PROBLEMS FACING BRITAIN

Taranaki Daily News, 21 December 1931, Page 5

PROBLEMS FACING BRITAIN

DELIBERATION OF CABINET.

POLICY STATEMENT AWAITED.

British Wireless. Rugby, Dec. 18. According to present indications the Prime Minister will announce the Government’s policy as soon as the House of Commons reassembles in February. The various committees which Cabinet set up after its series of councils earlier this week will meet early in January, when the Prime Minister, who is in Scotland, and the other Ministers have vreassembled after the Christmas holidays. The Government’s comprehensive policy will be formulated after these committees have prepared and examined the necessary detailed information. The Prime Minister arrived at Lossiemouth to-day. In an interview, discussing fiscal policy, he said that fair play and no favour was what everyone wanted in international trade relations but, encompassed by foreign subsidies, bounties and the competition of low social standards, the time had come when the position must be reconsidered. Britain was faced with the problem of self-protection. In considering these important questions, he added, the harmony of Cabinet had been complete.