§ 40. Lieutenant-Commander Hutchisonasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the importance of the individual small shopkeeper as a beneficial and stabilising factor in the economic and social life of the community, he will ensure that, in the framing of future legislation affecting Scotland, due consideration is paid to the interests of these citizens?
§ Captain WaterhouseI can assure my hon. and gallant Friend that the interests of the small shopkeeper, in Scotland no less than in other parts of the country, will not be overlooked. I would refer him in this connection to the answer which I gave yesterday to my hon. Friend the Member for Balham and Tooting (Mr. Doland).