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• Orders of the Day — Export Guarantees Bill: Clause 1. — (Amendments as to limits on the amount of guarantees under S. 1 of 2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 5.) 8 Feb 1945

  The Amendment moved by my hon. Friend the Member for South Croydon (Sir H. Williams) was, as he said, intended rather to cover an inquiry than to be pressed to a Division. I should like to start by assuring him that the question of long credits which he raised is very much in the mind of His Majesty's Government. The difficulties which he enumerated are practical; they exist and must be...

• Orders of the Day — Export Guarantees Bill: Clause 2. — (Power to give guarantees in connection with external transactions.) 8 Feb 1945

  The answer to both those questions is in the affirmative. That is the intention of the Clause.

• Orders of the Day — Export Guarantees Bill: Clause 2. — (Power to give guarantees in connection with external transactions.) 8 Feb 1945

  The question asked by the hon. Member for Penryn and Falmouth (Mr. Petherick) and by the hon. Member opposite, can really be answered in the affirmative. The object of this Bill is to make easier, and to retain for this country the very large business in international merchanting, which has been and we hope will continue to be a very great asset to this country, particularly from the point of...

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Former MP for Middlesbrough West

Entered the House of Commons on 3 March 1923 — unknown

Left the House of Commons on 1 March 1945 — Died

Also represented South Shields; Willesden East

• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Walter Thomson

Future MPs in this constituency

• Walter Thomson
• Frank Griffith
• Don Bennett
• Geoffrey Cooper
• Jocelyn Simon
• Jeremy Bray
• John Sutcliffe