§ Mr. Platts-MillsI have here a Petition from the citizens and workers in the Borough of Finsbury which I desire to present to this House. It draws attention to the steady increase in the cost of living, particularly in relation to food, clothing and fuel, which adds such burdens to the lives of ordinary people at a time when profits are reaching new heights. I recite the Prayer of the Petition, which is as follows:
Wherefore your Petitioners, pray your Honourable House that the system of controls should be more strictly enforced so as to bring down prices at the expense of profits, and your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
§ Mr. GallacherI can support that wholeheartedly.
§ Petition to lie upon the Table.