Former MP for Elland
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Is my right hon. Friend aware that if he allows the monopoly system to continue, we shall have industrial autocracy, and not private enterprise as we understand it?
Will my hon. Friend forgive another interruption? How does he reconcile the enthusiasm of the Labour Party on this question with the fact that there are only 14 hon. Members of the Labour Party in the House at present?
Is it not true that employees under private enterprise get far better treatment than employees under the State?
Former MP for Elland
Entered the House of Commons on 27 October 1931 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 15 June 1945 — General election
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