Ministry of Labour.

Part of Civil Estimates, 1929. – in the House of Commons at on 24 April 1929.

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Photo of Mr Cyril Culverwell Mr Cyril Culverwell , Bristol West

—by raising the school age, or, in other words, by a great system of increased benefits to all so to raise the purchasing power of the people that they will be able to stimulate the whole home market. That, I am quite convinced, is not the way we should approach this problem. Our last state would be worse than the first. When we have restored the position of the markets of the world, then we can afford to launch out on more lavish schemes of social reform. Until this is done, it is fatal to embark upon a course which would increase the burden of taxation, which, even at the present time, industry is hardly able to bear.