§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELLasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether the Government has yet considered the question of amending the Law and procedure for dealing with Financial and Commercial Frauds in their modern developments; and, whether it is proposed to take any action on the subject?
MR. ASSHETON CROSS, in reply,said, the question referred to by the hon. Member was, no doubt, one of considerable difficulty; but he was advised that a Bill had been brought in by the hon. Member for Macclesfield (MR. Chadwick) which would, to a great extent, prevent the frauds which were referred to in the Question. The hon. Member for Macclesfield had been as- 423 sured by the Government that they would be very glad to see that Bill become law, and if it did not become law during the present Session, he trusted that either under the auspices of the hon. Member or of the Government, some similar measure might be passed into law during next Session.