Alf Morris
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The Right Honourable The Lord Morris of Manchester AO QSO PC |
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Morris in 2010.
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| Minister of State for Social Security (Minister for the Disabled) |
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In office 10 October 1974 – 4 May 1979 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | First Minister for the Disabled in the world |
| Succeeded by | Reg Prentice |
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Member of Parliament for Manchester Wythenshawe |
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In office 15 October 1964 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Eveline Hill |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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23 March 1928 Manchester, England |
| Died | 12 August 2012 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Spouse(s) | Irene Jones (m. 1950) |
| Children | 2 daughters and 2 sons |
Alfred Morris, Baron Morris of Manchester, AO, QSO, PC (23 March 1928 –12 August 2012) was a British Labour Co-operative politician and disability campaigner.
Morris served as Member of Parliament for Manchester Wythenshawe from 1964 until 1997, having previously unsuccessfully fought the, then, safe Conservative seat of Liverpool Garston in 1951 and the Wythenshawe seat in 1959. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Fred Peart, the Agriculture Minister. Morris campaigned against British entry to the Common Market and in May 1967 Prime Minister Harold Wilson sacked him, and six others, for abstaining in a Commons vote on the issue. Fred Peart did not appoint a replacement and Morris continued to work for him, albeit unofficially. In 1968, Peart became Leader of the Commons and reappointed Morris as his Parliamentary Private Secretary.
In 1970 Morris successfully introduced the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act, which was the first in the world to recognise and give rights to people with disabilities. In 1974 he became the first Minister for the Disabled anywhere in the world. In 1991 he introduced a Civil Rights (Disabled Persons) Bill and he led campaigns on Gulf War Syndrome.
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