§ 40. Rear-Admiral ADAIRasked the Prime Minister whether, with a view to encouraging greater production in industries, he has considered the desirability of limiting by law the dividends paid to 2373 shareholders in limited liability companies, and of providing by law that any profits exceeding the amount necessary to pay such limited dividends should be distributed in bonuses to all concerned in production?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe Government have no such proposal under consideration.
§ Mr. G. A. TALBOTHas it not been considered that an increase in the cost of production tends to extravagant working and, therefore, increases the cost to this country?