HC Deb 25 November 1930 vol 245 c1096
69. Sir JOHN FERGUSON

asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether the Trade Facilities Act Advisory Committee has arranged to continue its facilities to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company; and whether, as a result of this, the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, or any of its affiliated concerns, are to be excused from fulfiling its obligations at the due date in respect of former trade facilities as originally arranged?

Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCE

I will send the hon. Member a copy of the original announcement. of 12th June, 1930, and of the recent announcement extending the period of the earlier arrangement. This will, I think, make the matter plain to him.

Sir J. FERGUSON

Is the position of the company to-day better or worse than under the original Trade Facilities Act, and is it the intention to require the company to disentangle these interlocking directions?

Mr.PETHICK-LAWRENCE

Obviously, I could not go beyond the general lines of the question I have answered.