§ Mr. Warrenasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will ask the Director General of Fair Trading to investigate and report on the mark-up rates of spares for gas appliances being charged by the British Gas Corporation showrooms.
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Transfer of Ships from the United Kingdom Register for further Trading: Analysis by New Registry 1978 1979 1980 1981 (Jan. to end Sept.) '000 Grt Nos. '000 Grt Nos. '000 Grt Nos. '000 Grt Nos. Argentina - - - - 9 2 - - Bangladesh 16 2 - - - - - - Bermuda 13 4 14 9 2 1 - - Cayman Islands 3 3 8 4 3 2 28 5 Canada 8 3 2 1 15 3 7 4 China 37 3 12 1 - - - - Cuba - - - - 18 2 - - Cyprus 77 17 56 7 25 3 15 2 Egypt 9 1 1 1 - - 3 2 France 138 3 - - 5 1 154 2 Greece 626 48 1,102 65 248 23 199 23 Holland 2 1 343 3 3 1 2 1 Honduras 2 1 9 2 1 1 - - Hong Kong 176 8 228 7 198 11 119 8 Ivory Coast - - 22 2 - - - - Italy 24 4 115 3 62 6 13 1 Korea 3 1 39 3 68 3 57 1 Kuwait 26 4 - - - - - - Lebanon 3 2 2 2 10 2 4 3 Liberia 913 19 1,182 21 316 10 556 14 Malta - - 10 5 - - - - Neth. Antilles (Surinam) 161 2 - - - - - - Norway - - 10 1 - - 154 3 Panama 299 36 172 30 192 20 274 19 Philippines 15 1 32 2 - - 36 2 Saudi Arabia 209 2 254 3 125 3 15 2 Singapore 189 19 104 9 101 8 141 13 Taiwan 120 2 - - - - - - Thailand - - 30 3 - - - - Turkey - - - - - - 126 2 United Arab Emirates - - - - - - 22 3 USSR 29 1 - - - - 25 2 West Germany - - 124 4 - - - - Others* 88 11 51 7 89 7 254 12 Totals† 3,183 198 3,919 195 1,490 109 2,202 124 Notes: * Includes the following to which at most one ship was transferred in any one year—and for 1981, one ship for which the eventual registry is not yet known: Abu Dhabi, Australia, Bhamas, Columbia, Denmark, Finland, Ghana, Gibraltar, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Irish Republic, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Paraguay, Portugal, Quatar, St. Helena, St. Vincent. Sri Lanka, Sweden, Syria, Turks & Caicos Islands and Yugoslavia. † Due to rounding, sums of the constituent figures of tonnage may not agree with the totals shown.
§ Mrs. Sally OppenheimInvestigations of matters of this kind under the competition legislation are a matter for the Director General of Fair Trading. I understand he has no plans for such an investigation at present, but if my hon. Friend has evidence to suggest that one would be warranted he should write to the Director General direct.