§ Mr. Biffenasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many of the 82 complaints concerning VAT price adjustments received by the Salop County Council weights and measures authority in the week following 1st April derived from prices being charged by enterprises in the three rural districts comprising the Oswestry parliamentary constituency; and in how many instances prices were 206W reduced or refunded as a result of these complaints.
§ Sir G. HoweOf the 82 complaints received by the Salop authority, 30 have been investigated and 15 price reductions secured. Details relating to particular rural districts are not available.