Prime Minister orders 'bribe' inquiry. A full judicial inquiry into alleged bribery at the Board of Trade was foreshadowed in a statement from No 10 Downing Street last night. The name of Mr J W Belcher, Parliamentry Secretary to the Board of Trade, had been mentioned, the statement said, and he had agreed to the inquiry being held. Picture shows, a stock portrait of Mr J W Belcher, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade. 9 October 1948