§ Mr. Higgsasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the selection of the period 1st December, 1940, to 23rd October, 1941, as a basic period of the new Location of Retail Businesses Order, takes the place of the period hitherto used by the Board of Trade in 1823W connection with their Limitation of Supplies Order which was 1st June, 1939, to 31st May, 1940, and that it is as a consequence of the Limitation of Supplies Order that traders unable to secure goods limited under the order have turned to the sale of medicines, etc., which are not limited; and can he see his way clear to revert to the original period?
§ Sir A. DuncanI am not prepared to adopt my hon. Friend's suggestion. The basic period of the Location of Retail Businesses Order, 1941, was fixed after careful consideration of all the circumstances as the period which would be most generally equitable.