§ Mr. HUNTasked the Prime Minister whether he can give any reason for the number of strikes among working people during the last ten months; and, in view of the injury caused by them to working people and to the general prosperity of the country, he has any plan to prevent their continuance?
§ Mr. J. M. ROBERTSONThe Prime Minister has asked the Board of Trade to take this question. I do not think I can at present usefully add anything to the statements recently made in the House by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
§ Mr. HUNTWill the hon. Gentleman ask the Prime Minister if he would consider the advisability of giving the people a chance of changing the Government under the present ruinous system of taxation?