§ Mr. PERKINSasked the President of the Board of Trade what inquiries he has made with regard to complaints of the mixing of Russian butter with Empire butter by wholesale butter merchants and of this mixture being sold as Empire butter; and what steps he proposes to take?
§ Major ELLIOT:I have been asked to reply. The sale of mixtures or blends of 2153W foreign and Empire butter as "Empire" is a contravention of the Butter Marking Order made under the Merchandise Marks Act, 1926, the power to enforce which rests with local authorities. I am sending a copy of the Order to my hon. Friend, and if he will let me have any definite information as to contraventions of the Order referred to, I will see that it is passed to the local authority concerned.