§ 44. Viscount CURZONasked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the necessity for the Government to take further steps to deal with unemployment, the Government will take steps to assist in the construction of a Channel tunnel?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThis matter has been brought to my attention and I have undertaken to receive a representative deputation shortly after Whitsun.
§ Lady TERRINGTONWill the right hon. Gentleman give this question earnest consideration, not only in view of the urgency of helping the unemployed, but as a means of promoting friendship between England and France?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI am perfectly willing to do anything of that character, but, obviously, before I can take any decision, I must have reports upon it from the proper preliminary authorities.
§ Mr. LAMBERTAre not the pigeonholes of the Government stuffed full of reports on this matter?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThat may be so, but, as regards this question, the reports relate to a condition of things which we all hope has completely gone, and it is necessary to have a survey of this proposition in view of the modern and more up-to-date conditions.