Example sentences of "the member for [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 He was elected MP for Malmesbury in 1529 , and again in 1547 , and may well have served in intervening Parliaments for which the names of the members for Malmesbury are unknown .
2 He and my hon. Friends the Members for Pudsey ( Sir G.
3 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 .
4 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 .
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 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 ?
10 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 ) .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 I congratulate my hon. Friends the Members for Tooting ( Mr. Cox ) and for Newcastle-under-Lyme ( Mrs.
16 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 .
17 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 ) .
18 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 .
19 In 1841 he was returned unopposed for the borough , a year before becoming one of the members for Dublin University .
20 We have had such contributions from my hon. Friends the Members for Torridge and Devon , West ( Miss Nicholson ) and for Tayside , North ( Mr. Walker ) .
21 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 .
22 What my hon. Friend the Member for Gordon ( Mr. Bruce ) said was entirely consistent with that .
23 The Minister should clarify the important point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Gordon ( Mr. Bruce ) .
24 My hon. Friend the Member for Ashford ( Mr. Speed ) , the hon. Member for St. Helens , South ( Mr. Bermingham ) and my hon. Friend the Member for Mid-Kent ( Mr. Rowe ) touched on aspects of British Rail to which I was tempted to respond .
25 My hon. Friend the Member for Mid-Kent ( Mr. Rowe ) justifiably praised British Gas and British Telecom for elements of their services which are now very good .
26 As it so happens , on Thursday I had the opportunity to visit Derby , together with the Under-Secretary of State for Transport , my hon. Friend the Member for Derbyshire , West ( Mr. McLoughlin ) , whose constituency is there .
27 There are virtually no traffic wardens , school patrols are entirely haphazard activities , and in many parts of the county rural policing has disappeared — it is non-existent in many parts , especially in the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Derbyshire , West and in my own constituency .
28 He has also had correspondence with my hon. Friend the Member for Derbyshire , West ( Mr. McLoughlin ) , the Minister for Shipping and Public Transport at the Department .
29 I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff , North ( Mr. Jones ) .
30 The Minister will be aware of the valuable contribution that is made by members of the Somali community in this country and of the tremendous work that is done on their behalf by my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff , South and Penarth ( Mr. Michael ) .
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