Mr William Wilson
Former MP for Coventry South East
Former MP for Coventry South East
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What about the hon. Member for Belfast, West (Mr. Fitt)?
He has certainly borne the brunt.
There is considerable interest in this matter in my constituency. I have had a fair amount of experience of it in the time that I have been a Member of the House. I served on the former Race Relations and Immigration Select Committee for almost nine years. In the past 10 years I must have been engaged professionally in dozens of immigration appeal cases, before either the adjudicator or the...
Former MP for Coventry South East
Entered the House of Commons on 15 October 1964 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 13 May 1983 — General election
Also represented Coventry South
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