§ Mr. Lipsonasked the Minister of Health if he will see that all rating authorities have requisite powers to carry out the policy of building up credit rate balances in prosperous times in order that rates may be stabilised over a period.
§ Mr. WillinkI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by my predecessor to my hon. Friend the Member for Heywood and Radcliffe (Mr. Wootton-Davies) on 24th June, 1943, of which I am sending him a copy.