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Former MP for Sheffield, Hallam

Entered the House of Commons on 8 October 1959 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 18 May 1987 — General election

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Roland Jennings
• Louis Smith
• Frederick Sykes
• Douglas Vickers
• Herbert Fisher
• Charles Stuart-Wortley

Future MPs in this constituency

• Irvine Patnick
• Richard Allan
• Nick Clegg
• Jared O'Mara
• Olivia Blake

Recent appearances

• Soviet Union (Prime Minister's Visit) 2 Apr 1987

  Is my right hon. Friend aware that those Conservative Members who have had meetings with the Kremlin and with General Secretary Gorbachev welcome the fact that a British Prime Minister has a dialogue with the General Secretary? My right hon. Friend mentioned Europe. Is not one of our difficulties in this country the fact that in two weeks' time Prime Minister Chirac will pay a similar visit?...

• Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station 12 Mar 1987

  I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his bold and realistic decision, but it relates to one type of reactor in one location. I welcome the fact that he has referred to wind, tidal and thermal energy. I should like him to emphasise that fact, because he also spoke about new coal-fired power stations. Will he bear in mind the fact that consumers of energy want a power programme that will give...

• Sizewell Nuclear Power Station 23 Feb 1987

  The Sizewell B inquiry has taken an inordinate length of time, but it has achieved two purposes. First, it has dealt with the installation of a PWR, redesigned by the CEGB with safety in mind. It has taken in the lessons of Three Mile Island and the experience of the operation of PWRs in other countries. Secondly, the inquiry has dealt with the suitability of Sizewell B as a site for the...

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