Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, February 9th, 1978 7


FRIDAY IS FULL OF PROBLEMS


A LADY in the consti­ tuency wrote to me the other day and,, among other things, said, “I know MPs like to get away from the House of Commons on Fridays.” She is quite right, of


course, but the word “like” is not perhaps the most appropriate. It is more a matter of sheer necessity, especially if your consti­


from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., as opposed to the norm of 2-30 p.m. to God knows when. My routine on a Friday, and it is typical, is to use some of the time to read and dictate the last of the. week’s post and then make a rush for an afternoon train to Lanca­ shire.


tuency is some distance from London. On Fridays the House sits


the f i r s t in the list is controversial or important, the second and the third get squeezed out and may never see the light of day, leaving behind at least two very frustrated MPs. A Private Member’s Bill


on two factors — what is being debated in the House, and what I am expected to do at the weekend. Most times there is a constituency engagement on a Friday evening so I have to get a train in time for that.


This, however, depends OTHER SIDE At other times there are


speaking engagements and the like elsewhere, prefer­ ably from my point of view, in the North. In my case this month at Crosby, Manches­ ter and Wallasey. Now you may not think much of politi­ cal meetings and say “what i s he d o in g o u t s id e Clitheroe?” Nevertheless it is part of the job, and it would be a very odd MP, indeed, of any party, who confined himself entirely to his own cabbage patch. Which brings me on to


what may happen to be debated in the House on Fridays — the other side of the coin. Unless the Government


Members’ Bills, drawn by ballot. They go in threes, so that there is a queue and, if


s Critics of


‘Victorian attitude’


THE Ramblers’ Association has hit out at the North West Water Authority for its “Victorian attitude” in refusing public access to open moorland which it owns in the Forest of Bowland.


national official of the association, Mr John Treve­ lyan, during a speech in Nelson at the NE Lancs, area branch annual meeting.


The attack came from a He said: “The NWWA is a


public body charged with the duty of making its land available for recreation. The Ramblers’ Association has repeatedly pressed the NWWA for access to their open country in the Forest of Bowland, but they have made no positive response.


Mr Trevelyan said the


ramblers had complained a b o u t “ th is Victorian attitude” to the Minister for Sport and Recreation in August but despite an assur­ ance from him no action had been taken. Mr Trevelyan concluded: “The water authority should act now before attitudes become hardened and militant action becomes inevitable.”


decides to use the time on F r id a y s f o r i t s own m e a su re s , the normal iattem is Private Members’ o t io n s o r P r iv a t e


receive more publicity than Motions, and of late we have had a number of important measures, on company secretaries being qualified, on conditions of employment and, coming up, Cyril Town­ send’s Bill on the exploita­ tion of children for pomog- rap h ic purposes. Now company secretaries are not controversial, employment was, and obviously no one is going to vote for the exploi­ tation of children.


tion to a particular problem. An example of the latter was a Motion on conditions and pay in the Armed Services on which I spoke recently. Bills, naturally enough,


into the hidden mystery of Private Members’ Bills '— the question of Parliamen­ tary time. Because the fate of any one of these Bills depends on how much time the Government, through the Leader of the House, at present Michael Foot, is prepared to allot to it. Attempts to reform the


But, here one runs


law on abortion did last year, because of public pressure, receive more than their ration of time, but still have not been effective.


seeks to change the law in some respect, but may not spend public money, and a Motion seeks to draw atten-


reach the statute book under its own steam as it were, but the actual change in the law envisaged is much more likely to be effected if the Government takes over the essentials and embodies them in a Bill of its own. This will, of course, depend upon the Home Secretary, and so I have written to him accordingly. I hope others will have done the same.


let me make it clear to many who have written to me on the subject, be a vote on the merits of Mr Townsend’s Bill, although the Home Office may have the view that it is not a question of the law being changed, but of the processes of detection being improved.


There will not, therefore,


Bill is the risk that some MPs, influenced by the Government view, will “talk it out,” and the Speaker will not, therefore, accept a closure of the debate. He, of course, is politically impar­ tial, but, more than that, cannot be seen to prefer the m e r i ts of one P riva te Member’s Bill to any other. Each one in the queue,


What does endanger the


even more curious. They may succeed in getting a Second Reading without any debate at all, as is said “on the nod,” because all the debating time will have been occupied in discussion of Mr


and two follow close upon the heels of Mr Townsend on that particular Friday, has his rights. Their fate will, in fact, be


F l o w e r C lu b p a y s t r ib u t e t o f o u n d e r


FLOWER arrangers have been given a new competition trophy in memory of Mrs Jessie Dakin.


