Mr Hugh Gaitskell
Former MP for Leeds South
Former MP for Leeds South
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Does not the Prime Minister feel that the figures quoted by my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley (Mr. Mason) about the number of civil servants who have left a single Ministry, the Ministry of Aviation, within the two-year period are very striking? Does he not feel that that merits some investigation? I appreciate that this is a difficult problem, but does not the right hon. Gentleman think...
May we have clarification of what exactly is meant by a European nuclear deterrent and a N.A.T.O. nuclear deterrent, because it seems to me that judgment on this must depend on what exactly is envisaged, and nobody seems to know.
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he will state the business of the House for next week?
Former MP for Leeds South
Entered the House of Commons on 5 July 1945 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 18 January 1963 — Died
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