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8 Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, October 11th, 1979 but no time for ‘loafing


WHEN the House rose for the summer recess I did not rush to-admit to my constituents that


I would be “on holiday” until mid-October. * On and off I have been


at this job for a fair number of years and have learned that politics is not the most popular of profes­ sions and tedious explana­ tions that summer recesses are not all beer and skittles tend to fall on deaf ears.


Few appreciate (or if


they do* they hug it to themselves as a dark sec­ ret) that, for a departmen­ tal Minister, the recess may mean no more than a pleasant change from a 16 to an eight-hour day. ,


More important, it gives


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a chance to the member to collect his thoughts and plan for the future in a way he cannot when there have to be constant attendances in the House and much mugging up of fa c ts , figures and party polemics in preparation for the next day’s Parliamentary “pun- ch-up.”


Not so very long ago the


strain imposed on mem­ bers of a Government was very much less severe than it is today, simply because Governments did not try to do all the things which gov-


"vj by Clitheroe * Division MP David


'formidable problems con­ f ro n t . MPs a t th e s e surgeries. Back in my Nelson and


... Waldington QC


Colne days, an old age pen­ sioner asked me if I would sweep her chimney, and, having a majority of 1 77,1 think I only turned away from doing so because' there, was a long queue o f , other customers waiting to be seen with, no doubt, e v en -m o re p r e s s in g demands. In the Clitheroe Division


I have peered at defective drains, disputed electricity bills, interceded on behalf of immigrants, rescued child allowance books from Newcastle, I have also had itched battles with the o r th W e s t W a t e r


ernments today seem to ' think that it is incumbent upon them to do. The sys­ tem then catered for the need of Government to get on with governing without the constant pressures of the Parliamentary day. - The Parliamentary ses­ sion began in January and


“statute books scores of almost entirely incom­ prehensible bills. I recall th a t the Labour -Lord Chancellor of the day said that, even he could , not


■understand the Land Com­ mission Act of '1967. But I must come back to


. ended in time for the open­ ing of the grouse season. I dare to suggest that, • although we now sit for so many more months of the year, there is precious lit­ tle evidence that we are any better governed. Certainly what a long


session does is give the Government of the day ample time to put on the


the recess or “holiday” to which I was referring,


■ because even for the back­ bencher it is far more a chance to catch up on what has to be done in the con­ stituency than a time for loafing. There are always meet­


ings to be addressed, fac­ tories, hospitals and farms to be visited, surgeries to be held. And some pretty


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Authority and various o th e r p a r t s of th e apparatus of Government and mis-government with which the citizen has - to become involved. It is of the nature of things that, as often as not I have achieved nothing. But the odd success gives great cheer. This is the conference


season and I am off to Blackpool. I hope that it is not going to be a victory celebration, but a time for sober reflection on the immensity of the problems facing the country and the awesome responsibilities borne by our leaders. Certainly if the) Tories


are wise they will not; spend time gloating over tne civil. )var which has


broken out in the Labour Party and the grab for power by the extreme Left. : Instead we should ponder the fact that if, ^ in


• our two-party system/one ; party . is close to ^abandon­ ing its commitment to Parr liamentary democracy,: it may appear to be good news electorally for the Tories but it must be very bad news for the country.


* ’ B la ck p o o l , will, of course, be an occasion for members of the Govern­ ment to explain the mea­ sures in the fields of hous­ ing, local government, immigration, law and order, education and industry; which are to be put before the House this


■ autumn. .We will also be waiting anxiously for Lord Carrington’s report on the London talks on the future of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia


‘ and praying for a success­ ful outcome and peace1 in that unfortunate country. I am going there in the next week or two after a visit to Malawi and I hope I shall have something inter­ esting to report on my return. F in a l ly I s-hall, in


November, be taking part in a sponsored Parliamen­ ta ry swim in- aid of ASfi.AH (Association for Spina Bifida and Hyd­ rocephalus). I am assured that almost


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fair on Saturday. Stalls were laden with gifts they had made ana trade was brisk. Thefairwas


. Methodist minister the Rev. Graham Vickers


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■ was chairman. There were gift, fancy


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meet the little lavender lady, Sunday School


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AFTER being cleared „of driving a car without due care and attention, a Gis-r burn farmer was fined £10 for failing to maintain the vehicle’s w in d s c re en ,


washers. John Joseph Crosier


(47), of Painley Farm, was alleged to have dazzled a police car driver with his headlights, while driving on the Clitheroe - Whalley


by-pass. The ^policeman, PC


Garth; R'outh; told the magistrates he was “pet­ rified”’ as Crosier’s car approached •


• and i overtook:


another car, moying'on'to' “hatchmarkings” at the Chatburn junction: \


—But Mr Bill Greenwood (defending) described the o f f i c e r ’s evidence as exaggerated. Chief. Insp. Tom Sumner


said that after the incident* the officer turned : round and drove. after - Crosier. During ah inspection of the car the windscreen washer


.offence came to Tight. Crosier . told , the magis­ trates he had run out of •water that afternoon. ‘


. MORE than £170 was r a i s e d fo r lo c a l ch a ri ti es wh e n Clitheroe Inner Wheel Club held a tea and cakes afternoon fol­ lowed by. a coffee even- ing, at the home of past president Mrs Margaret Norris. , Various s ta l ls , a


tombola and a bring- , and-buy were patron-


: ised by the 150 mem-' -: bers and visitors who attended the function a t P a rk A v e n u e , Clitheroe. Our picture shows,


■ from the left, stand­ ing: Mrs E. Rushton, . Mrs M. -Saddler, Mrs;. E . D ixon ,’ Mrs’ E .


y Cook, Mrs M. Spensiey' ■ (secretary) and Mrs M.-


' Maw; seated: .Mrs A . . T W h i t tak e r ,' M r s 'E . ' Lofthouse (president) and Mrs Norris.


'Appeal -an


- AN ;• appeal: ,for pre-1930 postcards and any amount


- of .used postage stamps has been launched by the


A p p o in tm en ts


: MAYOR of the Ribble Val­ ley; Coun. Jimmy- Fell


■ (Whalley) and-fellow.coun-: cillor John Walmsley (Waddington) have' jbeen jointed1 to Lancashire Education DistrictThree’s 'Liaison-Committee:'V■


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Places on course


THERE are places still


• available for a course of lectures on, “The interac­ tion of philosophy and soci­ ety” currently being given by Canon G. Williams at Sty Augustine’s RC school, Bilfington, on Tuesday evenings at 7-30 p.m.v The course, run by the


W o rk e r s ' . E d u ca t io n Association, spans 10 weeks. The first two clas­ ses have already been held so students-joining now. wilt pay- a reduced fee: ■** : ■ • f


. I , . - W . , ’ Peep show


RIBBLESDALE Camera Club’ is p re s en t in g ' a prog ramme e n t i t l e d “Nature’s Peep Show” in th e : Club Room, Ribble Lane,. Chatburn, next Tuesday, at 7-30; p.m.. -■


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