Mr. LLEWELYN WILLIAMSasked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been drawn to the action of the Public Trustee in giving three months' notice to Mr. L. Vaughan Evans, agent of the Llanharran Estate, Glamorgan, on 26th May; if he is aware that Mr. Vaughan Evans' father was the agent to the estate for over forty years, and that he was assisted for many years by his son; that for over seven years after his father's death Mr. Vaughan Evans was the sole agent and enjoyed the complete confidence of the owner, the late Mr. Blandy Jenkins; that under Mr. Vaughan Evans' supervision and management the estate largely increased in value; if he is aware that on 6th June the Public Trustee wrote to testify his appreciation of the services which Mr. Vaughan Evans had rendered during the many years he had been connected with the estate; and whether he proposes to take any action in the matter?
§ Sir GEORGE CAVEMy right hon. Friend has asked me to reply to this question. I understand that no reflection is cast upon Mr. Vaughan Evans, but that by reason of the death of Mr. Blandy Jenkins, who himself exercised a direct control over the management of the estate, duties involving a greater responsibility were thrown upon the agent, and the Public Trustee, after the fullest consideration and investigation, felt himself obliged in the interests of the trust to employ new agents. As the matter is in the discretion of the Public Trustee, who has taken the 355W wishes of the beneficiaries into consideration, it does not appear that the Government should take any action.