Foreign Countries (Parliamentary Delegations)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 11 Tachwedd 1947.

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Photo of Viscount  Turnour Viscount Turnour , Horsham 12:00, 11 Tachwedd 1947

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that since the war there has been an immense increase compared with prewar days of unofficial delegations, deputations and missions by hon. Members of this House; that a great number of people outside this House are questioning the value of these visits at a time when nobody else is going abroad, and in the language of the vernacular, are saying, "These blokes are going to get a free ride and the run of their teeth, and that is all they are out for"?