§ 59. Miss Wilkinsonasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can now state when the report of the steel inquiry by the Imports Duties Advisory Committee is likely to be published?
§ Dr. BurginI understand that the committee are pressing on with their report, but that it is not yet possible to indicate the probable date of its completion.
§ Miss WilkinsonIs the Parliamentary Secretary aware that the delay in producing the report of the iron and steel inquiry is having a bad effect on places like Jarrow where important inquiries with regard to the use of the site are held up, and can he not make representations to the committee to see that this prolonged delay is now brought to an end?
§ Dr. BurginI think the hon. Lady, if she makes a few more inquiries, will find that the account she has given does not represent the facts.
§ Miss WilkinsonIs the Parliamentary Secretary aware that I am not accustomed to say things in this House that I am not prepared to prove and that I have made my statement on the authority of the man who made the inquiries? Will the Minister kindly withdraw the insult?