Commonwealth Economic Conference

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 23 June 1964.

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Photo of Mr Albert Oram Mr Albert Oram , East Ham South 12:00, 23 June 1964

Despite his right hon. Friend having had success at the eleventh hour at Geneva in finding a formula which brought a good deal of unanimity in the final declaration of U.N.C.T.A.D., were there not revealed during the course of the conference very deep differences indeed between the developing and developed nations, and is not the Commonwealth in a unique situation—in combining both developed and developing countries in one organisation—and in a very good position to take the right sort of initiative in solving this fundamental problem?