§ 85. Mr. A. Edward Daviesasked the President of the Board of Trade how soon he expects to be able to announce the composition of the Development Council for the pottery industry; and whether he will expedite its introduction.
§ Mr. H. WilsonAt a meeting with representatives of the British Pottery Manufacturers' Federation last month they advanced certain proposals, as an alternative to those which I had put forward to them, on which they considered that agreement with both sides of the industry could be reached. Though I remain of the opinion that a Development Council is desirable in this industry, I agreed that the employers should discuss their new proposals with the union concerned, and I arranged that they should report the result of these discussions to me at a joint meeting with representatives of the union to be held soon after Whitsun.