Former MP for Birmingham, Northfield
What does the right hon. Gentleman mean by "received wisdom"? Received from whom?
I hope that my right hon. Friend will not be inflexible. Indeed, I hope that he will give a pledge of flexibility on the idea of a concordat. After all, the philosophy in industry which my right hon. Friend is trying to develop is one of partnership between his Ministry and the industry. Can we not take that partnership into the phase of understanding with an industry like this?
Will the promised second debate on procedure take place before Christmas?
The hon. Member for Barkston Ash (Mr. Alison) does himself no justice at all by that kind of speech. To pretend that economic analyses are as simple, as straightforward and as easy as he has been making out is little short of puerile. The first part of his argument was that as there was slow growth in the national gross product during this period one should expect the sort of slowing down of...
The hon. Gentleman was making it clear that he was having a number of second thoughts about the simplified approach of his hon. Friend. But if he wishes to opt out of the argument, I do not need to call him in aid. The hon. Member for Barkston Ash seems mesmerised by the statement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer some time ago that the import deposits scheme would lead to a cut in...
We have to take the whole context of the speech, which dealt with the national problem of a general, steady and never ending growth in our import bill. I would say that any Chancellor who ever said that he expected a small Measure like this to lead to a fall in the volume, and hence a fall in the total value of imports, was off his head, and whatever else my right hon. Friend may be he is...
One of the three.
I am sure that it is right, but why does not the hon. Gentleman tell this to the hon. Member for Barkston Ash (Mr. Alison), who thinks that at the moment imports should be automatically going down because there is not such a good growth in the gross national product? The hon. Gentleman is now telling the hon. Member for Barkston Ash about all the complicating factors which go to the make-up...
