§ MR. H. D. GREENE (Shrewsbury)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade, whether the General Annual Report for the year 1894 of all matters judicial and financial within The Companies (Winding-up) Act, 1890, has been prepared as required by Section 29; and, when the same will be laid before both Houses of Parliament?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. C. T. RITCHIE,) CroydonThe materials for the Report are nearly all collected, and the Report itself—which needs careful preparation, will be finished at the earliest possible moment. I am unable to give any undertaking as to the precise time when it will be laid before Parliament. There has undoubtedly been some delay, but this was caused by the extra work thrown upon the Department by the Committee on Public Acts.
§ SIR ALBERT ROLLIT (Islington, S.)asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he saw his way to the adoption of the draft Bill suggested by the Companies' Act (Amendment) Committee appointed by the Board of Trade?
§ MR. RITCHIEsaid, that the whole matter was under his careful consideration, but he was sure that his hon. Friend would see that it was impossible for him to make any announcement on the subject at the present moment.