Former MP for Croydon South
No, 22 years. But it does not matter.
And the Clydesiders.
May I put it to you Mr. Speaker, that there are always two opportunities in the year on which the question of the general policy and administration of the British Broadcasting Corporation can be raised, one being the Expiring Laws Bill, in which the whole control of wireless telegraphy and wireless broadcasting is raised and the other the Postmaster-General's salary.
Will my hon. and gallant Friend say whether the total value of land for the purposes of the Land Values Tax does not depend upon the agricultural value, and whether the agricultural value does not depend in turn on the agricultural policy of the Government?
Can the Under-Secretary say how many of these States are in arrear with their subscriptions to the League?
The right hon. and gallant Gentleman the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Colonel Wedgwood) began his speech by reminding us that he was not to be numbered any longer among the Parliamentary maidens. I am afraid that I also come into the category of old maids in the Parliamentary sense, because I am of the same vintage as the right hon. and gallant Gentleman. It gives me all the more pleasure...
If the hon. Gentlemen above the Gangway do not vote for the Bill, perhaps the hon. Gentlemen below the Gangway will. Let me come to the first contention which is put forward in the Amendment, and which was put forward by my right hon. and gallant Friend who spoke last. He said, "You are prejudging the issue without due discussion." Do the right hon. and gallant Gentleman and the Mover of the...
I had not intended to intervene in the Debate, but there are moments when silence becomes impossible. As I listened to the hon. Member, I could not help thinking that this must be a preliminary canter to a street corner campaign in a general election. At all events, let him reflect that there is another side to the case, and it is possible that there are a considerable number of facts in...
