60. Mr. De la Bèreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will, at the next rearrangement of the Board of the Suez Canal Company, abandon the method hitherto followed by the Treasury, and, instead, appoint as representatives of the British Government's holding of Suez Canal shares only those engaged in British manufacturing and exporting industries, leaving British shipping and banking to select their own representatives as before?
§ Sir K. WoodThis is not a matter which arises at present, and I cannot now usefully make any statement in regard to it.
Mr. De la BèreWill my right hon. Friend reconsider the appointments of gentlemen representing political jobs and social influence, because they are very unhappy appointments? We do not want politicians as directors.