[2] On his return to England in 1932, Fort was employed by Imperial Chemical Industries as junior works manager in the company's Cheshire alkali factories.
[5] He made his maiden speech in a debate on the 1950 budget, arguing that rates of taxation were so high that they denied the incentive of giving a man more money when he did more work.
[2] Re-elected with a majority increased to 4,425 in the 1951 general election,[3] Fort was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Florence Horsbrugh, the Minister of Education, until 1954.
[1] He supported the Conservative government's Transport Bill, arguing that the freedom of railways to set their own freight charges would allow road and rail to compete and work out the best way of carrying goods.
[12] He complained at remarks by fellow Conservative MP John Eden, who had opposed the chemical manipulation of foodstuffs; Fort said that prolonged investigations were undertaken to make sure food additives were safe.
[15] He moved an amendment in April 1957 which would allow the Central Electricity Generating Board to issue stock and borrow money with Ministry approval; he argued that they needed to use their capital to the best possible advantage.
[19] In June 1958 he abstained on a three-line whip after a debate on the cotton industry, failing to support Government policy, along with six other MPs representing affected constituencies.