85:. He was active in parliament, particularly on local issues. He voted on against the Court candidate for Speaker on 25 October 1705 and told against the Administration in various divisions. A concern of the Lancashire weavers was the extent of frauds in the working up of cloth and iron, and he was appointed to help draft a bill to prevent such frauds. In January 1707 he guided this bill through the Commons, and took it to the Lords on 18 February. His exertions were much appreciated in Lancashire, but the Bill was twice lost through the prorogation of Parliament. He was returned unopposed at the
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