Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 16 May 1950.
This is surely of some importance. These figures are given as comparable in the United Nations paper here, and if they are anything like right it does show that our prices are becoming increasingly maladjusted—to use one of the Chancellor's words—with those of the United States. If the matter is too complicated to explain now I hope the right hon. and learned Gentleman will find an opportunity of explaining it—not in a letter—so that not only I but others who are interested in it: may know what the facts are.