Sir John Langford-Holt
Former MP for Shrewsbury
Former MP for Shrewsbury
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Will my right hon. Friend take time to consider the plight of citizens of this country who have lost their jobs without compensation under the iniquitious trade union and labour relations legislation of 1974 and 1976, for no other reason than that they exercised their human rights and declined to join a trade union?
I tried to make it clear that I asked the Secretary of State to appear before the Committee after the debate.
Towards the end of the last Parliament the Defence and External Affairs Sub-Committee of the Expenditure Committee made a report to the House entitled"The Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Weapons Policy". The last paragraph of that report stated: Your Committee had hoped to resolve the question as to when the decision whether to acquire a successor to Polaris has to be made, and to...
Former MP for Shrewsbury
Entered the House of Commons on 5 July 1945 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 13 May 1983 — General election
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