§ Mr. HAYDAYasked the Minister of Labour why the British Bankers' Association has refused to accede to the request of the Bank Officers' Guild (representing 22,000 bank clerks) to have set up a national Whitley Council for the banking profession; and, in view of the trouble that has been caused both in Ireland, Scotland, and South Africa by similar refusals, will he do all in his power to persuade the British Bankers' Association as representing the bank directorates, to grant this measure and prevent the friction that will occur by a refusal?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to-day to my hon. Friends the Members for Wednesbury (Mr. A. Short) and St. Helens (Mr. Sexton), a copy of which I am sending him.