Clitheroe Flower Club c h a i rm a n Mr s L i l y


Dewhurst handed over the t r o p h y — a J apanese statuette arranging acces­ sory — at the club’s annual meeting. The competition for which the trophy will be awarded has not been decided.


Mrs Dakin, of Sagar


House, Chur. !. St reet, Clitheroe, who was 65, was an acknowledged expert on handicrafts. In the 15 years up to her death last July, she gave more than 1,000 lectures and demonstra­ tions. She helped form the Clitheroe Flower Club in 1968.


Mrs E. Dean, of Riming-


ton, retired after four years as secretary. Mrs L. Platt is her successor.


we r e : Cha i rman, Mrs Dewhurst; vice-chairman.


Other officers elected


Mrs N. Holmes; treasurer, Mrs K. Marsh.


Mrs B. Downing and Mrs


J. Geddes retired from t.v> c ommi t t e e . The new committee is: Mrs B. Allen, Mrs K. Bond, Mrs E. Bald­ win, Mrs E. Dean, Mrs V.


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D u c k w o r t h , Mr s E. Dewhurst, Mrs M. Heaton, Mrs A. Holden, Mrs B. Pinch, Mrs H. Thomber, Mrs B. Waddington and Mrs A. Wood.


At the meeting it was


agreed to peg the subscrip­ tion at £3.


hot-pot supper made by Mrs G. Grange, served by her a n d m em b e r s . Mr s Dewhurst presented Mrs Grange with a bouquet. The club has arranged two events for February. A demonstration will be given by Derek Bridge on Friday, February 17th and there will be a jumble sale the follow­ ing Friday.


The evening ended with a Cyril Townsend’s Bill may


Westminster Viewpoint by


DAVID WALDER Clitheroe


Division MP


' is called, close on4 p.m., one MP will shout “object,” and that will be the end of that. I f you were about to


Townsend’s Bill. Or, cruel- est fate of all, when the Bill


observe that this is a very odd way to run a country, or rather a Parliament, I would agree with you. A lot of people nowadays are very keen, for a var iety of motives, to reform the elec­ toral system. I am much more concerned with the actual working of Parlia­ ment itself, which is still procedurally hidebound and dominated by the Govern­ ment machine, whichever sort of Government is in power.


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ple of what I mean. What other system of administra­ tion would impose the neces­ sity on its participants of having to neglect one side of their duties in order to perform another? This is a decision which has to be taken almost every Friday.


I will give just one exam­


order to have my say on the vital question of Britain’s entry into the EEC I had to speak at seven o’clock in the morning, having been up all night. How well I dealt with the next day’s problems and duties I cannot remember.


I can never forget that in Just one final observation,


to drive my point home, there is another sort of Private Member’s Bill not dealt- with on Fridays, but during the rest of the week. They are called Ten Minute Rule Bills because that is the time allotted.


Constituents write to me


about them too. It is very difficult to reply and hope to be believed. For the truth is that they hardly ever see the light of day again, however one votes, and everyone in Parliament knows this.


reform the system, but exposure to television, not ju s t radio, would help. Which is why my vote, at least on that subject, may have some effect.


One man can do little to Final year


PRESIDENT of Hurst Green branch of the Royal British Legion, Col A. P. F. Shaw, intimated that this may well be his last year of office, due to his impending retirement from his adminis­ trative post at Stonyhurst College. He made this announce­


ment at the annual meeting of the branch at the Eagle and Child Hotel. After reports by secret­


ary Mr J. Foreman and treasurer Mr S. Armstrong, the following branch offi­ cials were elected: Mr W. Phillips, chairman; Mr E. J. Marsh, secretary; Mr P. Quinn, treasurer. The retiring officers were thanked and it was recorded that


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new chairman, Mr Phillips, urged members to make this a year of progress for the branch.


Beauty of Scotland


SCOTLAND, reputedly a land of mists and six-day licences, was truly “Bonnie Scotland” at its best when portrayed by Mr Harold E c c l e s , p r e s i d e n t of Clitheroe Camera Club, in an illustrated talk to the Probus Club. He was thanked by presi­


dent, Mr Emrys Morgan. P ro j e c t i o n i s t was Mr Charles Walmsley.


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MISS Pauline Storey enter­ t a ined 50 members of Clitheroe YFC, with a talk on sheep dog handling and sheep dog trials. She was thanked by John Hartley and Margaret Ormiston. Martin Bristol took the chair at a business meeting. Senior debate results:


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