81. Mr. JENKINSasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the facts disclosed in the case recently heard in the courts of the Machine-Made Sales Company, Limited, and Associated Companies; and what action, if any, he proposes to take?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe hon. Member will no doubt have seen that after prolonged investigation this case was settled in the courts on 28th July, all allegations of fraud being withdrawn. No question of action on my part appears to arise.
Mr. JENKINSIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that a very large number of comparatively poor people have lost all their savings in this company, and that there is a feeling abroad that the wide publicity given to advertisements, through the public Press and in other ways, has misled these people; and will he make inquiries into it?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANNo, Sir, I am afraid I cannot re-try the case.