Laurance Reed
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Laurance Douglas Reed, MP (born 4 December 1937) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and political writer. He represented Bolton East from 1970 until 1974.
He was educated at Gresham's School in Norfolk and University College, Oxford.
In September, 1971, in a telegram to the prime minister of the day, Edward Heath, Reed proposed the forcible repatriation of citizens of the Irish Republic living in the UK as a means of persuading the Irish premier, Jack Lynch, to act against terrorists. Part of his telegram read: "Bolton and Lancashire would take a poor view of any show of weakness over the continuing use of the Republic as a base for the IRA gunmen."
[edit] Publications
- Planning for Survival, by Garth Collyer, Richard Britten, Ian Mackeson-Sandback, Lawrance Reed, and Ann Retallack (London, 1961)
- Europe in a Shrinking World: a Technological Perspective, by Laurance Douglas Reed (Oldbourne & Co., London, 1967)
- Ocean-Space: Europe's New Frontier by Laurance Reed (London, 1969)
- An Ocean of Waste: some proposals for clearing the seas around Britain, by Laurance Reed (London, 1972)
[edit] Sources
- Bolton Evening News, September 6, 1971.
- Famous Boltonians
- Find in a Library
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| Preceded by: Robert Lever Howarth |
Member of Parliament for Bolton East 1970–1974 |
Succeeded by: David Wright Young |
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