Mr James Butler, former MP, Cambridge University

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Mr James Butler is a former MP for Cambridge University.

Former MP for Cambridge University

Entered the House of Commons on 15 November 1922 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 16 November 1923 — General election

Orders of the Day — UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BILL [Lords].: Clause 6. — (Duties of Commissioners.) 20 Jul 1923

I beg to move, after the word "Commission" ["in the Report of the Royal Commission"], to insert the words including the recommendations of the Cambridge Committee as to the position of women at Cambridge. The object of this Amendment is to ensure that one very important part of the recommendations in the Report of the Royal Commission shall not be discriminated against, but shall receive...
Orders of the Day — UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BILL [Lords].: Clause 6. — (Duties of Commissioners.) 20 Jul 1923

I said, the proportion of applicants to vacancies; not the total number.
Orders of the Day — UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BILL [Lords].: Clause 6. — (Duties of Commissioners.) 20 Jul 1923

I beg to move, as an Amendment to the proposed Amendment, to leave out the words "of the Cambridge Committee." It has been represented to me that certain technical difficulties would be avoided if those words were omitted.

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