§ 8. Sir JOHN FERGUSONasked the President of the Board of Trade whether 978 he will, when amending the Companies Act, 1929, provide that such items as capital profits and revenue profits and reserves for contingencies and surpluses on sales of investments and sundry creditors and credit balances shall in each case be shown separately in published balance sheets; that the items debtors shall not include loans to an associated concern; and that the terms sundry creditors and credit balances shall not by any means be used for concealing any item of detailed information to which shareholders are already by law entitled?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe suggestions made by my hon. Friend have been noted for investigation when the question of amending the Companies Act is under consideration.