Budget Proposals and Economic Situation

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 April 1949.

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Photo of Sir Stafford Cripps Sir Stafford Cripps , Bristol East 12:00, 12 April 1949

I think that the right hon. Gentleman will find that the mistake was made by the "Daily Telegraph" in wrongly quoting the Survey. It was never suggested that that pit in question had been built by the National Coal Board, or anything else. It was put in as an example of the kind of capital works that have been done in this country over the past years.