Private Members' Bills
In the period since the Second World War (and probably also over a much longer period than that) he holds a record by any single MP or member of the House of Lords, during their Parliamentary career, for the introduction of the largest number of Private Members Bills (eight) to receive the Royal Assent and become law as documented in the Parliamentary publication The Success of Private Members's Bills The eight bills to be passed in to law following his introduction of them in to Parliament through the Private Members' Bill Route are as follows:-
1974 - Town and Country Amenities, 1974 - Parks Regulation (Amendment), 1975-76 Stock Exchange (Completion of Bargains) 1979-80 Gaming (Amendment), 1981-82 Copyright Act 1956 (Amendment), 1982-83 British Nationality (Falkland Islands), 1993-94 Firearms (Amendment), 1996-97 Pharmacists (Fitness To Practice)
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“Mens sana in men’s sauna, in the flush
Of health and toilets, private and corporal glee,”
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Irregular verbs to learn, the Time Being to redeem
From insignificance.”
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