Former MP for Blackpool
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79. asked the President of the Board of Education whether, in view of the fact that, while there are 28,500 mentally deficient children in England and Wales who might benefit by being educated in special schools, accommodation is only available for 16,000, and that during 1922 seven authorities who proposed to provide such schools were refused permission on financial grounds; and, in view of...
I beg to second the Motion.
49. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, when presenting the Estimate for the subsidy to relieve agricultural rates, he will take into consideration the fact that tithe rent charge has been for fiscal purposes invariably treated as land, and propose the same measure of relief for the owners of clerical tithe rent charge as for farmers?
Former MP for Blackpool
Entered the House of Commons on 15 November 1922 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 16 November 1923 — General election
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