HC Deb 27 October 1980 vol 991 c117W
Mr. Walter Johnson

asked the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in view of recent increases in beer prices, if he will seek powers to revert to a practice whereby beer prices are subject to statutory fair control.

Mrs. Sally Oppenheim:

I have been asked to reply.

No. Prices are best contained by competition not by statutory controls.