Resale Prices Bill

Part of Orders of the Day — Resale Prices Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 25 March 1964.

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Photo of Mr Edward Du Cann Mr Edward Du Cann , Taunton 12:00, 25 March 1964

First, I am grateful to my right hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton (Mr. Turton) for what he said. I think that the point he had in mind would be covered, but we will certainly look at it specifically.

Secondly, I do not want to "pull the leg" of my hon. Friend the Member for Tiverton (Mr. Maxwell-Hyslop) too hard, particularly as our constituencies are neighbouring. The point he raised about exports really concerned the last Amendment. I considered it then, but it did not seem to me to be fully relevant, even on that Amendment. I appreciate that my hon. Friend raised a serious point. I do not believe that the point is of particular relevance to this matter. I think the anxieties he expressed are largely unfounded.

Thirdly, I have been asked to go a little further. I have given a very clear undertaking, but my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has now authorised me to say that, as we come to have our discussion on Clause 4, which we all agree has a bearing on the matter, we shall certainly consider what has been said now and what is said on Clause 4 when considering the question of this Clause and the decisions that we have come to about it.

I hope that is clear. I hope, also, that it takes account of the points which have been made and which we recognise are important, particularly in the minds of my hon. Friends.