§ 16. Mr. Emrys Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will instruct his economic and planning advisers to prepare a world recovery plan, complementary to the European Recovery Plan, preparatory to consulting the Governments of the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R., with a view to securing their co-operation in such a plan.
§ Mr. BevinNo, Sir. The preparation and study of plans to promote economic recovery on a world-wide scale are undertaken by the United Nations through its Economic and Social Council and other agencies. His Majesty's Government are closely associated in the work of these agencies, which form the most appropriate channel for international co-operation in this field.
§ Mr. HughesWill the Foreign Secretary urge our representatives on the United Nations organisation to support the idea of a world recovery plan in order to get a new approach to the settlement of our international difficulties?
§ Mr. BevinWe work very hard in that field. We are members of the International Labour Organisation, the Food and Agricultural Organisation, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Monetary Fund and the International Trade Organisation, and His Majesty's Government have done all they can to make these successful. Unhappily, none of those organisations is complete.