Former MP for Stirling and Falkirk Burghs
Mr Malcolm Macpherson is a former MP for Stirling and Falkirk Burghs.
Former MP for Stirling and Falkirk Burghs
Entered the House of Commons on 7 October 1948 — unknown
Left the House of Commons on 24 May 1971 — Died
Also represented Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs
I do not find a great deal to agree with in the speech of the hon. Member for Bodmin (Mr. Bessell.) But I do not think, and apparently he does not, that nationalisation is the main point involved. Nationalisation is just the first step in what needs to be done. The essence of the Bill is not nationalisation, it is the establishment of a National Ports Authority and its ancillaries. I hope...
I want to touch only on the question of the Argylls, to which the hon. Gentleman the Member for Ayr (Mr. Younger) has referred. He has very greatly over-simplified all the issues and it may be useful for me to comment on some of them starting from the last point he made. The hon. Gentleman ended his comments on the petition and its effects by suggesting that there must be something radically...
The reason the Army had to be reduced in those days was that under the Conservative Government recruiting was so bad that there was no possibility of sticking to the higher figures. The figures were reduced to meet what seemed possible as a top level of recruiting. But the actual business of disbanding and amalgamation and the problems involved are much the same. When the hon. Gentleman asks...
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