Page 577 (b) The Government will therefore introduce legislation to make illegal:
Collective arrangements designed to ensure that goods shall be sold at or above specified retail prices.
(ii) Any indication by a manufacturer. or other supplier of goods of a resale price for those goods unless that price is clearly stated to be a maximum price.
43. Generally speaking the Government considers that this legislation should have effect over the whole of industry and trade; but in drafting the legislation the Government will take account of any cases where it may be established that exceptional conditions would render the operation of the proposed provisions unworkable or undesirable in the public interest.
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44. In the Government's view unfair or excessive methods of price competition would be a matter for Parliament to deal with on its merits; fears of their possible emergence in the future cannot constitute a valid reason for allowing harmful restrictive practices to continue.
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