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Dame Florence Horsbrugh is a former MP for Manchester Moss Side.

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Former MP for Manchester Moss Side

Entered the House of Commons on 27 October 1931 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 18 September 1959 — General election

Also represented Dundee

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Gerald Hurst
• Thomas Ackroyd
• Gerald Hurst

Future MPs in this constituency

• William Duckworth
• William Griffiths
• James Watts
• Frank Taylor
• Frank Hatton
• George Morton

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Roads: Select Committee on Estimates (Report) 29 Jul 1959

  Does my right hon. Friend realise that there is a great difficulty here and that some of us who have been Ministers and have suffered under this procedure know it? It is that a report can come out with statements that might affect work going on at that time and those who are carrying it on, such as local authorities, wish to know about it. There is bound to be a considerable gap before the...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign Ministers' Conference 27 Jul 1959

  Does my hon. Friend realise that public opinion is very anxious that no basic principles will be abandoned during this Conference and that in any negotiations which may take place we shall stand by what we have stated as being absolutely necessary?

• Business of the House 27 Jul 1959

  Is my right hon. Friend aware that the Leader of the Opposition did not object on Thursday to the order of the business when it was announced? Is he also aware that hon. Members—on both sides of the House, I feel sure—have made arrangements to attend here at the times of the debates they wish to attend and that if the order of the debates is changed now without any notice hon. Members...

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