When the hon. and gallant Member makes the statement he did regarding a very Deep Political Crisis hinging on the carrying out of this plan, I say that he is not facing up to the realities of the situation, if he believes that a refusal to carry out this or some other plan of social security is not bound to cause a very deep political crisis in this country.

The presence of a new Secretary of State at the Dispatch Box results from the Deep Political Crisis that faces this broken-backed Administration.