§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether Mr. Gerald Loder, the newly appointed Junior Lord of the Treasury, who is a director of four companies, of which one is the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, and another the Standard Bank of South Africa, will retain these directorships or any, and, if so, which of them in conjunction with his position of a Minister of the Crown in the Finance Department of the Government; and, if so, on what grounds can the retention of these directorships, or any of them, by Mr. Gerald Loder be justified.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI think the hon. Gentleman asked substantially the same Question on a previous occasion. I do not think I have anything to add to the Answer I then gave.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLCannot the right hon. Gentleman say "yes" or "no" to my Question.
§ *MR. SPEAKERI must say when I read the Question on the Paper this morning it appeared to me to be the same Question as was pat yesterday.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLNo, Sir, it is not the same Question.
§ *MR. SPEAKERWill the hon. Member point out the difference.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLIn the former Question I asked about four directorships In this I refer to two specific ones, the holding of which I contend is not consistent with his position.
§ *MR. SPEAKERThe four included the two. The Question, is the same as the previous one, but if the hon. Gentleman thinks there is something in it, not covered by the Answer, he had better frame another and more specific Question.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLYes, Sir, I will.