Part of Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance. – in the House of Commons at on 24 May 1937.
Mr John Colville
, Midlothian and Peeblesshire Northern
I have been asked to reply. While it is true that armament expenditure is now adding materially to the volume of orders, the present prosperity is due in the main to deeper causes, and the Government will continue to work for its maintenance as they have worked in the past for its development. All aspects of the matter, including that suggested in the question, are being given continuous study.