asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will represent to the liquidators of James and Shakespeare, Limited, the desirability of investigating the circumstances under which speculators in the tin gamble spent upwards of £2,000,000 in attempting to corner shellac and accumulated 300,000 cases of lac, four or five years' supply; and to what extent they were knowingly supported by the banks in doing this?

The attention of the Official Receiver will be drawn to the matters referred to by my hon. Friend.