Import Duties Advisory Committee (Hansard, 1 August 1946)

HC Deb 01 August 1946 vol 426 c250W 250W

§ Colonel J. R. H. Hutchison
asked the President of the Board of Trade how often the Import Advisory Committee has met since the war.

§ Sir S. Cripps
The functions of the Import Duties Advisory Committee were suspended at the outbreak of war. Under the Import Duties (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1939, the Treasury were empowered to exercise, without a recommendation from the Committee, all powers which that Department could ordinarily exercise in pursuance of such a recommendation.