§ Mr. Floudasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the number of occasions on which orders have been made under Section 10 of the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices (Inquiry and Control) Act 1948 and the subject of each such order.
§ Mr. DarlingThe following Orders have been made under Section 10 of the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices (Inquiry and Control) Act 1948:
- The Monopolies and Restrictive Practices (Dental Goods) Order, 1951;
- The Monopolies and Restrictive Practices (Imported Hardwood and Softwood Timber) Order, 1960.
The first Order rendered unlawful agreements relating to the collective enforcement of resale prices in respect of dental goods and agreements the effect of which was to restrict the number of persons carrying on business as suppliers of such goods.
The second Order prohibited the making or carrying out of agreements or arrangements for the supply of imported timber having effects similar to the effects of the agreements condemned in the 1953 Report on the Supply of Imported Timber by the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission. The condemned agreements were agreements between traders on certain approved lists to deal only with each other.
§ Mr. Floudasked the President of the Board of Trade how many references have been made to the Monopolies Commission under Section 12 (1) of the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices (Inquiry and Control) Act 1948, requiring the Commission to investigate and report whether and to what extent recommendations by the Commission or a competent authority have been complied with.
§ Mr. DarlingOne. The reference in question was made on 14th February, 1957, and required the Commission to report on whether and to what extent the parties concerned had complied with the recommendation in the Commission's report on the Supply of Imported Timber.