Former MP for Edinburgh West
Mr Thomas Cooper is a former MP for Edinburgh West.
Former MP for Edinburgh West
Entered the House of Commons on 14 November 1935 — General election
Left the House of Commons in 1941 — unknown
I beg to move, in page 12, line 27, to leave out paragraph (a), and to insert: "(a) for the reference in paragraph 4 of the Schedule to the Lord Chancellor there shall be substituted a reference to the Secretary of State and for any reference elsewhere in this Act to the Lord Chancellor there shall be substituted a reference to the Lord Justice General;(b) for references to the High Court...
I have been asked to reply. No action has been taken against any person because of his association with Scottish Nationalism or the Scottish Nationalist Party. In consequence, however, of information in the possession of the authorities, search warrants obtained under Defence Regulation 88A were executed on 3rd May at certain premises in which it was believed that evidence would be found...
With regard to the first part of the hon. Member's supplementary question, the firearms which were revealed were not of a kind used for sporting purposes. As regards the second part of the question, the procedure under the search warrants followed the ordinary course. They were granted on sworn informations, by sheriffs in certain cases and by justices of the peace in certain cases.
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