§ 57. Mr. Errollasked the President of the Board of Trade why the maximum price of P.V.C. sheeting has been increased by S.I., 1948, No. 765.
§ Mr. BottomleyThe increase from 7s. 4d. to 7s. 10½d. per square yard in the retailers overriding maximum price for sheeting which is neither printed nor processed and which weighs not more than 12 oz. a square yard is wholly due to the increase in the rate of Purchase Tax to 66⅔ per cent.