§ 48. Mr. Fordasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the shortage of accountants; what advice he has received from his Companies Act Accountancy Advisory Committee in this respect; whether he will list the members of the Committee, giving their professional qualifications and the organisations or firms with which they are associated; and on what dates the Committee last met and during the preceding five years.
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§ Mr. DellI have not received advice from the Companies Act Accountancy Advisory Committee on this matter, which is outside the Committee's terms of reference. I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the names, professional qualifications and associations of the members of the Committee. The Committee last met on 21st May, 1968, and met previously on 22nd June, 1965, 3rd December, 1964, and 4th May, 1964.
Following is the information:
The members of the Companies Act Accountancy Advisory Committee are:
Mr. R. G. Leach, F.C.A. (Chairman), Senior partner in Messrs Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.Mr. S. R. Harding, F.C.A., Financial Director, The Thomas Tilling Group.Mr. J. L. Kirkpatrick, C.A., Patrner in Messrs. Thomson, McLintock & Co.Mr. J. P. Landau, F.A.C.C.A., Senior partner in Messrs. Landau, Morley & Scott.Mr. D S. Morpeth, F.C.A., Partner in Messrs. Touche, Ross, Bailey & Smart.
§ 49. Mr. Fordasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state the criteria which he uses to decide whether or not to recognise associations of accountants under Section 161(1)(a) of the Companies Act, 1948.
§ Mr. DellThe Board of Trade have regard to the standard of the body's examinations, the proportion of members who have passed the examinations, disciplinary arrangements, and the number of members in practice and in employment.