§ Sir C. Osborneasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will refuse Treasury consent to the merger of Imperial Typewriter Company, the last major British typewriter manufacturing company, with the Royal Typewriter Company of California, and thus prevent a near monopoly from being established; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MacDermotAn application for consent under the Exchange Control Act has only just been received and has not yet been fully examined. The monopoly aspect is a matter for my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade who is considering it.