Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, July 17th, 1980 7
The pros and cons of being a Whip
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I HAVE now been a Government Whip for over - a year, and 1 am near to bursting with undelivered speeches. Standing up in the House _ and saying: “Mr Speaker, Sir, I- beg to m ove” or “Aye,” Sir”> is no way to let o f f political steam, and even pre venting other people from speaking by moving the closure is n :0 t .. a 1 1 t h a t stimulating.
cannot speak because there is no subject raised in debate which is not within the Departmental responsibility or a Depart mental Minister. It is for the Departmental Minis ter to put the (Govern ment case, not for a Whip who might perhaps saddle his colleague with embar rassing commitments.
Government Whips
Lucy Whit- Margaret
idon Dixon; -sy.
isa Beattie; der; senior Blackwell;
1s — Mar- — Lindon — Anne sell Pinder; toria Jones;
— Gareth-
not mean that a consti tuency with a Whip as its Member is likely to be given an inferior service. The reverse should be the case because of the ease with which a Member of the Government can take up a matter with another Minister.
This, of course, does
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A LOCAL misconception is that I am still working and earning a second income as a barrister. Let me make it clear that I see nothing wrong in Members of Parliament having other jobs pro vided, of course, they do not let the other work interfere with their Par liamentary duties.
• suggests that John Gold ing, who is a paid official of the Post Office En gineering Union, is other than a highly conscienti ous M.P. and does, not speak with great authori ty on Union affairs be cause of the office that he holds.
Nobody, for instance,
that a barrister who has not practised for 20 years is going to make a more useful contribution to a debate on legal affairs
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Westminster Viewpoint by DAVID ’
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WADDINGTON QC
Clitheroe Division MP
than one who is in court almost every week.
that from the day I was appointed a Whip, in May 1979, I have not been per mitted, to practise or sit as a Recorder of the Crown Court. .
The fact, however, is
salaries ana I am .sure that the Government is absolutely right to reject the Boyle recommenda tions and ask the Com mons to approve an in crease for 1979-80 of 9.6 per cent.
This brings me to MPs’
NOT very - long ago Dr Vaughan, the Minister for Health, visited Blackburn to launch the “Organ Donor” campaign: and used the occasion to;-give new heart to those* who have long fought to see Accrington Victoria sur vive as a general hospital. This is a case where
, sion was called in the Commons ^ and the - Mes senger, whose, job-it was to convey ■
■in the Lords was fascinat ing, with the Lord Cham cellor,, at his most elo quent; successful in per suading., the Peers not to follow the advice of those who feel that Jim Prior has not- gone far enough to deal with secondary blacking. - The present position is
ped.up on the job.: Incidentally, the debate
Conservative and Labour M. P.s have worked to gether to achieve some thing really worthwhile, and it really is not always the . case that party poli tics prevent joint action. A few years ago Burn
dent that although there will be, a free vote in the House, the Government’s proposals will be ac cepted. Perhaps others in the public sector will not follow the example which Mrs Thatcher is trying to set, but that it was her duty to give a lead I have no doubt whatsoever.
'I am also fairly confi
can expect other sections of the community to show restraint in their wage claims (it is essential that they should if we are going to conquer inflation and get the economy right) unless we ourselves show some restraint.
I cannot see how we
Michael Foot received a pretty nasty post bag the other week after; attack-, ing Mrs Thatcher' for not snapping up 14.6 per cent which was the Boyle figure. I find it hard to believe that his example will be followed by many members of the Labour Party when we have the debate.
