§ 2. Mr. Stanley Prescottasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish an abridged and simplified edition of the Report of the Working Party on the Cotton Industry.
§ Sir S. CrippsThough I appreciate the desirability of the widest possible dissemination of the Working Party's Report, I should hope that all those who are interested will read it in full, since it would not be possible to make an accurate abridgment.
§ Mr. PrescottIs the President of the Board of Trade aware that it is impossible for the ordinary working people of Lancashire to read this Report in full; that they take a very great interest in the Report; and would he reconsider the possibility and the desirability of publishing an abridged and simplified version?
§ Sir S. CrippsWe have considered the possibility and the desirability, and we have come to the conclusion that it would not be desirable, because it might lead to a great deal of misunderstanding.
§ Sir Waldron SmithersThe Government do not want the workers to know.
§ Mr. BossomHow many copies of the Report have been printed
§ Sir S. CrippsI would like to have notice of that.