Tariff Reductions

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 19 November 1953.

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Photo of Sir Waldron Smithers Sir Waldron Smithers , Orpington 12:00, 19 November 1953

As Great Britain is the one country in the world which cannot become self-supporting, would not my right hon. Friend agree that the only hope for a permanent recovery is to remove all trade barriers so that we can buy in the cheapest markets and sell in the dearest? Has my right hon. Friend seen the speech of Sir Roger Makins, as reported in "The Times" today?