§ Mrs. Kellett-Bowmanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will now make a further statement regarding the setting up of an inquiry to consider, with particular reference to children's shoes, the correlation between foot health and the price of shoes and certain other matters.
§ Mr. BarberYes. A committee will be set up under the chairmanship of Mrs. Alison Munro, High Mistress of St. Paul's 269W Girls School. The terms of reference of the committee will be:
To consider to what extent the price of children's footwear contributes to the incidence of foot abnormality, and if it is possible and desirable to define approved standards of footwear for young children; and, if so, to explore ways of encouraging the wearing of footwear to these standards.
The committee will include representatives of the footwear manufacturers and retailers, the medical profession and consumers. The names of the members will be announced shortly.