Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John Marek (Labour), on Tuesday, 1 May 1990, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 25 members in total.

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Remarks of the Hon Member for Cardiff Central and the Towyn Flooding

That this House deplores the description by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, the honourable Member for Cardiff Central, of the victims of the Towyn Floods as bleeding hearts; has great sympathy for those elderly people who, on paying off their mortgages, inadvertently neglected to take out house insurance which they had previously paid together with their mortgage repayments; believes that such remarks are typical of the unfeeling attitude of the present day Tory Party; and calls upon the Prime Minister to disown the remarks and provide genuine and comprehensive help for all those in distress as a result of the Towyn disaster,

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

933 

Session

1989-90

Subjects

Disaster relief Government assistance Floods Clwyd Grist, Ian

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk