§ 76. Mr. Irvingasked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been drawn to complaints made by retail coal merchants regarding short weights received in recent weeks owing to frozen foreign material in the bottom of the railway wagons; and if he will give early consideration to the appointment of a committee of inquiry into weights and measures legislation generally, in order that retailers required to give correct measure to their customers, in turn, receive the quantities for which they pay.
§ Mr. BelcherNo complaints of this nature have been received by the Board of Trade. As regards the second part of the Question, I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to him on 30th October, 1946, to which I have nothing to add.