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Mr Frank Clarke is a former MP for Dartford.

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Former MP for Dartford

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

Left the House of Commons on 12 July 1938 — Died

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Mills
• Angus McDonnell
• John Mills
• George Jarrett
• John Mills
• James Rowlands
• William Mitchell
• James Rowlands
• William Dyke

Future MPs in this constituency

• Jennie Adamson
• Norman Dodds
• Sydney Irving
• Peter Trew
• Sydney Irving
• Bob Dunn
• Howard Stoate
• Gareth Johnson
• Jim Dickson

Recent appearances

• Orders of the Day — Finance Bill.: Clause 9. — (Customs duty on soya beans.) 18 Jun 1935

  I desire to oppose the Clause because there is a large mill in my division which will be seriously affected by this duty. I understand that at least 100 men will be dispensed with immediately it comes into effect, and, as in this particular case they deal with cargoes of soya beans running into thousands of tons, it is a pretty serious matter from their point of view. If they have to...

• National Health Insurance and Contributory Pensions Bill. 6 Jun 1935

  I rise to make an appeal to the Minister on one point, and that is that an additional Clause should be inserted in the Bill to provide for the insurance of boys and girls between the ages of 14 and 16. I have set down four reasons for this, which, with the permission of the House, I should like to give. The first is that there is at present no organised provision for the medical treatment of...

• Orders of the Day — Amendment of Law. 17 Apr 1935

  As representing one of the largest working class divisions, I would thank the Chancellor for a wonderful recovery in our part of the country. Three years ago we had an unemployment problem of between 5,000 and 6,000 but, as a result of the policy of the Government, it is down to 2,000. We have had no less than six fresh industries come into the division, in spite of one of the largest...

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