§ Sir S. McAddenasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection whether monopolies such as the Performing Rights Society come within the provisions of the Fair Trading Act.
Mr. Alan WilliamsThe supply of services is defined in Section 137(3) of the Act in a way which would appear to include the fee-collecting services the society renders to composers and others, but not its function in issuing licences to perform musical works in public.