Former MP for Bilston
The Leader of the House will recall that I troubled him before about some intimation as to what are the Government's intentions in relation to the Royal Commission on Betting and Gambling—
The Report of the Royal Commission has been issued much longer than three years. It was published in 1951.
Its inactive life.
I have spent a good deal of time during the last few years in this House attacking millionaire pool promoters, bookmakers and the strongly organised groups in the gambling industry of this country. I hope that one or two hon. Members will do me the justice of recalling that over the past five years, not once but on a dozen occasions, I have demanded that an opportunity should be given for...
Is the Leader of the House aware that the faint hope which we have of discussing the Private Member's Bill tomorrow relates only to quite minormatters affecting the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Betting and Lotteries? May I put this point to him, as I have put it to him before: he will be aware that the Royal Commission was set up under the chairmanship of a former Conservative...
asked the Prime Minister (1) the precise nature of the instructions sent by him to Field Marshal Montgomery in 1945 as to the disposition of surrendered German arms and the date and circumstances under which the Supreme Commander, General Eisenhower, was informed of his action; (2) if, in view of the recent disclosure of the nature of communications between the then Prime Minister and Field...
Might I, in the first place, ask the Leader of the House if he will be kind enough to convey my thanks to the Prime Minister's office for the exceptional trouble that was taken and the great courtesy that was shown in informing me that the Prime Minister would not be present today? Can the Leader of the House say whether the researches of Field Marshal Montgomery into that section of the...
The Leader of the House may recall that in April, 1949, with the consent and approval of the whole House, there was set up a Royal Commission on Betting, Lotteries and Gaming, under the chairmanship of a very distinguished former Conservative Minister. That Commission, after spending a great deal of public money, made its report, if I recall rightly, in March, 1951. The conclusions of that...
