Resale Price Maintenance
In June 1950, Daines seconded a motion calling for an end to resale price maintenance, arguing that price maintenance stopped the consumer benefiting from reduced production. He was an early supporter of reform of Parliamentary hours, speaking in July 1951 of how "fantastic and stupid" it was to discuss essential legislation at 7'o'clock in the morning.
He faced a determined opponent at the 1951 election in the shape of Dundas Hamilton who had been an amateur boxer and wore boxing gloves to his adoption meeting. However, Daines was re-elected with his majority reduced to 7,359. In October 1952 he had some negative publicity when his wife obtained a decree nisi of divorce against him on grounds of his misconduct.
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