That this House notes with regret that the honourable Member for Dover has refused to withdraw his deplorable comment that 'There was one simple, basic reason why the 'Herald of Free Enterprise' went down - alcoholism among certain members of the crew'; reminds the House that the investigation into the disaster by Mr Justice Sheen found no evidence that alcohol misuse was in any way connected to the sinking of the ferry; hopes that the honourable Member for Dover will take the opportunity to apologise to the families of those who died for his insensitive comments; notes that 6th March 1997 marks the 10th anniversary of the 'Herald of Free Enterprise' tragedy and sends its condolences to the families and friends of all those who died; and remembers the heroic and gallant rescue attempts by the crew, many of whom lost their lives.

That this House notes with regret that the honourable Member for Dover has refused to withdraw his deplorable comment that 'There was one simple, basic reason why the 'Herald of Free Enterprise' went down - alcoholism among certain members of the crew'; reminds the House that the investigation into the...

That this House notes with serious concern the untrue allegations made by the honourable Member for Dover in the debate on Tuesday 14th May on the District Auditor's finding concerning Westminster City Council; further notes that, contrary to the allegation made by the honourable Member for Dover, only one of the original 13 objectors has withdrawn their objection, and that the honourable Member for Workington remains an objector; affirms that the allegations that companies owned by three of the objectors 'have earned ??1 million in fees for planning consultancy political work obtained through their membership of the Labour Party' are totally untrue, that neither of the companies are 'political consultancies', that the companies win virtually all their work in competition and that they work for many private sector organisations, non-political voluntary organisations, local authorities run by different political parties, institutions such as development corporations, HATS, TECs and Government departments; further acknowledges that all of the allegations made against the objectors are untrue and scurrilous, that the honourable Member for Dover must have known them to be untrue and that his speech was therefore a gross abuse of parliamentary privilege and entirely contrary to the Prime Minister's amendment stating 'that parliamentary privilege is a powerful weapon for the protection of individuals and should not be used to provide cover for party political attacks.'.

That this House notes with serious concern the untrue allegations made by the honourable Member for Dover in the debate on Tuesday 14th May on the District Auditor's finding concerning Westminster City Council; further notes that, contrary to the allegation made by the honourable Member for Dover, only one of...

That this House notes with serious concern the attempts made by the honourable Member for Dover to distract attention from the contents of the District Auditor's Report on Westminster City Council by using parliamentary privilege to make untrue allegations to discredit the objectors' professional and personal conduct; further notes that the honourable Member has failed to repeat the same allegations outside the House; affirms that all the allegations made against the objectors are untrue and scurrilous, and that these allegations had already been accepted as untrue yet the honourable Member forDover knowingly repeated them; and congratulates the 12 obj ectors whose conscientiousness and hard work has culminated in the District Auditor's findings that Dame Shirley Porter and others were 'guilty of wilful misconduct'.

That this House notes with serious concern the attempts made by the honourable Member for Dover to distract attention from the contents of the District Auditor's Report on Westminster City Council by using parliamentary privilege to make untrue allegations to discredit the objectors' professional and personal conduct; further notes that...

That this House notes that William Nimmo Smith QC in his Report of the Monklands Inquiry regarding the allegations made by the honourable Member for Dover, stated, 'As his evidence went on I became increasingly unimpressed by it. I regarded his attitude as irresponsible'; and notes the remarks made by Judge Percy Harris QC after the honourable Member for Dover was fined ??180 for assault, that 'he acted like a child fighting for his favourite toy'; notes that, in the words of Judge Harris, honourable Members of Parliament like the honourable Member for Dover who 'inadvertently get involved with such a notorious lady as Pamela Bordes must expect to be closely examined'; expects the Prime Minister to recommend the deseleciton of the honourable Member for Dover without delay; and congratulates Alastair Campbell on his successful defence in his recent libel case.

That this House notes that William Nimmo Smith QC in his Report of the Monklands Inquiry regarding the allegations made by the honourable Member for Dover, stated, 'As his evidence went on I became increasingly unimpressed by it. I regarded his attitude as irresponsible'; and notes the remarks made by...

