Former MP for Shipley
Mr Henry Rae is a former MP for Shipley.
Former MP for Shipley
Entered the House of Commons on 14 December 1918 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 16 November 1923 — General election
It will be within the recollection of Members of the House that during the later years of the War inquiries were held and investigations were made as to the possibility of bringing more land into cultivation, and so increasing the produce of the country. In the West Riding of Yorkshire those inquiries and investigations revealed a very grave state of affairs, and drew special attention to the...
As far as I know, the Hatfield Chase drainage authority was formed much after Vermuyden's time, but a great portion of their land was land that was rescued from marsh by him, and I understand that the West Riding County Council are perfectly willing to come to an arrangement with a drainage authority like the Hatfield Chase authority.
I think there will be no difficulty with that matter at all.
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