and it was the more important that they should be told this, as the air was full of strange rumours, and everyone believed that a Crisis of Some Kind was at hand.

I understood that there was a Crisis of Some Kind, and perhaps that is why the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is to reply to the Debate, because we can always be sure that if he is around there is a crisis somewhere.

Our experience in the Colonies in the past few years is that of waiting until there is a Crisis of Some Kind, as in Cyprus, Kenya and elsewhere.

Most informed commentators expect a financial Crisis of Some Kind in the NHS in the next few years, so the reality is that the Health Secretary will have to keep under close review the expenditure and costs of all the bodies listed in Clause 49.