§ 121. Mr. Goronwy Robertsasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is now in a position to indicate the decision of His Majesty's Government on the recommendations of the Catering Wages Commission on the development of the catering, holiday and tourist services.
§ Mr. MarquandYes, Sir. The Government have decided to bring into being a non-Government organisation to foster and develop the catering, holiday and tourist services. As the Prime Minister informed the hon. and gallant Member for Henley (Sir G. Fox) on 7th June, the Board of Trade is now primarily responsible for questions relating to those services. We are at present considering the steps necessary to create the organisation but, before reaching any conclusions as to its structure, I am about to undertake discussions with the interests directly concerned. As soon as those discussions have been completed, I hope to make a more detailed announcement