Mr. Alan Lee Williamsasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make a statement on the progress made by the council under the chairmanship of Sir Ronald German on the practices of estate agents; and what advice he has offered to the committee.
§ Mr. JayI understand that the ten principal societies representing estate agents, who are setting up the Council, hope that it will begin work in the autumn.
Mr. Alan Lee Williamsasked the President of the Board of Trade what action he has taken on the report by the Consumer Council made to him in 1965 on the need for further regulation and control of estate agency.
§ Mr. JayI would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 27th July 1966 to the hon. Member for Oldbury and Halesowen (Mr. Horner) about the decision of the ten principal societies representing estate agents to set up a Council. —[Vol. 732, c.295–6.]