Former MP for Walthamstow West
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I join the hon. Member for Devizes (Mr. Charles Morrison) in expressing appreciation to my hon. Friend the Member for Exeter (Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody) for having taken this opportunity to raise a matter which is not only compelling upon our attention but which justifiably demands our sympathy and understanding. My only regret—and I think that other hon. Members will share it—is that the...
Any change in the provision which governs this matter is for consideration by the Burnham Committee in the first place.
I am conscious of the point to which the hon. Lady draws attention, but it would be improper for me to comment on it in detail at the moment, in as much as it is a matter which is negotiable between the parties on the Burnham Committee.
Former MP for Walthamstow West
Entered the House of Commons on 1 March 1956 — unknown
Left the House of Commons on 15 April 1967 — Died
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