asked the Prime Minister whether he can make a statement as to what action His Majesty's Government propose taking on the report of the Royal Commission on the Distribution of the Industrial Population?

I am not at present in a position to make any statement on this subject.

Does the right hon. Gentleman realise that the question of the distribution of the industrial population will be a vital matter immediately after the war, and is it not a matter which we ought to consider now?

Perhaps the hon. Member does not realise that there are other more important and more vital things to be considered at the present time.