The very fact that we were able, not merely to bring into existence but to maintain for many months of Violent Crisis the agreements that were come to last November is the best answer to those critics who say that the Government are speaking with two voices or that our actions are in any way inconsistent with our speeches at Kensington.

Why should this attempt to expand without any planning whatever lead to any other result than it did in 1957 and 1961 - Violent Crisis followed by deflation and stagnation?