§ Mr. BARNESasked the Home Secretary whether the Committee inquiring into the working of the Shop Hours Acts has been appointed as a result of representations to the Home Office that the hours of opening at present laid down should be extended in certain instances; and, if so, from what societies such representations were received?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe Committee was not appointed as a result of any particular representations but in view of the prolonged public controversy in Parliament and elsewhere over the continuance of the War-time restrictions, and the desirability of arriving at a final settlement.