§ Mr. COOPERasked the Prime Minister if he will lay upon the Table of the House a translation of the debate in the German Reichstag on the causes of the increase in the cost of living in Germany?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI have seen with interest the full reports in the British Press of the debate in the Reichstag with regard to the increased cost of living in Germany, but I doubt if the advantage to be derived from making a complete translation would be worth the cost involved.
§ Mr. COOPERIs the right hon. Gentleman aware of the fact that the reports which have appeared in the Press are so widely divergent according to the political views of the newspapers, that it is impossible really to know what the truth is as to the conclusions to which the German Government have come?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI think everybody must form his own conclusions. They are accessible to all.
§ Mr. COOPERasked the Prime Minister if he will afford the House an early opportunity of discussing the causes of the increased cost of living and the means by which it can be met?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI would remind the hon. Member that, as I stated yesterday, the Board of Trade are conducting an inquiry into this matter, and, until this is concluded, I think no useful purpose would be served by a discussion in this House.