Dr. Russell Thomasasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will consider making his recent Order in relation to the period for the location of retail businesses to include the period 3rd September to 25th October, 1941, so as to bring within it the cheap chain stores and bazaars who made use of the recent repeal of the patent medicines duties to stock their stores with large quantities of proprietary medicines which it had been hitherto unprofitable for them to sell and the proper use of which must be unknown to their assistants and their promiscuous sale a danger to the public health?
§ Sir A. DuncanNo, Sir. The basic period of the Location of Retail Businesses Order, 1941, was fixed after careful consideration of all the circumstances.