HC Deb 26 October 1955 vol 545 c210

I now come to the variety of measures in different fields which I propose to lay before the Committee. The measures of restraint which were imposed in the earlier part of the year will, of course, be maintained and allowed to develop their full effect. We shall see their full result as we approach the end of the year. But the progressive operation of credit policy will now be reinforced by further, and more direct, measures, designed to restrain demand in both the public and the private sectors of the economy, and to reduce expenditure on both investment and personal consumption.