Memory Lane

The new situation in Parliament reminded me of an occasion when I had spoken from the Conservative front bench, on March 26, 1970. It was in fact the last time I spoke in the Commons, and the last sitting before the general election of that year. Seeing that there was nobody on the Tory benches, I decided to make a speech to get that on the record, as was helpfully underlined by Mr Speaker:

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