John Major : Speeches : House of Commons Speeches

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The following links lead to the text of speeches made by John Major in the House of Commons between 1979 and 2001.

BACKBENCHER:

Mr Major's Maiden Speech - June 1979

Mr Major's Intervention on Civil Service and Technology Grades - July 1979

Mr Major's Intervention on Council House Building - November 1979

Mr Major's Intervention on Mortgage Interest Rates - November 1979

Mr Major's Questions on the Council of Foreign Ministers - November 1979

Mr Major's Intervention on Small Businesses - December 1979

Mr Major's Intervention on the Rate Support Grant - January 1980

UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY

Mr Major's Answers on Sick Pay - November 1985 (Major's first appearance on front bench)

Mr Major's Answers on Economic Deprivation - November 1985

Mr Major's Answers on Heating Bills - December 1985

MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY

Mr Major's Answers on the Severe Weather Payments - January 1987

Mr Major's Statement on Maternity and Funeral Payments - January 1987

CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY

(13/06/1987-24/07/1989)

Mr Major's Answers on the Economic Outlook - January 1988

FOREIGN SECRETARY

(24/07/1989-26/10/1989)

Mr Major's Answers on the EC Social Charter - October 1989

CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

(26/10/1989-28/11/1990)

Mr Major's Answers on the Exchange Rate Mechanism - November 1989

Mr Major's Statement - 1990 Autumn Statement - November 1990

PRIME MINISTER

(28/11/1990-02/05/1997)

PMQTs

Mr Major's Prime Minister's Question Time Archive

1990

Mr Major's Statement to the House - December 1990 (European Council - Rome)

1991

Mr Major's Statement on the Gulf War - January 1991 (Iraq invade Kuwait)

Mr Major's Statement on the Gulf War - January 1991 (Start of UK invasion of Iraq)

Mr Major's Statement on the Gulf War - January 1991 (Seeking Commons vote on war)

Mr Major's Statement on the Maastricht Treaty - November 1991

1992

Mr Major's Statement to the House - June 1992 (Maastricht Treaty - Danish Referendum)

Mr Major's Statement to the House - June 1992 (European Council - Lisbon)

Mr Major's Statement to the House - September 1992 (Economic Policy Following ERM Departure)

Mr Major's Statement to the House - November 1992 (European Communities Bill)

Mr Major's Statement on the break-up of the Prince and Princess of Wales - December 1992

Mr Major's Statement to the House - December 1992 (European Council - Edinburgh)

1993

Mr Major's Statement to the House - July 1993 (Economic Summit - Tokyo)

Mr Major's Statement to the House on the Maastricht Treaty - Protocol on Social Policy - [22nd July 1993]

Mr Major's Statement to the House on the Maastricht Treaty (Confidence Motion) - [23rd July 1993]

Mr Major's Statement to the House - November 1993 (European Council - Brussels)

Mr Major's Statement on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Negotiations - December 1993

1994

Mr Major's Statement to the House - NATO Summit in Brussels - January 1994

Mr Major's Statement to the House on Qualified Majority Voting - March 1994

Mr Major's Statement to the House Following the Death of John Smith - May 1994

Mr Major's Statement to the House - June 1994 (European Council - Corfu)

Mr Major's Statement to the House - July 1994 (Economic Summit - Naples)

Mr Major's Statement on the Queen's Speech - November 1994

1995

Mr Major's Response to Opposition Day on the European Union - March 1995

Mr Major's Statement on the 50th Anniversary of the End of World War II - April 1995

Mr Major's Statement to the House Following the Death of Harold Wilson - May 1995

Mr Major's PMQT During the 1995 Conservative Leadership Election - June 1995

Mr Major's Statement on the European Council in Cannes - June 1995

Mr Major's Statement on the Queen's Speech - November 1995

Mr Major's Statement on the European Council in Madrid - December 1995

1996

Mr Major's Statement on the Northern Ireland Mitchell Report - January 1996

Mr Major's Statement on the Northern Ireland Peace Process - February 1996

Mr Major's Statement on the European Council in Florence - June 1996

Mr Major's Statement on the Return of the Stone of Destiny - July 1996

Mr Major's Statement on the Queen's Speech - October 1996

Mr Major's Statement on the European Council in Dublin - December 1996

1997

Mr Major's Statement on the Constitution - February 1997

LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION

Mr Major's Response to the re-election of Betty Boothroyd as Speaker of the House of Commons - May 1997

Mr Major's Response to the first Queen's Speech from Tony Blair's Government - May 1997

BACKBENCHER

Mr Major's Response to the Scottish constitutional issue - March 1998

Mr Major's Response to the Northern Ireland issue - November 1999

Mr Major's Response on the modernisation of Parliament - July 2000

Mr Major's Response to the BSE Enquiry - October 2000

Mr Major's Response to the European Rapid Reaction Force - November 2000

Mr Major's Contribution to the fox-hunting debate - December 2000

Mr Major's Response to the Budget Resolutions Debate - March 2001 (Major's last speech in Commons)

Written Questions made by John Major in the House of Commons

Council of Ministers - June 20th 1979

Capital Punishment - July 17th 1979

Capital Punishment - Northern Ireland - July 17th 1979

Council House Sales - July 25th 1979

Stamp Duty - October 22nd 1979

Local Authorities Staff - November 5th 1979

Closed Shop - November 6th 1979

Efficiency Levels - November 7th 1979

National Freight Corporation - November 7th 1979

Sugar - November 9th 1979

Sugar Beet - November 12th 1979

Rate Support Grant - November 14th 1979

Tax and Price Index - November 19th 1979

TUC - November 22nd 1979

Members' Allowances - November 23rd 1979

European Council (Dublin) - December 4th 1979

Closed Shop Agreements - December 4th 1979

These speeches are subject to Parliamentary copyright.