शैडोइंग अभ्यास: Edward Heath MP, May 9, 2001. Personal Statement. Last House of Commons Speech - YouTube के साथ अंग्रेजी बोलना सीखें

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Order, personal statement, Sir Edward Heath.

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Order, personal statement, Sir Edward Heath.

Amen.

Mr Speaker, I was absolutely delighted,

as I'm sure was the right honourable gentleman,

the member for Chesterfield opposite,

by the glowing tributes which the Prime Minister Mr. Speaker,

the Prime Minister paid to us at the beginning of his remarks,

inspired, no doubt, by the first part of the speech of my right hon. friend,

the Leader of the Opposition.

The second half was not quite in the same vein.

And I should like to thank you,

Mr. Speaker, very much for allowing me to make this personal statement as my final contribution to these proceedings in this Parliament.

A final contribution which explains why I am using a script for the first time since I ceased to be Prime Minister.

As a retiring member,

I am grateful to the electors of Bexley for returning me as their representative in 14 successive general elections.

It has been an honour and a privilege,

as well as a pleasure to serve them.

I shall like to take this opportunity also to pay tribute to the staff of this House.

These are often forgotten people,

clerks, security staff, librarians, catering staff and others.

They ensure that this place runs so efficiently.

As father of the House,

I feel a certain responsibility to ensure that we do appreciate what they do and to pay tribute to them.

You, Mr Speaker, are also serving our thanks in allowing myself

and the Right Honourable Member for Chesterfield the freedom of the House

which you so kindly offered us in some of the facilities of this establishment.

It's over 51 years now since I became a member here,

and I remember full well the impact it made upon me in those early days.

In fact, I'd only been a member for a few months

when I was invited to become a whip and a member of the Conservative Opposition.

As a result of that,

I spent my first 25 years here on the front bench,

either in government or in opposition.

And following that, I spent the next 25 years on the front bench.

Below the gangway.

And during that time I learned a great deal,

particularly perhaps when I was first a whip,

or in fact the reason why I became a whip.

In those days the whips had a place at the door and if they wanted to they kept members in.

All that's passed.

But our whip was said to one of our members,

Have you got a pair?

No, he said, and went on.

Well, then you can't go out.

Get a pair.

No, I haven't got a pair.

Whereupon our enthusiastic whip jumped up,

gave him a hefty kick in the usual places,

and the man went flat on the floor.

He had to be picked up,

and when taken on his feet,

he went to the chief whip and complained.

As a result, the whip himself was changed.

and I was sent for and invited to take his place.

The result was a notice which appeared in the next day's Times which said,

Colonel Walter Bromley Davenport, Member of Parliament for Knutsford.

Majority 16,913.

He has resigned in order to give greater attention to his constituents.

His place is now being taken by Mr Edward Heath,

Member of Parliament for Bexley, majority 133.

That is how I began my climb to fame.

And I was taken the next day to see Churchill,

and he patted me on the shoulder and said,

Yes, of course you can be a whip.

And I quote his words,

It will mean much hard work,

and it will be unremunerated.

But so long as I am your leader,

it will never remain unthanked.

That was a guiding principle all the time.

And so after that, I had all the work involving so many different activities and so many different parts of the world.

It also entailed the relationship between Parliament and the executive, the government itself.

When I look back over my 51 years here,

I cannot help but be saddened by the increasing impotence of this House

and the decline in the esteem in which this place is held.

Speaking quite frankly,

the powers of Parliament to hold the executive to account have

been declining for over a century under governments of all political persuasions.

I can only hope that the next Parliament,

following us, will reassert its authority as well and robustly hold the executive to account.

I would like to say a word about standards in public life.

It is also the behaviour of us members that has undermined public confidence in parliamentary democracy.

As I noted during a previous debate,

when I entered the House in 1950,

every Member of Parliament was seen as a person of integrity.

Unfortunately, some reckless campaigning and an increasingly cynical media,

excessively focusing on a few examples,

one of the unparliamentary behaviour,

have led to serious and worrying decline in the public perception of Members of Parliament.

I also hope that the new intake

and existing members will take note of the need to set an example in these spheres.

I also hope that when the conduct of one or two members falls below the required standards,

the media will not try and tar all members in the House with the same brush.

Perhaps I may say a word.

Finally, about Europe.

Did I hear a rumbling on that?

As it's already been extensively dealt with tonight by my leader,

I have no doubt about continuing.

It is most appropriate I make the final points of my statement and my final remarks in this House on Europe.

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I've been a committed European since my Oxford days.

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My pro-European outlook was reinforced by my wartime experiences.

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In 1945, as both the victors and the vanquished surveyed the devastation wrought upon the continent,

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it became obvious that Europe could not afford another war.

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Unfortunately, the case for British membership of the European community was not recognised by British governments in the 1950s.

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And so this country lost the opportunity to be a founder member of the community.

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However, its architects, Sean Monnet and Robert Schumann,

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correctly recognised that the European community would not be complete without the United Kingdom.

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My proudest achievement was to have successfully negotiated entry of the United Kingdom into the European community.

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In January 1972, she fulfilled her destiny.

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The United Kingdom has always been a European country.

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We have a shared history and culture.

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In the modern world, it is only right

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that we should share our sovereignty with our European neighbours for the greater benefit of all.

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Yes.

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In due course, for the second time in a quarter of a century,

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the British people are going to be asked to vote on whether

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or not the country can remain a committed player in Europe.

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I look forward to campaigning vigorously for a yes vote.

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I have absolutely no doubt whatever that the united Europe is here to stay.

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I believe it is in British interest

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and I believe we should do everything we can to help it and to help its people.

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We shall then be helping ourselves as a people and as a country.

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And we shall be supporting our own continent and

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that will also be for the good not only of Europe as a whole but also for the world.

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And so for those who are going to follow us here tonight,

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I wish them all well.

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Business statement

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in the middle of the house.

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The business for tomorrow

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