This page lists every recorded use of the words injurious and injuriously in parliamentary debate during 1984. Each instance is reproduced in its context as recorded in Hansard.
This survey forms part of the evidence for the correct legal interpretation of injurious weeds in the Weeds Act 1959. See also why “harmful weeds” misrepresents the law.
| Speaker | Context |
|---|---|
| Mr. Beith | It is injurious to Members' health to travel excessively in cars. |
| The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment (Mr. William Waldegrave) | Subsection (1) of section 193 of the 1925 Act provides: "The Minister shall, on the application of any person entitled as lord of the manor or otherwise to the soil of the land, or entitled to any commonable rights affecting the land, impose such limitations on and conditions as to the exercise of the rights of access or as to the extent of the land to be affected as, in the opinion of the Minister, are necessary or desirable for preventing any estate, right or interest of a profitable or beneficial nature in, over, or affecting the land from being injuriously affected". |
| Mr. Patten | I should point out that, under section 47 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, the Housing Executive has a duty to declare an area to be a proposed redevelopment area if it is satisfied, first, that at least half of the land is used for housing purposes; secondly, that at least one third of the houses are unfit for human habitation, or dangerous or injurious to the health of the inhabitants of the area; and, thirdly, that it is expedient that the entire area should be redeveloped. |
| Mr. Howell | At the request of a person who thought that inaccurate information was being recorded and used against him the deputy registrar would have the right to study all the confidential, classified information so that he could say to the aggrieved person, "I have looked at the information against you, and I can assure you that there is no information kept here that is injurious to your interests," or, alternatively, he may say, "I have looked at the information. |
| Sir John Biggs-Davison | Is that perhaps what is in the minds of the Northern Ireland Office, or is it just one more example of the differentiation of Northern Ireland from Great Britain, which is so injurious to the cause of the Union and to morale in Ulster? |
Injurious weeds and the law | Why “harmful weeds” misrepresents the law