§ Mr. GWYNNEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade whether he is now in a position to state if the Registrar of Companies acts on any rules or principles in using the wide discretion which he at present exercises in consenting or refusing to register companies; if so, what these principles are, seeing that he has refused to register the Imperial Hotel, Eastbourne, Limited, on the grounds that this company has no justification for including such words in its title, while such companies as the Imperial and Foreign Corporation, the Imperial and General Securities, the Imperial Cold Storage, the Imperial Direct Line, the Imperial London Hotels, the Imperial Paper Mills, the Imperial Tobacco Company, and the Imperial and Canada Company have all been registered since this discretion was placed in his hand; whether any of the latter are under Royal patronage or have connection with the Government; and, if so, which?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which I gave on the 14th April to a similar question. Since that date the matter has received further consideration, and I hope to be in a position shortly to inform him as to the decision which has been arrived at.
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