That this House deplores the comments made by the honourable Member for Dover during a House of Commons debate on Ferry Safety on 21st February in which he said, 'Alcoholism caused the 'Herald of Free Enterprise' to go down. People did not do their jobs because they were drunk'; notes that his comments are in contradiction to those made to the House by the then Secretary of State for Transport on 24th July 1987 and the detailed report by Mr Justice Sheen, both of whom failed to mention alcoholism as a cause of the 'Herald of Free Enterprise' tragedy; notes that the Sheen Report made severe criticisms of the management of Townsend Car Ferries Ltd., discounting the honourable Member for Dover's theory that 'extreme left wing trade unionists' were in some way responsible for the disaster; further notes that 6th March 1996 is the ninth anniversary of the disaster, which took place in 1987 (not 1986 as the honourable Member stated); hopes he will make an unreserved and full apology to the bereaved relatives of the victims and to those who survived the disaster; deplores the honourable Member for Dover's appalling and inaccurate attempts to rewrite history; and looks forward to his imminent replacement as a Member of this House by an honourable Member prepared to pay proper respect to those who died, from Dover and elsewhere, in the 'Herald of Free Enterprise' tragedy.

That this House deplores the comments made by the honourable Member for Dover during a House of Commons debate on Ferry Safety on 21st February in which he said, 'Alcoholism caused the 'Herald of Free Enterprise' to go down. People did not do their jobs because they were drunk'; notes...

That this House notes the continued interest of the honourable Member for Dover in parliamentary constituencies other than his own; considers his interference to be nothing more than mischievous; and invites honourable Members to press Her Majesty's Government on issues that concern the people of Dover, who are obviously being neglected, with the view to representing their needs to improve their standard and quality of life.

That this House notes the continued interest of the honourable Member for Dover in parliamentary constituencies other than his own; considers his interference to be nothing more than mischievous; and invites honourable Members to press Her Majesty's Government on issues that concern the people of Dover, who are obviously being...

That this House congratulates the honourable Member for Dover for his courage and persistence in exposing systematic nepotism and corruption on Labour-controlled Monklands District Council; believes that Professor Black's report vindicates his actions; notes the remarks of Monklands District Council officials that what had been discovered was not unusual in many councils throughout Scotland; and urges the honourable Member for Dover to continue his investigations.

That this House congratulates the honourable Member for Dover for his courage and persistence in exposing systematic nepotism and corruption on Labour-controlled Monklands District Council; believes that Professor Black's report vindicates his actions; notes the remarks of Monklands District Council officials that what had been discovered was not unusual in...

That this House notes that the Government Auditor has given Monklands District Council a clean bill of health after a detailed examination of the council's accounts; notes that the Secretary of State for Scotland has not found any basis on which to carry out any investigations into the council's operations; and therefore calls upon the honourable Member for Dover and other Conservative honourable Members to stop using the cloak of parliamentary privilege to make unwarranted and unsubstantiated allegations of corruption and scurrilous attacks on Monklands district councillors who have no opportunity to reply.

That this House notes that the Government Auditor has given Monklands District Council a clean bill of health after a detailed examination of the council's accounts; notes that the Secretary of State for Scotland has not found any basis on which to carry out any investigations into the council's operations;...

That this House notes that the honourable Member for Dover, who tabled Early Day Motion No. 856 (Conduct of the Leader of the Opposition), was himself named as the employer of former House of Commons researcher Miss Pamela Bordes, who claimed subsequently that her duties on his behalf mainly involved the serving of peanuts and canapes to Conservative honourable Members and their guests, that for this and other similar tasks Miss Bordes was paid from public funds on the authority of the honourable Member, who was also responsible for the issue of her House of Commons photographic pass; and urges the honourable Member for Dover to exercise caution before attacking the Leader of the Opposition for matters over which he has no responsibility.

That this House notes that the honourable Member for Dover, who tabled Early Day Motion No. 856 (Conduct of the Leader of the Opposition), was himself named as the employer of former House of Commons researcher Miss Pamela Bordes, who claimed subsequently that her duties on his behalf mainly involved...