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WHAT HAPPENED ON 16th January 1997?
15th January 1997
Despite the continued fall in counted
unemployment the Employment Service has trebled benefit sanctions imposed on claimants since becoming a performance-driven agency in 1994. These sanctions contribute to annual performance targets & are incredibly classed as a positive outcome for Restart interviews! Viewers should contact MPs & seek action to curb this punitive practice. Mr A Forsyth Glasgow
16th January 1997
TORIES IN MINORITY AS MP MILLS DIES
The Government has been plunged into a minority following the death of backbench MP for Meriden Iain Mills. The Tories now have 322 MPs & the combined opposition 323. A by-election is also pending in Wirral South. An election must be held by May 22 but John Major may have to call a snap poll if he is defeated in Parliament. Mr Mills 56 had a 14 699-vote majority at the last election. He had been at the Commons since 1979.
16th January 1997
Ps CONDEMN HALEWOOD PLANT JOB LOSSES
Opposition MPs have been swift to condemn Ford's announcement that 1 300 jobs are to go at its Halewood plant. Labour said the news was "catastrophic" and called on the Government to act to reverse the decision. Employment spokesman Ian McCartney said the Government should reveal what it had done to try to prevent the cuts. "The Tories always boast about their opt-out from Europe but this is one opt-out too many " he said.
15th January 1997
MPs FAIL TO AGREE ON COMMITTEE NUMBERS
A committee of MPs has failed to agree on whether the Government has lost its majority on parliamentary committees. The Government says it should have a majority until the Wirral by-election. But Labour & the Lib Dems say the committee should be balanced now that both sides of the House have 323 MPs. They are threatening to put it to a vote in the Commons unless the dispute is settled & the committee to study the Finance Bill is appointed.
16th January 1997
TORIES IN MINORITY AS MP MILLS DIES
The Government has been plunged into a minority following the death of backbench MP for Meriden Iain Mills. The Tories now have 322 MPs & the combined opposition 323. A by-election is also pending in Wirral South. An election must be held by May 22 but John Major may have to call a snap poll if he is defeated in Parliament. Mr Mills 56 had a 14 699-vote majority at the last election. He had been at the Commons since 1979.
16th January 1997
STRIKE THREAT AFTER FORD CUT 1 300 JOBS
Ford workers are to hold mass meetings throughout the country to vote on whether to have strike action ballots in protest at planned job losses. Ford had confirmed it is cutting 1 300 jobs at its Halewood plant. The car giant said it had to cut the workforce at its Merseyside plant as Escort production would switch abroad after the year 2000. Labour MP George Howarth has called for an emergency Commons debate on the plan
15th January 1997
I am not a vegetarian but the
following statement had me considering the issue: Every two seconds somewhere in the world a child starves to death. If people in the West cut meat consumption by 10% there would be enough vegetable foods redirected from animal feed to starving people to feed everyone. Is a 10% cut too much to ask? Thomas Johnston Beith Ayrshire
16th January 1997
TORIES IN MINORITY AS MP MILLS DIES
The Government has been plunged into a minority following the death of backbench MP for Meriden Iain Mills. The Tories now have 322 MPs & the combined opposition 323. A by-election is also pending in Wirral South. An election must be held by May 22 but John Major may have to call a snap poll if he is defeated in Parliament. Mr Mills 56 had a 14 699-vote majority at the last election. He had been at the Commons since 1979.
16th January 1997
IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL MAJOR INSISTS
John Major has indicated that he will soldier on despite being the head of a minority Government following the death of backbencher Iain Mills. A Downing Street spokesman said: "His view is that the Government will remain the Government. Business will carry on as he intends it should." Mr Major knew of the MP's death before he attended Question Time at the House. And he suggested that the Opposition should not expect an imminent election.
15th January 1997
MPs FAIL TO AGREE ON COMMITTEE NUMBERS
A committee of MPs has failed to agree on whether the Government has lost its majority on parliamentary committees. The Government says it should have a majority until the Wirral by-election. But Labour & the Lib Dems say the committee should be balanced now that both sides of the House have 323 MPs. They are threatening to put it to a vote in the Commons unless the dispute is settled & the committee to study the Finance Bill is appointed.
16th January 1997
TORIES IN MINORITY AS MP MILLS DIES
The Government has been plunged into a minority following the death of backbench MP for Meriden Iain Mills. The Tories now have 322 MPs & the combined opposition 323. A by-election is also pending in Wirral South. An election must be held by May 22 but John Major may have to call a snap poll if he is defeated in Parliament. Mr Mills 56 had a 14 699-vote majority at the last election. He had been at the Commons since 1979.
16th January 1997
IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL MAJOR INSISTS
John Major has indicated that he will soldier on despite being the head of a minority Government following the death of backbencher Iain Mills. A Downing Street spokesman said: "His view is that the Government will remain the Government. Business will carry on as he intends it should." Mr Major knew of the MP's death before he attended Question Time at the House. And he suggested that the Opposition should not expect an imminent election.
