HC Deb 05 August 1947 vol 441 c135W
74. Mr. G. Williams

asked the President of the Board of Trade who is the Tobacco Controller; what are his qualifications; and are his services given voluntarily.

Mr. Belcher

There has been no Tobacco Controller since June, 1945. Sir Alexander Maxwell, formerly Tobacco Controller, has continued to assist the Board of Trade as Chairman of the Tobacco Advisory Committee. He receives no payment for these services. He has bad long experience in a firm of leaf tobacco merchants.