§ 8. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the working of the various Maximum Charges Orders in force 79W in Scotland, showing the number of successful prosecutions by his Department for breaches of these order; is he satisfied that the penalties provided by the law for such breaches are sufficiently great; or will he consider increasing them so as to stop profiteering of this kind in Scotland.
§ Mr. H. WilsonThere were 107 convictions out of 111 prosecutions for price offences in Scotland during 1947; the answer to the second part of the Question is in the affirmative and the third accordingly does not arise.