Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 31 October 1947.
Wing Commander Ernest Millington
, Chelmsford
12:00,
31 October 1947
May I ask my hon. Friend a question? He is trying to make a case now that the years 1890 to 1900 were, in fact, our most prosperous years. Can he give any statistics on the amount of food grown in this country in relation to the current year and the amount of food imported into this country in relation to the current year, and can he say if there was less food coming into the country in those ten years pro rata to the population? Would he not agree that most of the people were worse off, in spite of that prosperity?