§ Mr. Geoffrey Lofthouse accordingly presented a Bill to provide for compensation to persons suffering from emphysema by making emphysema and industrial disease for the purpose of the Industrial Injuries Acts: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday and to be printed. [Bill 179.]
§ Mr. Peter Hardy (Rother Valley)On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I do not normally make a fuss about such matters, but the hon. Member for Grantham (Mr. Hogg) distinctly described the hon. Members whose names were read out by my hon. Friend the Member for Pontefract and Castleford (Mr. Lofthouse) as being part of the "NUM payroll vote". Some of those hon. Members may be associated with the NUM, but all of us on the list supported my hon. Friend because he had a powerful case. We are entitled to ask the hon. Member for Grantham to withdraw his remark, which would be entirely in accordance with the traditions of the House and with the need for the maintenance of good sense in a less than sensible society.
§ Mr. Douglas Hogg (Grantham)The last thing that I wished to do was to offend any Labour Members. Accordingly, to the extent that my remark was inaccurate, I withdraw it.
§ Mr. SpeakerOrder. The remark has been withdrawn.