I would like,' to bet that
obviously intolerable. Ac cording to the House of Lords’ decision in the case of McShane, the last Gov ernment’s Trade Union Act has legalised virtually all secondary action no matte r
ley MP Dan Jones and I often supported each other at meetings of the N. E. Lancashire Develop ment Association and achieved results. It is a great pity when meetings of such organisations are used as opportunities to deliver political diatribes. There are plenty of
other opportunities avail able to exercise one’s lungs and get rid of a bit of spleen. I was distres sed to learn that the other d ay a m e e t i n g of N.E.L.D.A. was used as an opportunity to launch a rather silly attack on the Prime Minister. Locally at least let us try to find common ground. LAST week, we Whips were dismayed to see a dramatic fall in the Gov ernment majority in a vote during the course of the Report "Stage of the Local Government and Planning Bill. Was the Tory Party in rebellion or Michael Heseltine’s plans for changes in the arrangements for local government finance in. ruins? Not on your life.
me that we should now go to the opposite extreme and ban all sympathetic action, even that which was customary long before the Labour Act. It is, as always, a question of striking (forgive the word) a balance and trying to put on the Sta tute Book an Act which will''be generally accepted as just and reasonable, not only by a majority of the people of the country as a whole, but by the great majority of trade union ists as well. IT now looks as if the House will be sitting in the first week of August. This is because we are determined to put certain Bills on the Statute Book before the summer recess. Top of the list is the
brained, no matter how remote from the strike in question. But it is not obvious to
•a.tense debate on the Em ployment’'Bill and- secon dary blacking when a divi-
in the Lords was packed with-Members listening, to
The Commons., gallery the news, slip
Advice available to small firms
A COUNSELLOR will be in Glitheroe on August 21st to give advice to aspiring businessmen.
BRIDGE how hair -CLUB—1
TWELVE tables were in play in the duplicate game at Clitheroe Bridge Club.
W. L. Wilkinson and Mr R. Atkinson, Mr A. Wool- lin and' Mrs .Martindale. EW Mr and Mrs Sheldon, Mrs Mercer and Mrs Gil-
Winners were; NS Mr
petently bid to a small seam in diamonds against me by Mrs J. Haworth and Mrs Wilkinson, using the following bidding se
quence.
librand. The following hand was com
counsellor for the “Small firms service,” which is sponsored by the Depart ment of Industry, will be visiting the Employment Exchange, Lowergate, from 10 a.m.' to 4 p.m. to give free advice to anyone in businesk
Mr Michael Howe, a
only to people in the retail and manufacturing trades, but also to those thinking of setting up in business. .
The advice is open not
to discuss any problems and offer advice. The first session is free and should a person want further ap pointments, a charge of £10 for the first ana £20 for further ones will be made. . Said Mr Howe: “The
Mr Howe will be ready
WHALLEY came smartly to the rescue of its Church Players, who were £220 in debt after staging “A Mid s umme r N i g h t ’ s Dream”. The Shakespeare
Red card likely for Ladies FC
produc t ion was a great success and well a t ten d ed , but ex penses were greater than expected. “We had to work
“ Within a week we arranged the jumble sale and are grateful that people in the vil lage supported us so / well. They appreci ated the play and re gretted that it showed a loss.” Pictured are some
fast,” said one of the committee members.
commodates pitches for cricket, hockey, rugby and football, is owned by the Ribble Valley Council, which' is considering leas ing it to Ribblesdale Park, a newly-formed sporting club. The organisations
CLITHEROE Ladies’ the red card from their The land, which ac
FC look set to be given pitch at Littlemoor.
Daniel is a winner
of the helpers looking over the articles for sale. Over 100 custom ers queued in readi ness for the opening / and a clearance was quickly made. The takings were
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Housing Bill giving coun cil house tenants the right to buy at a discount on the purchase price. The Bill does not come back to the Commons from the Lords until about August 4th. We then, before Royal Assent, have to deal with any Lords amendments. But we cer tainly do now need a holi day. Too many late nights strain tempers. ,
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with the favourable lie of the diamond ring
W.L.W. Thirteen tricks were made
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small firms service gives impartial and helpful advice and information and everything is entirely confidential and passed on to no-one.” Anyone wishing to book
£201 and the organis ers are confident that a f t e r their coffee evening on September 2nd they will be well and truly back in the black.
Donation
an appointment with Mr Howe should either phone Mrs Janie Mitchell, man ageress of the Employ ment Office, Clitheroe (tel. 22564), Freefone 6005, or- turn up on the day. The small firms service
CLITHEROE Hospital has received a donation of £49.45 in memory of Mr H. McAllister. The gift, from family and friends, was in lieu of flowers at the funeral.
started in 1978 as a “sign post” service telling people the place to go for relevant information, but because more than just in formation was wanted, the service started giving advice in 1978.
