§ 9. Sir HENRY BUCKINGHAMasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is now prepared, in view of the powerful influence which certain trusts are believed to have upon the prices of certain agricultural products and on the general ground that the Government ought to have powers of investigation and regulation in such matters, to introduce the permanent legislation on trusts which was promised in the last Parliament?
§ Sir P. LLOYD-GREAMEAs I have already stated in answer to previous questions, the Government are not in a position to make any pronouncement as to legislation in respect of trusts, but the report of the Committee now being set up by the Ministry of Agriculture will, of course, be taken into very careful consideration when received, so far as it may have a bearing on this question.