§ 96. Mr. Errollasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will remove the present percentage margin control of prices on Utility furniture and substitute instead ceiling prices only, pending the introduction of the Purchase Tax D Scheme for furniture.
Mr. StraussAs my hon. Friend knows, Order S.I. 1952 No. 2125 was laid by the Board of Trade on 9th December, to come into force on 15th December, revoking price control on new and secondhand Utility and office furniture.