CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (SPEECH)

HC Deb 08 June 1971 vol 818 cc861-2

Q7. Mr. John D. Grant

asked the Prime Minister if the public speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the Conservative Women's Conference, Westminster, on 18tth May, concerning inflation, represents the policy of Her Majesty's Government.

The Prime Minister

Yes, Sir.

Mr. Grant

Does the Prime Minister recall that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his speech, referred to a rather strange lady who suggested that she would like to take a bath in the dark with the Prime Minister?

Mr. Faulds

It would do him the world of good.

Mr. Grant

Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that, in the unlikely event of that happening, she would find, when the lights went on, that, like all the other housewives a year ago, she had been duped?

The Prime Minister

I do not think that that part was in the hand-out.