HC Deb 23 May 1940 vol 361 cc324-5W
Mr. Lyons

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, with reference to the impending Order extending the list of commodities to be subject to the Prices of Goods Act, and, in view of the more immediate need now to prevent forestalling, he will make the Order effective as from the date of its issue?

Major Lloyd George

In view of the alteration in the methods of pricing which traders will be obliged to adopt in many cases as a result of the new Price Regulated Goods Order and the work which this will involve for them, I do not think that it would be fair or practicable to bring the Order into force earlier than 10th June. The Order was issued last week, and it is not clear to me what form of forestalling my hon. and learned Friend has in mind.