HC Deb 10 March 1943 vol 387 c662
51. Mr. Ivor Thomas

asked the Prime Minister whether he will move to set up a Select Committee to consider the problem of maintaining full employment after the war, and to make recommendations?

Mr. Eden

I do not consider that the appointment of a Select Committee would be appropriate in this case.

Mr. Thomas

My Question has been rewritten, no doubt in conformity with the practice of the House, but may I ask whether the Government have this question under consideration? It is no use waiting until the end of hostilities.

Mr. Eden

The point I had in mind was that this matter could not be dissociated from the general Government economic policy over the whole field. As the hon. Member will know from my earlier answers as Foreign Secretary, certain events are moving there.