§ SIR W. EVANS-GORDON (Tower Hamlets, Stepney)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the growing practice among certain classes of limited liability companies of ignoring the Companies' Act, by omitting to call annual meetings and omitting to present annual Reports and accounts as required by the Act and their Articles of Association; and whether in the interests of investors and the commercial credit of this country, he proposes to take any steps either by Board of Trade inquiry or otherwise to enforce the law.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEMy attention has been called to the omissions referred
† See Cols. 69–70–71.1370 to in the Question, and I propose to consider the question of what Amendments in the Company Laws generally are desirable when I have received the Report of the Committee which is now sitting. I may add, for the information of the hon. and gallant Member, that I now understand that the Report may be expected almost immediately.