Mr Arthur Reed, former MP, Exeter

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Mr Arthur Reed is a former MP for Exeter.

Former MP for Exeter

Entered the House of Commons on 27 October 1931 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 15 June 1945 — General election

Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies: Manufactured Paper (Imports) 13 Jun 1945

Is the Minister aware that paper mills, through restriction of raw materials, have only been working up to 15 to 50 per cent. of their output during the war, and that there are hundreds of thousands of tons of wood pulp in Sweden ready to be shipped? Why does the Minister want to ship paper instead of the raw material?
Oral Answers to Questions — Government Building Programme (Sunday Work) 3 Nov 1943

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works why the Emergency Powers (Defence) Building and Civil Engineering Contracting (Hours of Employment) Order (S.R. & O., No. 1454, of 1943) permits Sunday work every other week; and why no explanatory memorandum is attached to this Order?
Oral Answers to Questions — Hotel Accommodation, London 3 Nov 1943

Would it not be simpler to reduce the number of Statutory Rules and Orders which no one understands and which affect tens of thousands of business men?

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