sentences:  His constituency was safely Conservative and Prior-Palmer had a majority of over 21,000 in the 1951 general election.In the first month of the new Parliament, with a Conservative government once again, he was required to apologise after being overheard saying that the Labour frontbencher and former Minister Jim Griffiths "had never done a damned day's work in his life".In May 1953 he launched a debate on the need for voluntary defence services.