§ 49. Sir T. Mooreasked the Lord President of the Council whether the arrangement for granting charters has now been fully restored; and what arrangements are being made to give priority to applications which were held up on account of war time restrictions.
§ The Lord President of the Council (Mr. Herbert Morrison)Consideration of petitions for the grant of charters has now been fully resumed. As regards the second part of the Question, while I cannot give an assurance that any particular applications will receive preferential treatment, every endeavour is being made to deal expeditiously with petitions submitted prior to the war.