§ 47. Lieut.-Colonel Liptonasked the Prime Minister whether he has yet come to a decision on the future supervision of the Ministers of Food and Agriculture by a co-ordinating Minister.
§ The Prime MinisterI have no statement to make on this matter at the present time.
§ Lieut.-Colonel LiptonWhile it is appreciated that the Prime Minister must still feel his way on this as on many other matters, is he able to say whether or not this principle of over-lordship is now in the course of being abandoned?
§ The Prime MinisterI did not use the expression "over-lordship." I thought it was connected with an operation in the late war, but it has been used a great deal in a very foolish manner. As was explained by the Leader of the Opposition, he managed to do all these things without telling the public anything about them.