HC Deb 23 January 1964 vol 687 cc154-5W
Mr. Stonehouse

asked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development if he will now publish the Departmental Report on Resale Price Maintenance.

Mr. du Cann

No.

Mrs. Hart

asked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development (1) whether, in a White Paper, he will publish a study of the social consequences to the small trader of an immediate abolition of resale price maintenance without regard to the desirable long-term structure of retail trade;

(2) whether he will publish a White Paper on resale price maintenance, and include in it a consideration of the effects of wholesale price maintenance on consumer prices;

(3) whether he will publish a White Paper on resale price maintenance, and include in it a consideration of the effect of manufacturers' profit margins on consumer prices.

Mr. du Cann

No.