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TODAY and tomorrow, Derrick Green, Railway View, will be open from 6 to 7 p.m. Sunday: Boots, Castle Street, 12 noon to 1 p.m. Monday to Friday, 6 to 7 p.m..
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Ribblesdale Wanderers CC, Clitheroe RUFC and West Bradford Ladies’ Hockey Club — wanted separate leases for the pitches, but following their amalgamation de cided that a joint agree ment would be better. The footballing ladies
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ation and Leisure Com mittee has agreed to enter into negotiation for the joint lease. Wilpshire member
play on an adjoining field and are reluctant to move to an alternative home at Roefield. But the council’s Recre
A SLAIDBURN couple’s pride and joy, their 53- year-old ste amroller “Daniel,” won a major prize at a steam rally at' Haydock Park racecourse at the weekend. “Daniel” is an Aveling
and Porter 10-ton single cylinder roller built at the Rochester works in 1927. Its owners, David and
Jean McNamee, of The Hollins, Stocks, Slaid- burn, won the trophy for the best steam roller at the rally, organised by the Lancashire Traction Engine Club. Mr and Mrs McNamee
Coun. Fred Green sym pathised with the ladies, but said the joining of three clubs was far more important. ' Coun. Brian Braith-
waite (Clitheroe) re marked that a walk down Edi s ford ' Road to Roefield, where there was good changing accommo dation, would keep the ladies fit.
Chief Planning Officer Mr Peter Nock said a solution for the ladies might be to come to some agreement at Littlemoor with. Rib blesdale Park, if a joint lease is agreed.
Afterwards, Deputy ,
A SPECIAL, distinction; with 90. marks, was gained by Katie White in the Poetry Society’s adv anced Shakespeare exami nation held in Clitheroe on Thursday. Honours were gained
by Sarah Hamilton with 88 marks and Janet Gel- dard reached honours in the adult silver Shakes peare section, with 86 nicirks All attend Greta Wil
were (H — honours, C — credit):
kinson’s School of Speech and Drama. Verse speaking awards
Roland Sinker (C), Cat- hryn Leeming. Advanced: Karen Worswick (C), Kirsty Speak (C). Silver: Nicola Hatch (H), Emma White (H). Introductory: Gemma Platt (H), Julie Files (C), Michelle Craig (H). Intermediate certifi
Elizabeth Nuttall (C), Chloe Sinker (C), Peter Brooks. Silver: Jeanne Moulds (C), Rachel Tin dall (C), Janet Brooks (C), Charlotte White (C), Sarah Hyde (C), Georgina Wordsworth. J u n io r certificate:
Primary certificate: k >jgs«s>;rr
Johnstone (C). Preliminary Shakes
peare: Sarah Nuttall (C), Jill Mason.
and their young daughter Jane, moved to Slaidburn from Worsley, Manches ter, last year, when Mr McNamee was appointed country warden to the North West Water Au thority. His “beat” extends 40.
miles across country from Slaidburn to within four miles'of Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire. ■ The.' runner-up trophy
THANK YOU
A BIG thank you from members of the Clitheroe Parish Church Restora tion Appeal Committee has been given to people in shops, businesses and building-societies who have displayed collection boxes for the fund. Chairman of the appeal,
in the steam roller section was won by Mr Rufus Carr,, of Rimington, with his Wallis and Steevens “Advance” six-ton twin- cylinder roller. This machine was built in Basingstoke in 1923 .and restored , to rally condition seven years ago. .;
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cate: Bronya Spencer (C), Sarah Wilding (C), Sarah Howarth (C). Silver: Vicky Swales (C). Intro ductory: Adele Smithson (C), Wendy Ridehalgh. Senior silver: Ann
Mr John Clayton, said: ‘.‘On behalf of the commit tee I wish to express grateful thanks to every one who has displayed one of our boxes on the count er. These have now been collected and the excellent amount of £135 has been raised.”
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