HC Deb 26 January 1943 vol 386 cc343-4
15. Mr. Hogg

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is prepared to appoint a committee to develop a policy for the rehabilitation of our industrial markets after the war?

Mr. Dalton

I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Southampton (Dr. Russell Thomas) on 25th November last, of which I am sending him a copy.

Mr. Hogg

Was not that reply perfectly negative in its character, and is my right hon. Friend aware of the considerable anxiety which is felt that the Government are not paying sufficient attention to this important subject?

Mr. Dalton

No, Sir, the reply states that a Committee such as my hon. and gallant Friend desires to see set up is, in fact, functioning, and was set up in December, 1941.