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Mr James Scott-Hopkins is a former MP for West Derbyshire.

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Former MP for West Derbyshire

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

Left the House of Commons on 7 April 1979 — General election

Also represented North Cornwall

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Edward Wakefield

Future MPs in this constituency

• Aidan Crawley
• Matthew Parris
• Patrick McLoughlin

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Common Agricultural Policy 8 Feb 1979

  Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that, apart from keeping prices down as far as possible, we need a switch from guarantees to guidance? Does he agree that structural plans must be revised and that it is about time we had a rural fund to deal with the rural areas not only in this country but also in Europe? This would help people get out of production in cases where there are surpluses.

• Orders of the Day — European Communities (Developments) 15 Nov 1978

  That is nonsense.

• Orders of the Day — European Communities (Developments) 15 Nov 1978

  The one thing that has been agreed by everyone who has taken part in the debate is that we have been unanimous in our request to the Government to improve the White Paper when they publish the next one for the last six months of 1978—not only to improve the statistics but to improve the wording, in order to make it more explanatory. As it is—I could not agree more with my hon. Friends who...

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