Mr Arthur Tiley: It is in these days. Leeds is near Bradford, and I have always thought that Leeds was a nice place to come from. Has the hon. Gentleman something to say?
Mr Arthur Tiley: As a Bradfordian, I envy many of the things possessed by Leeds. It has a famous university, it has a fine sports ground, it has a Customs and Excise office which we think should belong to Bradford. It also has our Lord Mayor's chain of office, which was removed from the Lord Mayor's car on one occasion when he was visiting Leeds. I can think of no reason why facilities for turning Leeds...
Mr Arthur Tiley: I understand that in no part of the country does there exist an organisation attached to a municipal authority which understands the service which is necessary. [Laughter.] Hon. Members opposite may laugh, but it does not disturb me. This is a job which requires understanding and ability. One has to provide alteration hands, for example. Furthermore, one of the big difficulties in supplying...
Mr Arthur Tiley: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of cases reported to the police to the last convenient date, of motor vehicles still under hire-purchase agreements having been illegally sold by the hirers.
Mr Arthur Tiley: Whilst thanking my right hon. and gallant Friend for that answer, may I ask, in view of the serious consequences of this type of larceny—not to the hire-purchase companies, but to the car purchasers—whether he will consider, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, an alteration of the registration book—the "log book," as it is called —to stop this type of trickery?
Mr Arthur Tiley: I shall ask for the customary courtesy of the House whilst I make this effort to overcome the traditional hurdle of a maiden speech. Over the past few weeks I have felt that words delivered in this Chamber are really not speeches at all until we read the OFFICIAL REPORT next morning, and that we merely chat to each other across the Floor. Some chats are long and others are longer, but I shall...
