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(Untitled), 08 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/42-46

Scope and Contents

Extract from Hansard of 8 June 1945 pp 1214 - 1294 regarding debate on Overseas Forces (Conditions and Welfare). Speakers are: John Lawson (Labour MP for Chester-le-Street, Durham), Sir James Grigg (Secretary of State for War), Gerald Palmer (Conservative MP for Winchester, Hampshire), Lady Astor (Conservative MP for Sutton, Devon), Henry Charleton (Labour MP for Leeds South, Yorkshire), John Leslie (Labour MP for Sedgefield, Durham), Lieutenant-Colonel John Profumo (Conservative MP for Kettering, Northamptonshire), Charles Vernon Bartlett (Independent MP for Bridgwater, Somerset), William Glenvil Hall (Labour MP for Colne Valley, Yorkshire), Frederick Bellenger (Labour MP for Bassetlaw, Nottnghamshire), Major Basil Nield (Conservative MP for Chester), Sir Arnold Gridley (Conservative MP for Stockport), Thomas Driberg (Labour MP for Maldon, Essex), Irene Ward (Conservative MP for Wallsend, Northumberland), Captain Leonard Gammans (Conservative MP for Hornsey, London), Valentine McEntee (Labour MP for Walthamstow, London), Captain John McEwen (Conservative MP for Berwick and Haddington, East Lothian), George Mathers (Labour MP for Linlithgow, West Lothian), Major Francis Beech (Conservative MP for Woolwich West, London), and Evelyn Walkden (Labour MP for Doncaster, Yorkshire). Page 1282 has been flagged, and pages 1282 - 1291, relating to comments by Grigg on repatriation, have been marked with red pencil.

Dates

  • Creation: 08 Jun 1945

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Parliamentary copyright

Extent

5 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Subject

  • Army (Organization)

Repository Details

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