HC Deb 20 October 1942 vol 383 cc1837-8
65. Mr. Graham White

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is satisfied that the agreement for the International Control of Production and Export of Tin is within the letter and spirit of the Atlantic Charter?

Mr. Law

Yes, Sir.

Mr. White

What arrangements have been made for the protection of consumers?

Mr. Law

The agreement should help consumers as much as it helps producers. It is calculated to smooth out violent oscillations in price, which are beneficial neither to producers nor to consumers.

Mr. White

Would it not be a good idea to give the representatives of the consumers the right to vote?

Mr. Stokes

Is not this another example of the intention of the Government to retain monopoly interests as long as they can?

Mr. Law

No, Sir.

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