41. Dr. DAVIESasked the President of of the Board of Trade whether he will examine the organisation of the Departments of the Registrar and Solicitor to the Board of Trade with a view to enabling those Departments to deal more effectually with a state of affairs in which nearly 2,600 public companies are now in default in the filing of their balance sheets?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMLike the hon. Member I am anxious to secure that there shall be no undue delay in the filing of balance sheets by public companies, but I have no reason to believe that the procedure which I have outlined in previous replies is ineffective.