November 2nd, 1956
Cabinet Management
London
Helps manage Commons business as the crisis produces deep political division
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Richard Austen Butler
Great Britain
Lord Privy Seal
3 archival records
November 2nd, 1956
Senior Ministers Face Parliamentary Opposition
London
Richard Austen Butler and his colleagues encountered growing criticism of the government's decision to attack Egypt.
November 9th, 1956
Cabinet Addresses Opposition After Military Halt
London
Richard Austen Butler and other ministers faced political scrutiny over the intervention and its abrupt cessation.