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Lieut-Colonel Maurice Alexander is a former MP for Southwark South East.

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Former MP for Southwark South East

Entered the House of Commons on 15 November 1922 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 16 November 1923 — General election

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Thomas Naylor
• James Dawes

Future MPs in this constituency

• Thomas Naylor
• Evelyn Powell
• Thomas Naylor

Recent appearances

• Orders of the Day — ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BILL [Lords]. 27 Jul 1923

  I rise for the specific purpose of saying that I have listened with very great diffidence to the hon. and learned Member for South Shields (Mr. Harney), and to the hon. and gallant Member for Central Nottingham (Captain Berkeley), and I must confess that, after listening to their arguments, I can come to no other conclusion than that the Attorney-General has made out a very strong case. I...

• Orders of the Day — ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BILL [Lords]. 27 Jul 1923

  If that be so, then surely there is no hardship if those people are given that right and get a jury when they ask for it. One looks at Clause 2, and cannot help seeing that people have that right. If one looks at paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of Subsection (1), one sees that it is distinctly stated that if any party to the action asks for a jury, he shall have it.

• Orders of the Day — ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BILL [Lords]. 27 Jul 1923

  In Clause 2, Sub-section (1, d). It reads: Any cause, not being a cause to which paragraph (a), paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of this Section applies, shall, if any party thereto makes an application, in that behalf, be tried with a jury, unless in the opinion of the Court or a Judge the cause is more fit to be tried without a jury. An hon. Member near me on the Labour Benches says that...

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