§ 54. Mr. JOYNSON-HICKSasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has taken any further action in regard to the London Emery Works Company, Limited, owned by a German named Seligmann, which is a branch of a German company: whether a supervisor has been in existence for nearly a year; whether Government work is still being done; what the profits have been; and whether the time has now come to wind up the business under the Trading With the Enemy Act?
§ Mr. PRETYMANThe necessary vesting orders are being prepared to enable the Public Trustee to sell the business of the London Emery Works, Limited, and give a good title to a purchaser. The business has been carried on under supervision since February, 1915, and the company is a controlled establishment. No profits were made for the year 1915.
§ Sir E. CARSONWhy was not the order made before?
§ Mr. PRETYMANA controller was put in after the Act was passed.
§ Sir E. CARSONWhy has not the Board of Trade taken before this the step which it has now taken?
§ Mr. PRETYMANI will look into that. There are some hundreds of firms to deal with, and they could not all be dealt with at once.