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Mr Pierse Loftus is a former MP for Lowestoft.

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Former MP for Lowestoft

Entered the House of Commons on 15 February 1934 — unknown

Left the House of Commons on 15 June 1945 — General election

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Gervais Rentoul
• Edward Beauchamp
• Harry Foster
• Edward Beauchamp
• Francis Lucas
• Harry Foster
• Savile Crossley

Future MPs in this constituency

• Edward Evans
• James Prior
• Jessica Asato

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Resettlement (Training Allowances): Fishing Industry (Drifters) 14 Jun 1945

  asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will consult the Herring Industry Board with a view to giving priority in the allocation of drifters built or chartered by the board to skipper-owners, or part owners, whose drifters were lost by enemy action while in service under the Admiralty and who cannot afford to replace these by new vessels at current prices as the compensation paid was based on...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Resettlement (Training Allowances): Fishing Industry (Drifters) 14 Jun 1945

  Is my hon. Friend aware that almost all the skipper-owners have been on active service throughout the war—mine-sweeping—and is he aware of the fact that the compensation for their boats destroyed by enemy action is not a quarter of the cost of a new boat? Will the Minister therefore reconsider the whole question?

• British Army (Requisitioned Property) 12 Jun 1945

  Do I gather that special priority in release will be given to the small type of house, of under ten or eight rooms, which is so much in demand?

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