Sir Brandon Rhys Williams, supported by Mr. David Crouch, Mr. Douglas Dodds-Parker, Mr. Robert Edwards, Mr. Ian Lloyd, Mr. John Pardoe, and Dame Joan Vickers, presented a Bill to require certain companies to appoint non-executive directors; to require such directors jointly to present independent annual reports to the shareholders; and for purposes connected therewith: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday next and to be printed [Bill 41].