§ 96. Mr. SNOWDENasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Treasury Committee have received an application from Messrs. Spillers and Bakers, millers, to allow a fresh issue of capital of £500,000; and whether, in view of the war profits already made by this firm coincidentally with the rise in the price of bread, he will make it a condition of consent to their application that the profits on the new capital shall be on a sliding scale, varying inversely with the price of bread in the principal towns of the country, any surplus to be paid into the Exchequer?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEAn application has been received from Messrs. Spillers and Bakers for approval of a fresh issue of capital and has so far not been allowed.