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urged a review of safety procedures in medical and biological laboratories in the wake of the US National Institutes of Health instruction after the reported infection of two workers in contact with concentrated AIDS virus samples Feb '88; protested at the closure of Abernant colliery, producing "the highest quality anthracite in the world" because of a geological difficulty and subsidized Chinese anthracite Feb '88; urged the retention of Craig-y-nos Castle, former home of the late opera star, Adelina Patti Mar '88;
Born 19 September 1925 Barry, Glamorgan
Family Slate Albert Archer Coleman, miner/cement labourer (who died of pneumoconiosis), and Winifred Marguerite (Roberts); m 1st '49 Phyllis Eileen (Williams), dcd '63; 1s Robert Phillip '56; m 2nd '66 Margaret Elizabeth (Morgan) pathology technician; 1d Sheila Margaret '68;
Education Cadoxton Boys' School, Barry; Cardiff Technical College;
Occupation Adviser to Institute of Medical Laboratory Scientists (expenses) '79-; Sponsored: by Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (£500 pa to constituency and 80% of election expenses, plus £200 pa for parliamentary expenses) '64-; ex: Metallurgist in Research Department of Steel Company of Wales '54-64; Laboratory Technician '40-54: University College, Swansea '50-54, Swansea Technical College '45-50, Central Tuberculosis Laboratory, Cardiff '42-46, Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff '40-42;
Traits Wavy white hair; neat; restrained; Anglican; oratorio-loving tenor (formerly in Welsh National Opera Company and Swansea Amateur Operatic Society); prefers singing to arguing;
Address Penderyn, 18 Penywern Road, Bryncoch, Neath, West Glamorgan SA107AP; Telephone 0639 4599 (home); 0639 4783 (constituency); 01 219 3590 (H of C);
Michael (Keith Beale) COLVIN Conservative
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ROMSEY & WATERSIDE '83-
Majority 15,272 over SDP 3-way; Former Seat Bristol North West '79-83; Constituency New extra Hampshire seat, stretching North and South to the West of Southampton, from old Romsey down to Fawley-dominated Waterside parishes on Southampton Water's West bank;
Position Chairman: Conservative MPs' Aviation Committee (Vice Chairman, '80-82, Secretary '79-80) '87-, '82-83; Secretary, Conservative MPs' Foreign Affairs Committee '87-; Chairman: Council for Countryside Sports '88-, British-Gibraltar Parliamentary Group '87-; Vice Chairman, British-Bophuthatswana Parliamentary Group '87-; Secretary, Licensed Trade Parliamentary Group '87-; ex: PPS: to Richard Luce '83-87, to Baroness Young '83-85; on Select Committee on Employment '79-83; Secretary, West Country Conservative MPs '81-82 (Chairman '82-83); Vice Chairman, Conservative MPs' Smaller Businesses Committee '81-83, Secretary ('80-81); Secretary, Conservative MPs' Shipping and Shipbuilding Sub-Committee '82-83;
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Outlook Thoughtful if wobbly, consensus-type Bow Group aviation specialist; pro: BA, liberal licensing hours, continued trade with South Africa to encourage moderate reform there, wider share ownership, Open Tech, children's play opportunities, privatization of CAA, bigger merchant fleet (Cayzer son-in-law), Bophuthatswana; History Served on Tangley Parish Council '64-76, Andover Rural District Council '65-72/73, Hampshire County Council '70-75, Test Valley Borough Council '72-74, Vice Chairman, Winchester Conservative Association '73-75; a part-timer, on Aviation and Shipping, in Conservative Research Department '75-78; adopted for Bristol NW July '75; said comprehensive education meant going at the pace of the slowest Nov '75; alleged British Aerospace nationalization would lose 20,000-30,000 jobs July '76; backed a coalition government Oct '76; said police should be paid more than others Feb '77; welcomed Bristol tax rebels Mar '77; claimed business could not flourish under Labour Oct '78; backed Bristol firemen July '78; captured Bristol NW June '79; urged a new Centre Party Jan '80; urged ballots in unions Apr '80; urged more Inmos backing July '80; launched 'An Open Tech' pamphlet Nov '80; urged curbs on finance for British Airways Jan '81; backed Namibian anti-SWAPO regime Nov '81; urged break-up of BAA July '82; urged government to recognize importance of children's play Oct '82; urged privatization of NHS services Oct '82; selected for Romsey and Waterside Mar '83; was critical of the handling of unemployment during election campaign and urged rethinking June '83; opposed the phasing out of tax allowance on new shipbuilding May '84; opposed the slicing off of BA's routes just when it was becoming successful June '84; complained about the multiplication of clubs at the expense of pubs July '84; warned the Government to rethink its Civil Aviation Bill, particularly its limit of 275,000 movements at Heathrow Nov '84; urged help for a larger, modernized merchant shipping fleet Dec '84; said universal Sunday trading might produce many more part-time jobs but work-sharing, job creation and the abolition of Wages Councils were needed Mar '85; backed the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol) Bill July '85; after the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs decided to interview Oliver Tambo, he asked the Government not to hold talks with "terrorist organizations" Oct 85; backed the preliminaries to the Anglo-Irish Agreement Nov '85; supported Mrs Thatcher over Westland Jan '86; visited South Africa as a guest of its government Feb '86; his pamphlet, 'Time Gentlemen Please', again urged a liberalization of pub opening hours, allowing any 12 opening hours between 10am and midnight May '86; cited BBC as reporting that 450,000 blacks in the homelands might die if South Africa's already faltering economy did not recover July '86; visited Bophuthatswana as a guest of its government Oct '86; led Parliamentary action for official recognition of Bophuthatswana Nov '86; was sceptical of Boeing's promised offset work if Nimrod were abandoned for its AWACS system Dec '86; complained against CEGB plans for a coal-fired power plant at Fawley Mar '87; urged support for Play Board to encourage children's play opportunities Apr '87; backed Dennis Worral's South African campaign May '87; urged an automatic sentence of a year at least for any person convicted of acts of violence against licensees and their staff July '87; backing the BA/BCal merger, he wrote to THE TIMES that a referral to the MMC was unnecessary because the Transport Secretary and BAA had enough supervisory powers Aug '87; in an adjournment debate he urged better-financed training of doctors for general practice Oct '87; again visited Bophuthatswana as a guest of its government Dec '87; voted against David Alton's abortion-curbing Bill Jan '88; urged support for the European Fighter Aircraft project Feb '88; urged proper written testing after the educational reforms, not variable airy-fairy
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