HC Deb 07 October 1941 vol 374 c852W
Mr. Barnes

asked the President of the Board of Trade the considerations which influenced him to include in the retail margins of profit on utility apparel the Purchase Tax addition to the cost of these articles?

Sir A. Duncan

For reasons of practical convenience the margins were expressed in the manner adopted in the Order, on the advice of the Central Price Regulation Committee, with which I agree.