§ Mr. BOTTOMLEYasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consider the advisability of amending the Companies Consolidation Act by requiring the annual returns of joint stock companies to disclose the amount of unclaimed dividends in their hands, with a view to the same being handed over after the lapse of a given period to the Public Trustee?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (Mr. J. M. Robertson)As at present advised my right hon. Friend does not think that any useful object will be served by requiring the annual returns of joint stock companies to disclose the amount of unclaimed dividends in their hands, and he does not therefore propose to introduce legislation amending the Companies (Consolidation) Act in this respect.