HC Deb 31 March 1977 vol 929 cc204-5W
Mr. Anthony Grant

asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection how many complaints his Department has received from (a) Members of Parliament and (b) members of the public regarding the price of prescribed school clothing in 1976.

Mr. Maclennan

My right hon. Friend was urged by the TUC on behalf of its membership to arrange for an inquiry into the prices of prescribed school clothing, and representations about the case of school clothing were also made by the Poverty Group of the British Association of Social Workers.