HC Deb 14 November 1939 vol 353 c599

Lords Amendment: In page 7, line 42, at the end, insert: or having themselves investigated the alleged contravention.

4.49 p.m.

The Solicitor-General

I beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."

This is really drafting. As the Bill was originally drafted, the Central price-regulation committees had not power to investigate alleged contraventions of the Act. That power was conferred on the Committee stage, and this Amendment, accordingly, becomes necessary.

Question put, and agreed to.