§ MR. DAVID THOMAS (Merthyr Tydfil)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether at any time during the two years over which the 1074 dispute at the Penrhyn Quarries has now extended, or prior to its commencement, either of the parties more immediately interested has directly made the application to the Department required to be made before the Board of Trade can exercise the power conditionally conferred upon it by sub-Section (c) of Clause 2 of the Conciliation Act, 1896, of appointing a person or persons to act as a conciliator or as a board of conciliation.
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe answer is in the negative.
§ MR. DAVID THOMASHas neither party on any occasion made any approach to the Board of Trade in respect of the dispute?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURNo, Sir.