§ Mr. Fortasked the President of the Board of Trade to make a statement about the statutory review of the Cotton Board recently carried out under Article 8 of the Industrial Organisation and Development Act, 1947.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftYes. After consultation with the Cotton Board and with representative organisations in the cotton industry, I have decided that the Cotton Board should continue in being on the existing basis. Discussions are still going on about certain small modifications which have been proposed in the methods of assessment of the Cotton Board's levies and it is possible that a draft Order to give effect to certain changes may later be submitted to Parliament for approval.