Major George Davies, former MP, Yeovil

Oral Answers to Questions — Resettlement (Training Allowances): Children's Travelling Expenses 14 Jun 1945

Is the hon. Lady aware that in many districts in the country, children just a few months over five years old are expected to walk long distances to get to school because it is inside a certain restricted area; and as in many cases those lines of approach have been widened right up to the banks on either side and there are buses and so forth travelling along those roads, such children are in...
Orders of the Day — Requisitioned Land and War Works Bill 12 Apr 1945

I will detain the Committee only a short time because the real arguments on this have been stated. We all listened to a strong man struggling with adversity while the Financial Secretary to the Treasury was trying to give us completely unconvincing reasons, because he was batting on a bad wicket. I would like to recall the argument put forward in a nutshell by the right hon. Gentleman the...
Orders of the Day — Requisitioned Land and War Works Bill 12 Apr 1945

Over this Measure we have three main apprehensions: first the composition of the Commission; second, the powers of the Commission; and third, this question of public rights in common lands. I urge the Chancellor to appreciate the feeling which there is in all parts of the Committee and in the country on this matter. It is not a question of the wording of this Amendment. It is seldom that the...

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Major George Davies