Sir George Butler
Former MP for Cambridge University
Former MP for Cambridge University
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indicated assent.
Hear, hear!
I think the House owes a great debt of gratitude to the last speaker, in that, at the beginning of his speech, he put the negotiations in the forefront of our thoughts. Far better than party recrimination, or even than claiming virtue for one's own party, is it to think of that small band of Englishmen out there, charged with one of the most difficult diplomatic negotiations that a servant of...
Former MP for Cambridge University
Entered the House of Commons on 6 December 1923 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 2 May 1929 — Died
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