§ Motion made and Question proposed: "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
§ Sir Robert Tasker (Holborn)This Clause is likely to cause some confusion. The Board of Trade may determine the 1149 proper price to charge for material. How can this be done without the preparation of a vast schedule of prices? As an example, consider the building industry. In the absence of a schedule of prices which the Board have power to determine, how will anyone know how to price goods when applying for payment under, say, the War Damage Act? There will be hundreds of thousands of such claims any one of which may involve reference to a thousand prices. Any attempt to compile a schedule for the building trade will involve the preparation of 100,000 separate prices in London alone. It should be recollected that London prices do not govern the rest of the country.
§ Mr. LytteltonThe Order is published, and it is open to the people affected to read it.
§ Question, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill," put, and agreed to.