§ 14. Mr. R. A. TAYLORasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the increasing tendency to form large trusts in the retail food trades, he proposes to take any steps to protect the interests of the public and to secure that compensation shall be given to employés displaced as a result of the process of trustification?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMProposals for the protection of the public against possible abuses resulting from such combinations were contained in the Consumers' Council Bill which will be reintroduced next Session. As regards the second part of the question, I would point out that the position is to some extent met by the substantial provision made under the unemployment insurance scheme; but the problem is one of great difficulty and might suitably be dealt with, in the 1755 first instance, by discussions between the organised workers and their employers.