§
Ordered,
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire how far the present high prices of articles of general consumption are due to excessive profits on the part of any persons concerned in their production, transport, or distribution, and to advise as to what action can usefully be taken in the matter.
§ The Committee was accordingly nominated of Major Barnes, Mr. R.A. D. Carter, Sir Henry Cowan, Major Lloyd-Greame, Mr. Hartshorn, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Hurd, Mr. Inskip, Lieutenant-Colonel Jackson, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Mr. Thomas Robinson, Mr. Alfred Short, Mr. Simm, Mr. Sitch, and Mr. George Thorne.
§
Ordered,
That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers, and records.
§
Ordered,
That five be the quorum."—[Colonel Gibbs.]
§ Tile remaining Orders were read, and postponed.
§ ADJOURNMENT.—Resolved.
§ "That this House do now adjourn."—[Colonel Sanders.]
§ Adjourned accordingly at Twenty-one minute after Eleven o'clock