Mr Horace Holmes
Former MP for Hemsworth
Former MP for Hemsworth
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The Government are afraid of the drink trade.
My hon. Friend is putting his case very well, and says he is not prepared to be lined up with any pressure group, but does he agree that there has been pressure put by working men's clubs on Members of Parliament?
Like my right hon. Friend the Member for Colne Valley (Mr. Glenvil Hall) I, too, heard the speech of the Joint Under-Secretary of State. I was not too impressed. I am not an old Member of this House, but I have been here long enough to know that a Minister, with the assistance of the Civil Service, can damn a Bill with faint praise. I also was brought up in a school where difficulties were...
Former MP for Hemsworth
Entered the House of Commons on 21 February 1946 — unknown
Left the House of Commons on 18 September 1959 — General election
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