Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 29 July 1953.
I very much agree with one remark of the hon. Member, that while, on a narrow view, the immediate interest of the producer may seem to conflict with that of the consumer—he wants something which will give an indelible branding and in the pursuit of that purpose uses a material which causes a great deal of trouble to the consumer—on the longer view, looking at the interests of producers in general, it is obviously very much in their interest to do their utmost to eliminate that trouble. If action by the Government of the producing country is required, that Government has an interest in seeing that whatever is practicable is done.