§ Mr. Clemitsonasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if he will make a further statement on the reference of the profit margins of beer manufacturers to the Price Commission.
§ Mr. Gwilym Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if he is now able to make a statement on the reference of brewery profits to the Price Commission.
§ Mr. MaclennanI refer my hon. Friends to the answer my right hon. Friend gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Southampton, Test (Mr. Gould) on Thursday 10th February 1977.—[Vol. 925, c.759.]
§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of Sate for Prices and Consumer Protection whether his reference of beer prices to the Price Commission includes an instruction that the varying specific gravities of different beers should be taken into account.
§ Mr. MaclennanThe terms of the reference to the Price Commission described in my right hon. Friend's reply to my hon. Friend on 10th February—[Vol. 925, c.759]—were wide enough to enable it to consider this point. It is, however, for the Price Commission to decide how to conduct its inquiry.