HC Deb 21 January 1971 vol 809 cc1265-6
Q1. Mr. Eadie

asked the Prime Minister if he will place in the Library a copy of his public speech on industrial relations made to London Young Conservatives on 5th December on government policy.

The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Reginald Maudling)

I have been asked to reply.

I would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave last Tuesday to similar Questions from the hon. Members for Heywood and Royton (Mr. Barnett) and Ashton-under-Lyne (Mr. Sheldon).—[Vol. 809, c. 717–719.]

Mr. Eadie

Would the right hon. Gentleman convey to the Prime Minister that the language of the battlefield is not helpful in any human relations, quite apart from industrial relations, and that there are far too many battle cries in that speech?

Mr. Maudling

I will convey that to my right hon. Friend. I doubt whether he will agree. I seem to remember in speeches of the previous Prime Minister evocations of Dunkirk.