§ 5. Major CARVERasked the President of the Board of Trade whether any steps have yet been taken to establish a national organisation to popularise the need for buying British goods as against foreign imported articles?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERI understand that the Prime Minister has given his approval to the institution of national organisation to promote both wise spending and the voluntary purchase of British goods. The formation of the organisation is almost complete, and it is hoped that a further announcement will be made with regard to it within the next few days.
§ Major CARVERWill the new organisation be entirely separate from the Empire Marketing Board?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERYes, I think so. I hope to meet, the day after to-morrow, a number of the people who are going to organise it, but I think it is very important that in any movement of this kind all the agencies which can do some good work should be co-ordinated.
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe function of a national party is to promote the national well-being.