§ 3. Mr. WATERSONasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the Standing Committee on Trusts at its final meeting on 18th May last passed unanimously a Resolution declaring that the work of inquiry into the formation and operation of trusts and combines should not be permitted to lapse; if so, can he state whether the Committee is disbanded; and, if such Committee has been allowed to lapse, will he state what steps he is taking to prevent trusts and monopolies from using their position to the detriment of the community?
§ 4. Major KELLEYasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he still proposes to introduce the legislation for restriction of trusts and combines promised in substitution for the Profiteering Act?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONThe answer to the first two parts of the first question is in the affirmative. For the rest I would refer to the reply given by the Prime Minister on the 2nd June to the hon. and gallant Member for Finchley, of which I am sending to the hon. Members copies.