BOARD OF TRADE.
A- HIGHER STATUS.
' vMR. ASQUITH SUGGESTS REFORM. , ; ■ 'VA ! MINISTER FOR LABOUR. TELEaitlPll—rßKSrfr AfiSOOIATION—COPIEIQHT(Reo. Fob. 7, 10 30 p.m.) London, February V. : In the House of Commons, during tho debate on-tho Address-in-Reply,-. Sir W. H.; Holland (Liberal and . Freetrader) moved ■ That ifc is, highly important, in the interest of Hrade and-commerce, that tho Board-of • Trade bo raised to a Secretaryship of Siato. ; Mr. Andrew" Bonar Law (Conservative) i seconded the motion. : : ■ : v Mr. Asquith, Chancellor of the' admitted the desirability of raising the status of the Board of Trade/ He < advised that an i inquiry, bo'held relative to the status and emolument of all'departments, also to tho i re-distribution of :duties, with a view to in-. ■ creasing their efficiency. : • Mr.' .Barnes . (Labour) urged the appointment of a Minister for/■ Labour, in ordor to avoid ■ the existing of • conflicting and over..'tapping, .-authorities.". . The' amendment; was ;withdrawh. ' v -
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 116, 8 February 1908, Page 5
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148BOARD OF TRADE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 116, 8 February 1908, Page 5
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