§ 80. Sir J. Vaughan-Morganasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will now publish the report of the inter-Departmental committee investigating auction law which concluded two years ago that no change therein was required.
§ Mr. DellThis report was prepared by an inter-Departmental group of officials for consideration within the Government, and not with a view to publication. As my right hon. Friend said on 6th November in reply to the right hon. Member, the report concluded that the basic trouble was not the law but the difficulty of discovering evidence. It did, however, recommend some improvements to the Act when time could be found.—[Vol. 772, c. 889–95.]