Mr Neville Sandelson: I hope that the hon. Member for Faversham (Mr. Moate) to whose views we all listen with respect in a debate on Europe, will forgive me if I do not take up his arguments. I could be tempted to speak on some of the wider issues and problems that face Europe. We have heard about some of the anxieties felt by pro-Europeans and those who have not been in favour in the past of this country going...
Mr Neville Sandelson: I take the view that it is, unfortunately, an ongoing problem. It would be highly optimistic to suppose that it is capable of an immediate political solution. I have already indicated that membership of the EEC on the part of Greece, and even on the part of both the antagonists in the Cyprus affair, might ease the path towards a peaceful solution in Cyprus. I do not believe in the likelihood...
Mr Neville Sandelson: Rubbish.
Mr Neville Sandelson: I did not refer to anything at all that the hon. Gentleman said. In fact, I was agreeing with what he was saying.
Mr Neville Sandelson: My hon. Friend is aware of my interest in this matter. Can he say to what extent young people in the Province have been psychologically affected and, in particular, how their educational progress has been affected by terrorism and civil disturbance?
Mr Neville Sandelson: Will my hon. Friend say what policy he has in terms of those areas of trouble such as Belfast and Derry where a good deal of the terrorism is concentrated and where a great amount of housing is derelict or near-derelict, and whether it might not greatly assist the police in their detection, powers of arrest and in bringing these people to trial if much of that housing were demolished and more...
Mr Neville Sandelson: Is my hon. Friend aware that most decent Members of the House on both sides strongly deprecate the community slander contained in the question of the hon. Member for Gains-borough (Mr. Kimball) and that it is deeply resented by all decent people in the House—[HON. MEMBERS: "Question."] That is a question. Will my hon. Friend confirm it?
Mr Neville Sandelson: Will my right hon. Friend provide an early opportunity for a debate on the Blennerhassett Report on drinking and driving?
Mr Neville Sandelson: asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the latest estimate of defence sales arising from exports in the calendar year 1976; what types of defence equipment are being sold; which areas are likely to benefit; and what is the estimate of the employment involved
Mr Neville Sandelson: I welcome that information, but will the Secretary of State explain the Government's policy on the acceptance and implementation of foreign orders for military equipment designed and capable of use only for defensive purposes?
Mr Neville Sandelson: My right hon. Friend has indicated that there has been some weakening of the evidence of identification as regards Davis. Does that mean that there has been some new evidence which has influenced his decision? In that event, would it not be right that Davis himself should have a right of appeal to the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division?
Mr Neville Sandelson: I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent, South (Mr. Ashley) for allowing me a brief intervention. I congratulate him on having initiated this debate, and I thank him for his reference to myself. Concern on this issue is widespread, not least in the borough of Hillingdon, of which my constituency of Hayes and Harlington is a part. In my view, the Law Society has adopted...
Mr Neville Sandelson: Just for the record, does the hon. Member also agree that discrimination in promotion opportunities and in promotion itself is a very significant aspect of our industrial life?
Mr Neville Sandelson: Would the right hon. Gentleman give way to me for a moment? He could greatly assist the House by some simple clarification of his aim. Does he seek to impose upon the unions a system of postal ballots or is he simply advising that the Government should make finance available for such unions as might decide through their normal executive decisions to take advantage of such Government finance...
Mr Neville Sandelson: My right hon. Friend has quoted Hazlitt on moderation. There is not one of us who does not see in my right hon. Friend a very considerable democrat. Would he like to give us his views on extremism and what he would define as an extremist?
Mr Neville Sandelson: asked the Prime Minister if he will place in the Library a copy of his public speech at Poplar on Monday 19th May on pay negotiations.
Mr Neville Sandelson: Is the Prime Minister aware that he said—and I quote—[Interruption.] I withdraw the personal quotation. The Prime Minister said that the big battalions should show restraint in the use of their industrial muscle during this period of unparalleled economic difficulty. Will he now say something about the vexed question of differentials, the solution of which would go some way to relieving...
Mr Neville Sandelson: An important point was raised by the hon. and learned Gentleman but the reply he has received is not yet adequate. Surely the hon. Gentleman appreciates that with standardisation of equipment as between the NATO partners some countries will lose out on some contracts. Clearly, this will affect the production of a particular piece of equipment in British plant. Will the hon. Gentleman...
Mr Neville Sandelson: The hon. Gentleman has made a point of some significance, but does he not accept that we are debating hare coursing legislation, which must, by obvious implication on the part of those who support this legislation, amount to opposition to the coursing of hares of any kind? Speaking for myself, I am opposed to coursing whether it involves the blue hare, the Irish hare or any other kind of...
Mr Neville Sandelson: Shall we put it to the test?
