HC Deb 14 November 1916 vol 87 cc629-30W
Major HUNT

asked the President of the Board of Trade, whether, in view of the fact that the Board of Trade are now considering the winding-up of the firm of Arthur Wilson Peck and Company, of Sheffield and Nottingham, he can say why this firm is now allowed to advertise in the "Sheffield Telegraph" to the effect that it is now controlled by British directors and managers and has only British shareholders and employés; and, seeing that this is unfair to British firms and misleading to the British public, will he say what steps he intends to take in the matter?

Mr. PRETYMAN

I have brought the advertisement inserted by Arthur Wilson Peck and Company, Limited, to the notice of the Advisory Committee and am taking steps to prevent the insertion by the company of such advertisements in the future.