§ 50. Mr. Keelingasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to state the average profit margins of the 10 largest exporting industries.
§ Sir S. CrippsThe information asked for is unfortunately not available.
§ Mr. KeelingIf the Chancellor cannot give figures will he consider issuing an explanation of his allegation of "frightfully high and enormous profits"—an allegation which the best-known weekly economic paper described as "Not the words of an economist but those of a rabble-rouser"?
§ Sir S. CrippsI am afraid I am not concerned with what either the Press or the Leader of the Opposition says. The information is not available and I could not give any explanation because the facts are not available.