§ Mr. D. Footasked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development whether he has considered the recommendation of the Molony Committee that soles of new shoes should be required to bear an indication, in accordance with a standard or prescribed glossary, of the material of which they are composed or at least a statement that they are leather, or not 270W leather ; and whether he will take steps to give effect to this recommendation.
§ Mr. Heath: I am considering the recommendation of the Molony Committee that the Board of Trade should have general powers to require labelling of designated goods and to prescribe definitions binding in law of certain classes of trade terms. In the absence of such powers I cannot make regulations about the marking of the soles of new shoes.