Former MP for Chislehurst
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Would the hon. Gentleman explain how these agreements reached between the banks and the National Union of Bank Employees are referred to the National Board for Prices and Incomes far more frequently than appears to be the case with agreements reached in other industries?
Is my right hon. Friend aware that his decision is the worst of all possible decisions? Is he aware that it will lead to uncertainty for an indefinite period? What possible reason can there be for not adopting either of the other decisions open to him —to abolish the sixpence immediately at the end of the transitional period, as I think he should have done, or to allow it to continue...
I really think that we shall have to change our procedures in this House. I regard it as absolutely ridiculous, after a serious Budget speech, to have to listen to the kind of knockabout slapstick that we had from the Leader of the Opposition, who had to dig back to 1949 to find some feeble joke about onions. It is not proper to say things like that in the middle of what should be a serious...
Former MP for Chislehurst
Entered the House of Commons on 31 March 1966 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 29 April 1970 — General election
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