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Mr Jo Grimond is a former MP for Orkney and Shetland.

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Former MP for Orkney and Shetland

Entered the House of Commons on 23 February 1950 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 13 May 1983 — General election

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Basil Neven-Spence
• Robert Hamilton
• John Wason
• Leonard Lyell
• Samuel Laing
• Frederick Dundas
• Arthur Anderson
• Frederick Dundas
• Thomas Balfour
• George Traill
• George Dundas
• John Balfour
• George Dundas
• Richard Honyman
• Malcolm Laing
• Robert Honyman
• Robert Honyman

Future MPs in this constituency

• Jim Wallace
• Alistair Carmichael

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Energy: Marginal Fields (Tax Regime) 9 May 1983

  Will the Secretary of State say whether the estimate that has been given that one new oilfield will be opened every six weeks in the North Sea is the official Government estimate?

• Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Economic Outlook 4 May 1983

  Does the Secretary of State subscribe to the view that if the Finance Bill is passed and there is no general election, one new oil field may be opened up every six weeks? That is a Government estimate, I would add, before the right hon. Gentleman puts his foot in it, which I would not want him to do as he is a very decent chap. It that happens, what effect will it have on the ordering of...

• Orders of the Day — Finance Bill: Phasing Out of Aprt 28 Apr 1983

  As the terminals at Flotta and Sullom Voe are in my constituency, the taxation of oil is of considerable importance to my constituency and to the country. The taxation of oil revenues is a highly complicated subject and, as with the rest of our taxation, it is not becoming less complicated. In addition, in many ways the activities of Governments are contradictory. It is only recently that a...

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