I do not believe for one moment that this Crisis in Korea would have developed if the British Commonwealth had played in the Far East the part which it shouldhave played.

If I may say so, one can well understand why foreigners regard us British as peculiar when one considers that last night we were discussing a matter of great importance - the Crisis in Korea, the possibility of war, and so on - and this morning, when we pick up our newspapers, we find that the whole of the front page is devoted to the Test match in Australia; and now we are discussing the Witchcraft Act.

The example will be quoted to me of how the Opposition did raise the pay, but I would point out that they did very little about raising the pay until the Crisis in Korea made them want an Army once more, after they had almost completely disbanded it.

This was followed by a discussion on a Commission monitoring report on aid to certain shipyards in Germany and Spain and a brief presentation by the Commission on the impact of the Crisis in Korea on shipbuilding.