Suez Crisis and Length of Parliament's Debates
Lindsay was one of the sponsors of a motion critical of the United States after the Suez Crisis. He was critical of the Macmillan government in July 1957 for not doing enough to tackle inflation, and led a group of three MPs who abstained on it. At the end of 1957 he criticised the mediocrity of many MPs and called for reforms to House of Commons procedures including ending all-night sittings, in a letter which prompted a long debate. At the end of January 1958 the House of Commons set up a Select Committee on the issue, with Lindsay criticising the continued denigration of Parliament by newspapers who were also damaging the Royal family.
When the Parliamentary group on Egypt and Syria was formed in June 1960, Lindsay was appointed Chairman.
Read more about this topic: Sir Martin Lindsay, 1st Baronet, 1956-1964
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