§ 46. Lieut.-Colonel Liptonasked the Prime Minister in what respects the duties of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury will differ from those of the Minister of State for Economic Affairs.
§ The Prime MinisterThe scope of the duties will be broadly the same, namely, to assist my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the economic side of his responsibilities.
§ Lieut.-Colonel LiptonIn those circumstances, will the Prime Minister say why it has taken him so long to discover that the duties of the Minister of State for Economic Affairs would be so much more effectively discharged by someone else at £1,000 a year less?
§ The Prime MinisterWe must feel our way as we go.
§ Mr. ManuelWho is the next to go?