§ Sir B. FALLEasked the President of the Board of Trade the number of public 889W companies having a share capital which were in default of their annual returns under Section 110 of the Companies Act, 1929, on 12th March, 1932; and what steps are being taken against those companies which were more than two months in default last year as well as this year?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe number of public companies having a share capital which were in default on 12th March in respect of their annual returns under Section 110 of the Companies Act, 1929, was 392. A comparison on the lines suggested in the second part of the question cannot be made since, as was indicated in the answer which I gave to my hon. Friend on 1st March, it will not be possible until the end of the present month to say what companies are more than two months in arrear with their 1931 returns.