§ Captain BOWYERasked the Minister of Labour (1) what number of firms and local authorities are now upon the King's Roll; how many are there who are qualified to belong; and how many have and have not renewed their undertaking;
(2) in how many counties have county King's Roll committees been set up; and how soon does he expect that all counties will have such a committee?
§ Mr. BETTERTONThe King's Roll National Council have recently made an interim report, which my right hon. Friend hopes to make available for hon. Members at an early date, in which they describe the present position of the King's Roll, and deal particularly with the question of enrolment of local authorities. I may mention that there are now 27,890 names on the Roll, of which 1,267 are those of local authorities. Invitations to form King's Roll committees have been confined so far to the large municipal areas. In 222 areas either a King's Roll committee or a subcommittee of the Local Employment Committee, with which the head of the local authority is closely associated, has 41W been formed, and I have no reason to suppose that the ground is not covered in a satisfactory manner.