§ Lieut.-Colonel HILDERasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the fact that a sub-committee was appointed under the Profiteering Act to investigate the cost of production and distribution of wool tops and yarns, and that this sub-committee has not reported yet but is still taking evidence, he will explain why a Command Paper, No. 550, entitled Profiteering Act, 1919, has been published purporting to be the findings by a Committee appointed to inquire into worsted yarns?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANTwo separate and distinct inquiries have been made into the woollen trade; one by a Sub Committee of the Standing Committee; on Prices, into Wool, Tops and Yarns; and the other, by the Standing Committee on Prices, into Worsted Yarns. The Report of the Standing Committee (Command Paper, No 550)1310W does not purport to be a final Report, as my hon. and gallant Friend will observe if he refers to page 4 of that Report. The Sub-Committee which has already rendered a Report concerning wool is now proceeding to investigate tops and yarns.