HC Deb 18 January 1968 vol 756 cc672-4W
Mr. Biffen

asked the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs which Government Department is responsible for the voluntary notification procedure of proposed price increases of the goods and services listed by the Department of Economic Affairs on 27th July, 1967.

Mr. Frederick Lee:

As the hon. Member will be aware from my reply yesterday, eight additions have been made to the list given in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing, North (Mr. Molloy) on 27th July, 1967. These additions are included in the following list in which the goods and services covered by the early warning arrangements are grouped according to the Government Department to which notification is made.—[Vol. 756, c.629;Vol. 751, c.219–211.]

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

  • Bread.
  • Flour.
  • Biscuits.
  • Cakes.
  • Breakfast cereals.
  • Sausages.
  • Meat pies.
  • Canned fruit.
  • Canned vegetables.
  • Jams and marmalade.
  • Margarine and cooking fats.
  • Milk products (including condensed milk).
  • Pickles and sauces.
  • Processed vegetables.
  • Quick-frozen foods.
  • Ice-cream.
  • Soft drinks.
  • Chocolate and sugar confectionery.
  • Soups.
  • Table jellies.
  • Tea.
  • Processed coffee.
  • Manufactured pet foods.
  • Animal feeding stuffs.
  • Beer.
  • Cider and perry.
  • Wines and spirits.

Ministry of Technology

  • Domestic refrigerators (electric).
  • Gas cookers.
  • Electric cookers.
  • Washing machines.
  • Vacuum cleaners.
  • Gas fires.
  • Electric storage heaters.
  • Domestic boilers.
  • Domestic water-heaters.
  • Electric lamps—coil and fluorescent.
  • Household electrical wiring components.
  • Cash registers.
  • Office photocopying machines.
  • Typewriters.
  • Domestic sewing machines.
  • Chain link fencing.
  • Domestic electric power tools and their attachments.
  • Electric motors.
  • Primary cells and primary batteries.
  • Secondary batteries.
  • Contractors' Plant.
  • Agricultural machinery.
  • Tractors.
  • Commercial vehicles.
  • Motor cars.
  • Bicycles and motor cycles.
  • Radio and electronic components.
  • Radio and television valves and television cathode ray tubes.
  • Copper cylinders and boilers.
  • Galvanised steel cisterns and tanks.

Board of Trade

  • Fertilisers (nitrogenous).
  • Glass jars and bottles.
  • Insurance premiums.
  • Man-made staple fibre and filament yarn.
  • Sewing thread.
  • Building and decorative paints.
  • Paper and board.
  • Wallpaper.
  • National daily and Sunday newspapers.
  • Polyethylene.
  • Polyvinyl chloride.
  • Rubber footwear.
  • Tyres.
  • Household soap and detergents.
  • Acetylene and oxygen.
  • Coastal shipping rates (freight and passenger).

Ministry of Public Building and Works

  • Asbestos cement.
  • Cement.
  • Bricks.
  • Glass.
  • Glazed floor tiles.
  • Ceramic sanitaryware.
  • Plaster and plaster board.
  • Pitch fibre pipes.
  • Roofing felt.

Ministry of Power

  • Petrol.
  • Derv.
  • Fuel oils.
  • Bottled gas.
  • Coal.
  • Coke.
  • Manufactured fuel.
  • Iron and steel products.
  • Gas.
  • Electricity (England and Wales).

Scottish Development Department

  • Electricity (Scotland).

Ministry of Transport

  • Rail fares (country-wide changes outside London Passenger Transport Area).
  • Rail freight charges (published scales for parcels and sundries and other country wide changes).
  • British Road Services charges (published scale for parcels).