Sir George Newton
Former MP for Cambridge
Former MP for Cambridge
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The information which my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer has been good enough to give to the House and the concession which he has announced will, I think, go far towards meeting the reasonable criticisms that have been levelled against the Bill, and will do much to ensure its smooth passage through the House. The Unemployment Bill and the Financial Resolution can, of...
Cannot more labour be employed and the work completed at an earlier date?
I beg to move, in page 2, line 6, after the word "authority," to insert the words: or by the local education authority for an adjoining area. It may be that this Amendment and the subsequent Amendment which I have put down—in page 2, line 13, after the word "situate," to insert the words "or in an adjoining area"—are more or less Committee points and would have been better raised when the...
Former MP for Cambridge
Entered the House of Commons on 16 March 1922 — unknown
Left the House of Commons on 15 January 1934 — unknown
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