asked the Prime Minister whether he will move to appoint a Joint Committee of the two Houses, or a committee of large-scale organisers of great trading firms, to make a critical examination of the powers, duties and responsibilities of the Ministries of Supply and Labour, and the Board of Trade, to ascertain whether the inter-relationship of their war effort is efficient, so that if found capable of improvement a reorganisation of those Departments may be ordered?

No, Sir. I do not think the proposal of my hon. Friend would be likely to produce the result he desires.