§ 28. Mr. Croninasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give one approximate figure indicating the average number of applications considered by the Capital Issues Committee for each hour it sat in 1957.
§ Mr. MaudlingNo Sir; the figure would be meaningless.
§ Mr. CroninWill the right hon. Gentleman at least agree that he is dealing with more complications than he can effectively deal with? Why do the Government who are so vigorously opposed to controls generally insist upon this most unproductive and unpredictable control?
§ Mr. MaudlingI would not agree with that assumption about the Capital Issues Committee.