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Mrs Joyce Butler is a former MP for Haringey Wood Green.

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Former MP for Haringey Wood Green

Entered the House of Commons on 26 May 1955 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 7 April 1979 — General election

Also represented Wood Green

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Recent appearances

• Lead Pollution 12 Dec 1978

  I am grateful to have this opportunity of raising the subject of lead pollution, under class VIII. I think that I have almost lost count of the number of times that I have been involved in debates on lead pollution, but the nature of these debates has subtly changed over the years. The change is due to the steadily accumulating evidence that the fears that some of us have had about the...

• Cosmetics (Consumer Protection) 3 Aug 1978

  It is now 12 years since I first introduced a Private Member's Bill to provide for ingredient labelling of toilet preparations, because I was concerned about the many cases of allergies, rashes and similar conditions which were sent to me by sufferers who complained that they had been unable to discover the particular substance which had apparently caused the trouble. From this correspondence...

• Cosmetics (Consumer Protection) 3 Aug 1978

  My argument is that if one ingredient become suspect, or if a consumer has an allergy to an ingredient, the consumer can immediately pick it out if there is the listing of ingredients. That was the position with hexachloroethane. Everybody now knows that name. When people see it on a product, they understand what is meant. It is not necessary to know how to pronounce an ingredient to know...

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