Remarks after fainting at House of Commons ("nothing serious")
| Document type: | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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| Venue: | The Dormers, Holwood Park Avenue, Farnborough, Kent |
| Source: | Yorkshire Post, 25 November 1960 |
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| Importance ranking: | Trivial |
| Word count: | 84 |
| Themes: | Autobiographical comments |
MP faints from over-work
The 34-year-old Conservative MP for Finchley, Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, fainted in the House of Commons yesterday and had to return home. The cause was over-work. At her Farnborough home she said: “It is nothing serious—just complete over-tiredness. I had two fainting spells and just had to come home to rest.” Mrs. Thatcher, a barrister, became an MP last year and she piloted the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Bill through the House.