the actual figure for value added tax when his Government came to office in June 1979 , and the level now as they go out of office ? |
| 14 | The right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) says that it will be at £36,000 , but the right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) will not tell us and says that he does not think that it is necessary to say so . |
| 15 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Edmonton ( Dr. Twinn ) and , indeed , to the hon. Member for Birmingham , Erdington ( Mr. Corbett ) and all Members of Parliament for their continued interest in the matter . |
| 16 | The right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) , who has left the Chamber , seemed to be aspiring to be the next Home Secretary , but he appears to have forgotten that there is a land frontier between the United Kingdom and another nation . |
| 17 | The hon. Member for Birmingham , Hall Green ( Mr. Hargreaves ) also intervened in the Secretary of State 's speech yesterday , expressing anxiety about the new tax . |
| 18 | Last week , the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) accused me of being unduly alarmist when I referred to the figure of 7 million Russians wanting to leave the Soviet Union . |
| 19 | May I assure the House that my right hon. Friend has their full support and that they are completely opposed to the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) ? |
| 20 | My right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) went through the various clauses in detail and I do not want to add to anything that he has said . |
| 21 | I listened to the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) and it was plain that he did not understand the Bill . |
| 22 | On social policies , our record has been appalling : on that , I agree strongly with the points made by my right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition and by my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Small Heath ( Mr. Howell ) , who has just come into the Chamber , who strongly criticised the Government 's record on social policies . |
| 23 | The right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) is entitled to change his view , as he does from time to time . |
| 24 | We have come to expect that the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) will pour scorn on every idea which does not emanate from himself . |
| 25 | Like the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) , I thought hard and long about why the Government had reversed their decision . |
| 26 | I wish to continue in that uncontroversial strain by referring to one or two opening comments by the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) , who described the Bill as being produced merely to catch headlines and as an illusion of activity . |
| 27 | Because of local opposition and the intervention of my predecessor , Eric Heffer , and my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) , the Home Office was persuaded that it would not be wise to go ahead with that prison . |
| 28 | At that time , our views were expressed eloquently by my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Sparbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) . |
| 29 | I share the view expressed by the hon. Member for Birmingham , Selly Oak ( Mr. Beaumont-Dark ) : it does not matter whether those involved in fraud , the rip-off of investors of the misuse of pension funds belong to any political party , or to no political party . |
| 30 | The right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) has raised that matter with me on other occasions . |