Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 11 March 1929.
Mr Ernest Thurtle
, Shoreditch
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the policy of the Government regarding the special situation which arises when a single undertaking or an associated group of undertakings dominates the supply and general distribution of an article of common use, the Government is contemplating any action to protect the public against the operations of trusts or combinations of this character such as the Tobacco Trust?