§ 60. Commander Sir Archibald Southbyasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether members of food control committees who have personal interest in questions to be decided by the committee are entitled to vote upon such questions, or whether they are barred as interested parties?
§ Mr. MabaneA member of a food control committee is not statutorily debarred from voting on any question which comes before that committee.
§ Sir A. SouthbyDoes the hon. Gentleman not think it is more desirable that where personal interest comes in it should not be proper for members of food control committees to vote upon questions in which they are personally interested?
§ Mr. MabaneThe difficulty might be that it would debar many if not most members of certain committees from voting on anything that came before them because the interests are so general.
§ Sir A. SouthbyThen choose a new committee.