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Select Committee On Prices

Volume 809: debated on Wednesday 20 January 1971

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38.

asked the Lord President of the Council why he will not, as a means of assisting the Government in its policy of reducing prices, and to see how this can best be done, move to appoint a select committee whose duty it will be to investigate and report on all matters pertaining to retail prices and the best method of controlling and reducing them.

I have already made clear how I think the House can best deploy its Select Committee resources.