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Mr Thomas Dickson is a former MP for Lanark.

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Former MP for Lanark

Entered the House of Commons on 6 December 1923 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 7 October 1931 — General election

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Walter Elliot
• William Gillon
• Henry Monteith
• Adam Hay
• Henry Monteith
• John Pringle
• John Riddell
• William Maxwell
• Charles Lockhart-Ross
• William Dickson

Future MPs in this constituency

• Stephen Mitchell
• Alec Douglas-Home
• Thomas Steele
• Alec Douglas-Home
• Patrick Maitland
• Judith Hart

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Housing.: Rent and Owners' Rates, Scotland. 26 Jun 1930

  89. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what would be the rent if owners' rates are added to and included in the rental of a house which otherwise would be let at £20 in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Govan, Hamilton, and Blantyre, respectively?

• Orders of the Day — Supply.: Grants in Respect of Employment Schemes. 18 Jun 1930

  In the opening speech, we were told several times that the Government had not grappled with the problem at all, and in speeches from the other side we have had submitted to us a number of cures to be applied to the evil. They have varied from the bargaining power of tariffs to a suggestion that, in approaching the problem, we should not leave out of our calculations that unseen Power who will...

• Orders of the Day — Supply.: Grants in Respect of Employment Schemes. 18 Jun 1930

  The general standard of those who are working is much higher, and of those who are not working, much lower.

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