§ Mr. Anthony Grantasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection what steps he is taking to ensure that questionnaires and inquiries made by the Price Commission cause the minimum inconvenience to companies to which they are submitted.
§ Mr. MaclennanThe Price Commission is itself responsible for the conduct of inquries which it carries out in pursuance of its functions under the Counter Inflation Act 1973.
§ Mr. Anthony Grantasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection what consultations he has had with the Chairman of the Price Commission about the number of forms in each of the last three years which the Price Commission has required companies to complete.
§ Mr. MaclennanNone, because, as has been explained to the hon. Member, the Price Commission is responsible for the
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FIREWORK INJURIES IN GREAT BRITAIN (4-Week period in October-November)
Year 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 TOTAL 685 766 927 1,249 1,324 PLACE OF ACCIDENT 1 Family or private party 277 218 272 398 454 2 Public or semi-public party 167 148 144 160 182 3 Casual incident in street etc. 160 220 290 448 443 4 Other place 56 69 94 128 100 5 Unspecified place 25 111 127 115 145 TYPE OF FIREWORK 1 Danger 159 208 237 379 391 2 Rocket 91 89 79 129 132 3 Display firework 89 119 159 294 270 4 Home-made or extracted powder 17 27 31 40 56 5 Other type of which: 119 110 159 139 140 5.1 Jumping cracker* — 26 43 59 53 5.2 Other flyabout 14 27 54 .. .. 6 Unspecified type 210 213 262 268 335 SEVERITY OF INJURY 1 Fatal injury — — — — — 2 Detained more than one night 50 46 78 84 96 3 Sufficient to cause absence from work or equivalent 118 96 127 188 147 4 Minor injury 486 602 683 938 1,060 5 Unspecified injury 31 22 39 39 21 conduct of the tasks which Parliament has entrusted to it.