 In November 1984, his name was drawn as sixteenth in the annual ballot for twenty MPs to introduce a Private member's bill; he introduced the Fabric Origin Marking Bill which would require the country of origin to be indicated; his Bill made no progress.After the Bradford City stadium fire, he noted that the death toll would have been much worse had there been a fence in front of the stand to stop pitch invasions.He asked for money to be made available to build a new stand as quickly as possible.