§ 23. Mr. HANNONasked the Prime Minister whether he is now in a position to make any statement on the policy of the Government towards the safeguarding of the iron and steel industries?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which I gave yesterday to a similar question from the hon. and gallant Member for Leith (Captain Benn).
§ Mr. HANNONIs there any truth in the statement which appears in one of the morning papers to-day that the proceedings of the Committee have broken down?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI have not seen the statement, nor is it true.
§ Mr. MACKINDERTs it not a fact that a large amount of pig iron produced by cheap labour in India, and subsidised, is imported now into this country?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI have a very profound mistrust of everything that is called a fact.