§ MR. WATT (Glasgow, College)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the number of unclaimed dividends notified in the balance sheets of public companies in this country; and whether, in view of the fact that the owners of these dividends are well known to the secretaries of the companies, he will take steps to have them paid to the owners or else handed to the Exchequer.
§ MR. ASQUITHThe Exchequer has no claim to unclaimed dividends as such, and I therefore see no reason for taking any steps in the matter.