I was referring not to what happened under the Socialist administration in 1931, nor in the alleged financial Crisis of That Time, but to what happened under the Conservative Local Government Act of 1929 which compelled county councils to take over the liabilities of small burghs.
they were made in the light of the economic Crisis of That Time, which culminated in devaluation.
Again, in 1949, the cuts were not made because there had been a war four years before; they were made in the light of the economic Crisis of That Time, which culminated in devaluation.
The hon. Lady the Member for Tyne-mouth spoke of 1931 and said that people accepted sacrifices in the Crisis of That Time.
That is 12 months or more after the Crisis of That Time had started.
It arrived much too late of course, and by That Time the Whole Crisis had moved on.