§ 85. Mrs. Ridealghasked the President of the Board of Trade, in view of the fact that surplus tables at £1 each, forms at 5s. each and trestles at 1s. 6d. are to be sold by the Ministry of Works in lots of 100 and two-tier iron bedsteads in minimum lots of 50 at 15s. a bed, whether he will, in the interests of the general public, fix maximum retail prices for these goods.
§ Mr. Belcher:The prices charged for this furniture will be subject to the ordinary margins for secondhand furniture fixed by the General Furniture (Maximum Prices and Miscellaneous Provisions) Orders (S.R. & O. 1944, No. 765 and S.R. & O. 1945, No. 233).