Former MP for St Helens
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70. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total amount paid in commutation of pensions to the descendants of deceased Army and Navy officers for the past 20 years; and what number of such descendants still remain on the pensions list contained in Finance Accounts?
Can the hon. and gallant Gentleman express any hope that this will be included in the Economy Bill?
It is not the first time in my experience that I have found myself crossing swords with the right hon. and learned Member for Spen Valley (Sir J. Simon), though not in a political but in a legal sense. If the right hon. and learned Gentleman will carry his mind back to the middle nineties, when one of his early legal briefs in company with the present Lord Chancellor was in opposition to...
Former MP for St Helens
Entered the House of Commons on 14 December 1918 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 7 October 1931 — General election
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