Former MP for Jarrow
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50. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can furnish an estimate of the face value of Chinese Government bonds held in this country?
32. asked the Minister of Health whether he has considered the annual report of the medical officer of health for Hebburn-on-Tyne, in which it is stated that the infant mortality rate has risen from 86 per 1,000 live births last year to 108 this year, and that for every 116 babies born last year a mother died, the average being almost double that for the whole country; and, in view of the...
Is my right hon. Friend aware that all this has happened in the last year?
Former MP for Jarrow
Entered the House of Commons on 27 October 1931 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 25 October 1935 — General election
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