§ 42. Mr. BURNETTasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will give the number of the directors of the Cable and Wireless Company; and whether the number has been reduced lately in accordance with the terms of resolution (iv) of the Imperial Wireless and Cable Conference, 1928 [Cmd. 3163]?
§ Mr. COOPERThe Imperial Wireless and Cable Conference, 1928, while recognising that, in consequence of the merger, the number of directors of the merger companies would initially be large, contemplated that it would be reduced as and when opportunities offered. The directors initially numbered 22. They were reduced to 14 in 1930, since when four have died and four have been added.