§ MR. HANBURY (Preston)I beg to ask the Attorney General how long is it since the Board of Trade sent to the Public Prosecutor the Registrar's Report and other necessary documents relative to the officials and directors of the various Balfour Companies; and whether he has yet arrived at any decision as to the desirability of instituting further proceedings?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL (Mr. R. T. REID, Dumfries, &c.)Perhaps I may be allowed to answer for my right hon. and learned Friend. The question of instituting further proceedings has been and is under consideration, but it would not be for the public benefit that any further statement should now be made.