HC Deb 06 February 1962 vol 653 cc35-6W
57. Sir W. Wakefield

asked the President of the Board of Trade what conclusions he has come to on the report of his departmental fact-finding inquiry into resale price maintenance; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. N. Macpherson

My right hon. Friend is still studying the results of this inquiry and is not yet in a position to make a statement.

58. Sir W. Wakefield

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has accepted the view of the Monopolies Commission that resale price maintenance in the tobacco trade has no undesirable effects; and what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government regarding the existing resale price maintenance in that industry.

Mr. N. Macpherson

In forming his conclusions on the departmental inquiry my right hon. Friend will naturally take into account both the majority and the minority view of the Monopolies Commission on resale price maintenance in the tobacco industry, but meantime he is not in a position to comment.