Mr. Creech Jones:

The name of the officer is Mr. James Patrick. In the course of a wide experience in the trade union and Co-operative movements and in local government, Mr. Patrick has been an honorary secretary to an important branch of the Railway Clerks' Association for 15 years; secretary of a trades and labour council for six years; and chairman of the Western division of the Railway Clerks' Association in Scotland. He has acted as secretary of a branch of the Co-operatve Society for 15 years and during the war has served on many committees and tribunals on manpower questions.