§ 88. Mr. Luardasked the President of the Board of Trade how many restrictive agreements have been registered under the Restrictive Practices Act, 1956; how many of these included price-fixing arrangements; how many have been declared by the court as against the public interest; how many agreements which were registered were not finally defended when brought before the court; and how many information agreements he estimates exist which are at present excluded from the terms of the Act.
§ Mr. DellOn 31st December, 1967, the figures were 2,605; 1,865; 230 and 195 respectivey. It is not possible to make a useful estimate of the number of information agreements now in existence.