A MAIDEN SPEECH
MISS LAWEENCE IMPRESSES HOUSE. .
LONDON, l?th January.' In the House of Commons, among many maiden speeches, the* greatest interest was evidenced in Migs.Susan Lawrence's, the first Labour womsnVheai'd in a British Parliament, which deeply JfnproEscd. ( She is slim, grey-haired, and spectacled, and presented an earnest figure ,as she pleaded the cause of necessitous 'school children. .She contended that-the [•wholesale cutting down of expenditure on children's meala was illegal, and demanded the opinion of the law officers. She argued that the Board; of Education is- reactionary in other matters. ''■'■■ '
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 15, 18 January 1924, Page 7
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91A MAIDEN SPEECH Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 15, 18 January 1924, Page 7
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