§ Mr. SHORTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Committee appointed under the Profiteering Act to inquire into the existence of a trade combination in the tobacco industry recommended the regular publication of statistics concerning all combinations or businesses of special magnitude, and, if so, whether he proposes to give effect to such recommendation?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The whole question of trusts and 63W combinations is at present receiving close attention, and I would refer the hon. Gentlemen to the reply given by my right hon. Friend on Thursday to a question by my Noble and gallant Friend the Member for the South Division of Nottingham (Lord H. Cavendish-Bentinck).