15th January 1997
R Taylor (letters 13/1) states that
teachers are the best paid part-timers in the country. The teachers I know are hard-working professionals who are happy to cope with the stresses of teaching. Teachers are leaving due to the stress caused by bad management underfunding and being used as a scapegoat by the Government & the likes of R Taylor. Malcolm James Cardiff
16th January 1997
TORIES IN MINORITY AS MP MILLS DIES
The Government has been plunged into a minority following the death of backbench MP for Meriden Iain Mills. The Tories now have 322 MPs & the combined opposition 323. A by-election is also pending in Wirral South. An election must be held by May 22 but John Major may have to call a snap poll if he is defeated in Parliament. Mr Mills 56 had a 14 699-vote majority at the last election. He had been at the Commons since 1979.
16th January 1997
IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL MAJOR INSISTS
John Major has indicated that he will soldier on despite being the head of a minority Government following the death of backbencher Iain Mills. A Downing Street spokesman said: "His view is that the Government will remain the Government. Business will carry on as he intends it should." Mr Major knew of the MP's death before he attended Question Time at the House. And he suggested that the Opposition should not expect an imminent election.
15th January 1997
MAJOR THEATENED ME CLAIMS EURO CHIEF
European Commission president Jacques Santer has said John Major threatened and blackmailed him at the beginning of the mad cow disease crisis. "There were threats but I refused to give in to blackmail" Mr Santer told a committee of inquiry set up by the European Parliament. A parliament report has blamed both the UK & the EC for the disaster. Earlier Mr Santer promised to safeguard health interests from market pressures.
16th January 1997
TORIES IN MINORITY AS MP MILLS DIES
The Government has been plunged into a minority following the death of backbench MP for Meriden Iain Mills. The Tories now have 322 MPs & the combined opposition 323. A by-election is also pending in Wirral South. An election must be held by May 22 but John Major may have to call a snap poll if he is defeated in Parliament. Mr Mills 56 had a 14 699-vote majority at the last election. He had been at the Commons since 1979.
16th January 1997
IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL MAJOR INSISTS
John Major has indicated that he will soldier on despite being the head of a minority Government following the death of backbencher Iain Mills. A Downing Street spokesman said: "His view is that the Government will remain the Government. Business will carry on as he intends it should." Mr Major knew of the MP's death before he attended Question Time at the House. And he suggested that the Opposition should not expect an imminent election.
15th January 1997
The European parliament inquiry into
the BSE crisis doesn't go nearly far enough in criticising the Government for ignoring expert advice & covering up the growing epidemic. Our Government actually created this catastrophe by freeing the animal feed producers from controls thereby allowing them to substitute animal carcasses for expensive soya bean & fish meal. Whoever was responsible should be prosecuted. EH Wood Okehampton Devon
16th January 1997
TORIES IN MINORITY AS MP MILLS DIES
The Government has been plunged into a minority following the death of backbench MP for Meriden Iain Mills. The Tories now have 322 MPs & the combined opposition 323. A by-election is also pending in Wirral South. An election must be held by May 22 but John Major may have to call a snap poll if he is defeated in Parliament. Mr Mills 56 had a 14 699-vote majority at the last election. He had been at the Commons since 1979.
16th January 1997
ISRAELI MPs DEBATE AGREEMENT ON HEBRON
The Israeli parliament is debating the agreement reached with the Palestinians on the long-delayed Israeli troop withdrawal from Hebron. Last night the Israeli cabinet finally approved the deal after 12 hours of stormy debate during which one government minister resigned. The Knesset is likely to approve it by a large majority. A national newspaper poll found 67% of Israelis were "happy" with the deal.
15th January 1997
FORD TO SLASH 1500 JOBS FROM MAJOR SITE
The Ford motor company is to cut 1 500 jobs from one of its largest factories in Britain. The firm has said it would cut the workforce at its Halewood plant on Merseyside by a third. Ford has previously warned of over- capacity in Europe. The BBC has learnt that the successor to the Escort will not be built there; a BBC correspondent says this throws doubt on the plant's future.
16th January 1997
TORIES IN MINORITY AS MP MILLS DIES
The Government has been plunged into a minority following the death of backbench MP for Meriden Iain Mills. The Tories now have 322 MPs & the combined opposition 323. A by-election is also pending in Wirral South. An election must be held by May 22 but John Major may have to call a snap poll if he is defeated in Parliament. Mr Mills 56 had a 14 699-vote majority at the last election. He had been at the Commons since 1979.
16th January 1997
Ps CONDEMN HALEWOOD PLANT JOB LOSSES
Opposition MPs have been swift to condemn Ford's announcement that 1 300 jobs are to go at its Halewood plant. Labour said the news was "catastrophic" and called on the Government to act to reverse the decision. Employment spokesman Ian McCartney said the Government should reveal what it had done to try to prevent the cuts. "The Tories always boast about their opt-out from Europe but this is one opt-out too many " he said.
