Former MP for Tiverton
Mr Herbert Sparkes is a former MP for Tiverton.
Former MP for Tiverton
Entered the House of Commons on 15 November 1922 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 22 May 1923 — Died
It is always well to speak from the abundance of one's heart, but I prefer to speak from the abundance of another organ, therefore, my contribution to this Debate will be very brief. I am unable to respond to the appeal made from the other side, because in my opinion it proceeds from an ignorance of an elemental fact with regard to the functions and dignity of the House of Lords as contrasted...
I ask whether you can put these rents that you say have been taken away from the tenant by retrospective legislation higher than the vested interests which you yourselves are out to destroy? The only difference is that vested interests with the Labour party are not sacrosanct when they belong to the landlord classes, whereas they are untouchable when they belong to the people who are...
That is not so. They are destroying all the benefits, emoluments and privileges of the feudal system, but are seeking to add day by day to the burdens, and in that way they are preserving the feudal system. It is their hatred even of the very word "landlordism." I am not going to accept on behalf of the back-benchers on this side of the House the sordid, miserable issue as to whether this...
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