§ Mr. Barnesasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will submit a statement of the number of societies in Yorkshire that come within the provisions of the Societies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act; and the number of societies that applied for the suspension of the Election of Officers Rule for 1944, the number of requests granted, together with the list of societies who have so far applied for a similar suspension for 1945.
§ Mr. AsshetonThe number of societies in Yorkshire to which Section 1 of the Societies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1940, applies, is 1,639. Of such societies in Yorkshire 13 applied in 1944 for directions, and were granted directions, for 51W the continuance in office of existing officers. One Society in Yorkshire, the Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society Limited, has applied for a direction for the continuance in office of officers whose appointments would otherwise have determined in 1945.