Mr. Osborne asked the Lord President of the Council what further steps he proposes to take to make the public aware of the Crisis in Economic Affairs, to which reference was made in paragraph 30 of the Memorandum submitted to the O.E.E.C.

asked the Lord President of the Council what further steps he proposes to take to make the public aware of the Crisis in Economic Affairs, to which reference was made in paragraph 30 of the Memorandum submitted to the O.E.E.C.

a real and grave Crisis in Economic Affairs seems remote and unreal".

Indeed, the Government's own White Paper says:The difficulties of the present economic position do not present themselvs in an obvious form to the British public; a real and grave Crisis in Economic Affairs seems remote and unreal.

… A real and grave Crisis in Economic Affairs seems remote and unreal.

The Government made this confession in Command Paper 7572,The difficulties of the present economic position do not present themselves in an obvious form to the British public … A real and grave Crisis in Economic Affairs seems remote and unreal.

In the same paragraph the Government said:A real and grave Crisis in Economic Affairs seems remote and unreal.

The Crisis in Our Economic Affairs is a grave one, which will not be overcome quickly or easily.

… A real and pave Crisis in Economic Affairs seems remote and unreal.

I am asking my right hon. and learned Friend to do something more to make that possible now - A real and grave Crisis in Economic Affairs seems remote and unreal.