§ Mr. Simsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if the findings of a report on the retail trades, commissioned by his Department from the department of applied economics, Cambridge, were suppressed and publication of the report delayed.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyNo. An early version of the department of applied economics, Cambridge report was sent to the Select Committee on Employment, the CBI and the TUC in June 1984. Redrafting by the authors in the light of comments meant that the final version of the report was not received until February 1985. It was published in May 1985.