§ Q6. Mr. Milneasked the Prime Minister if he will set up a committee of inquiry into the differences between manufacturing costs and the price of goods to the consumer, in view of the evidence of this practice given by members of the National Economic Development Council at its meeting on 7th May.
§ The Prime MinisterI do not think that a general inquiry of this kind is needed. The National Board for Prices and Incomes has on several occasions reported on distributors' margins on a wide range of goods and further references could be made to the board if this appeared to be justified.