HC Deb 06 March 1930 vol 236 c645
67. Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked the Minister of Health if he has now considered the Returns which have been made as the result of the special inquiry he set up into test work in November last; and when will he be in a position to make a statement?

Mr. GREENWOOD

No, Sir. I am not yet in a position to make a statement.

Mr. HORE-BELISHA

Can the right hon. Gentleman say why he persistently refuses to make a statement upon a subject on which he was very voluble when in opposition?

Mr. GREENWOOD

The answer is quite simple—because I am not an automatic machine.

Mr. SHAKESPEARE

If a question is put down next week, will the right hon. Gentleman be able to give an answer?

Mr. GREENWOOD

Certainly I will give an answer, but I will not say that it will be satisfactory.

Mr. W. J. BROWN

Are we to understand that it really requires four months?

Mr. ALBERY

Does not the right hon. Gentleman think that continual repetition of the same answer will lead the House to think that he is an automatic machine?