HC Deb 21 October 1969 vol 788 cc940-1
31. Mr. Bruce-Gardyne

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the outcome of his recent meetings with the United States Secretary of the Treasury and the management of the International Monetary Fund.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Roy Jenkins)

These meetings took place as part of a process of periodic and informal exchanges of view. They were not designed to have a specific outcome.

Mr. Bruce-Gardyne

Did the Chancellor discuss with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund his publicly expressed view, of which the Chief Secretary is apparently ignorant, that the demand management of the British economy in the months ahead will have to be more severe than the state of the economy necessitates because of the accumulation of short-term debts by the Government? What is the Chancellor's view on Mr. Schweitzer's opinion?

Mr. Roy Jenkins

I did not discuss this matter, and I am not quite sure to what the hon. Gentleman is referring.