§ 62. Mr. A. V. ALEXANDERasked the President of the Board of Trade whether the promised Interim Report of the Food Commission is to be presented before Easter; if not, can he state the reason for the delay; and when the publication of the Report may be expected?
§ 60. Sir WALTER de FRECEasked the President of the Board of Trade when the Report of the Commission on High Prices is expected; and whether he will endeavour to expedite the presentation of this document if he has not already received it?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (Sir Burton Chadwick)I would refer the hon. Members to the answer given by the President of the Board of Trade to the 2418 hon. and gallant Member for South Hackney (Captain Garro-Jones) on Tuesday, a copy of which I am sending them.
§ Mr. ALEXANDERMay I ask whether the delay has been caused by an unbridgeable division amongst the members of the Commission, and the Government are finding it inconvenient to publish a minority Report?
§ Sir B. CHADWICKI do not know anything beyond what was in the question to which I referred, which says that the Report may be expected in about three weeks' time.
§ Mr. ALEXANDERHas the hon. Gentleman's attention been called to the promise which was made, that we should have it before Easter—I think the hon. Gentleman said it would be an. Easter egg—and has he seen the article of the political correspondent of the "Evening Standard" on this question?
§ Sir B. CHADWICKI can only say that every effort is being made to get out the Report as early as possible.