§ Mr. Biffenasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the number of orders that have been made 118W forbidding proposed price increases, indicating the goods and proposed price increase affected by each order.
§ Sir G. HoweEighteen notices have been given by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry under the Counter Inflation (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972. These prevented increases in domestic air fares which otherwise would have been made on 1st January 1973. No orders relating to price increases have been made.