§ Mr. SHORTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Committee appointed under the Profiteering Act to inquire into worsted yarns reported that the Profiteering Act had had no apparent effect on the prices of worsted yarns or the profits arising therefrom; and, if so, what action, if any, does he propose to take?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As my right hon. Friend informed my noble and gallant Friend the Member for South Nottingham (Lord H. Cavendish-Bentinck) on Monday, 23rd February, he is at present trying to arrange with various trades for the adoption of voluntary schemes similar to that adopted by the boot and shoe trade.