HC Deb 30 June 1948 vol 452 cc216-9W
Sir W. Darling

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish the names of the Central Price Regulation Committee in Scotland; how many warnings the Committee has issued; how many prosecutions have been made; and how many convictions obtained.

Mr. Belcher

There is no Central Price Regulation Committee in Scotland. There are four Local Price Regulation

SOUTH AND SOUTH EASTERN SCOTLAND PRICE REGULATION COMMITTEE.
Year. Warnings. Prosecutions. Convictions. Members of the Committee.
1940 … Not available Nil Nil Mr. D. Porter, W.S., Chairman.
1941 … Not available 14 14 Mr. T. M. Ferguson, O.B.E.
1942 … Not available 30 30 Councillor Miss A. Harrison.
1943 … Not available 76 67 Mr. R. S. K. Galloway.
1944 … 319 59 57 Mr. J. L. Brown.
1945 … 155 44 43 Mr. George E. Scott.
1946 … 111 30 27 Mr. W. R. Milligan, K.C.
1947 … 92 23 23 Major J. C. Brown, M.C. J. P.
Mr. Walter Biakebell.
Mr. F. Morrison.
Mr. J. MacBean.
Bailie Mrs. M. Hyde.
SOUTH WESTERN SCOTLAND PRICE REGULATION COMMITTEE.
Year. Warnings. Prosecutions. Convictions. Members of the Committee.
1940 … Not available 8 5 Colonel Haugh B. Spens, C.B.E., D.S.O., T.D., D.L., Chairman.
1941 … Not available 15 15
1942 … Not available 85 79 Mr. P. J. Agnews, J.P.
1943 … Not available 98 87 Mr. Jas. Barr, F.S.I.
1944 … 454 72 69 Mr. Wm. Gallacher.
1945 … 435 74 71 Mr. Andrew Mitchell.
1946 … 442 59 58 Mrs. Jean Roberts.
1947 … 830 50 49 Col. Alan Stein, M.C.
Miss Grace Tasker.
Mr. T. R. Patterson.
Mr. R. Warden.
Mr. H. Fraser.
Major Pettigrew, M.C.
Mr. W. Aylmer.
Miss A. Adamson.
Mr. A. J. Mackenzie.
Mr. T. Davidson.
Mr. T. Brown.
Mr. John Brannigan.
NORTHERN SCOTLAND PRICE REGULATION COMMITTEE.
Year. Warnings. Prosecutions. Convictions. Members of the Committee.
1940 … Not available Nil Nil Major The Hon. Robert Bruce, Chairman.
1941 … Not available 7 7 Mr. T. Adam.
1942 … Not available 10 10 Mr. W. N. Gossip.
1943 … Not available 18 16 Miss M. Mackenzie.
1944 … 87 15 15 Mr. T. B. Maclean.
1945 … 105 9 9 Provost A. J. Mackenzie.
1946 … 331 21 21 Mr. A. G. Chalmers.
1947 … 321 25 23 Mr. F. Cameron.
Rt. Hon. Viscount Gough, M.C.
Mr. D. B. Grant.
Mr. I. C. Young.
Mr. W. Nichol.
Bailie E. Townley.
Mrs. M. T. MacLeod.

Committees for the Southern and South-Eastern, the South-Western, the Northern and the North-Eastern Regions respectively, The information desired by the hon. Member is as follows:

NORTH EASTERN SCOTLAND PRICE REGULATION COMMITTEE.
Year. Warnings. Prosecutions. Convictions. Members of the Committee.
1940 … Not available Nil Nil Professor T. M. Taylor, K.C., C.B.E., [Chairman.
1941 … Not available 5 5 Mr. A. Benzie.
1942 … Not available 29 29 Miss J. Coutts.
1943 … Not available 29 28 Mr. J. M. Fraser.
1944 … 18 14 12 Mrs. E. Hunter.
1945 … 21 17 15 Mr. J. MacGillivray.
1946 … 26 21 18 Mr. J. Mackie, J.P.
1947 … 138 13 12 Mr. W. Meston.
Mr. J. L. Glegg.
Mrs. A. A. Leonard.
Provost Flett, O.B.E., J.P.
Mr. W. D. Shearer.
Mr. C. Mitchell.
Mrs. C. Nicol.
Mr. Wallis-Mowat.
Mr. A. B. McLeod.
Mr. W. Simpson.
Mr. J. Gill.
Mr. J. M. Dunn, C.A.
Mr. F. Black.