Minutes of Executive Committee meeting

              BASQUE CHILDREN'S COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD AT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, LONDON, S.W.1 ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND 1937, AT 4.30 P.M. 
PRESENT:
The Duchess of Atholl, M.P. (in the Chair). 
Miss Anderson. 
Mr. Clarkson (of Leeds) N.J.C. 
Col. Gordon (The Salvation Army). 
G.T. Garratt Esq., 
Mr. Harris, 
Lady Layton, 
Lord Listowel, 
Capt. Macnamara, 
Miss Pye 
Miss Eleanor Rathbone M.P. 
Dr. Audrey Russell
Mr. Wilfred Roberts M.P. 
Miss Sutherland.  
Miss Todd  
Mr. H.V. Tewson 
Senor Uranga (by invitation)
Mrs Wood 
Miss Betty L. Arne (ex officio).
The Chairman stated that the meeting having been called at such short notice, there had been no time to prepare the minutes of the last  meeting.
FINANCE:
Mr. Wilfred Roberts M.P., then gave a financial statement - see Account Sheet attached. The estimated future expenses are as follow:-
No of Children  	Home   		Estimated amount of maintenance required
40.  		Brighton	  		£ 80
65  		Henllan (Bronwydd House)  	350
81  		Camberley  		200
24  		Leicester (Saddington Hall)  	60
75  		Margate  			90
100  		Scarborough  		200
50  		Thame  			80
40  		Worthing  			40
39  		Great Yarmouth  		150
99  		Newbury (now Bray Court, Maidenhead)  	 250
57  		Kingsey (Tythrop House)  	100
					£ 1.600
Permission was now asked to send the boys at present at Bronwydd to Margate, where an empty school in Laleham was available at a rental of £ 250 a year on a quarterly lease only.
Mr. Roberts then summitted a notion to close Bronwydd since the running and overheads there were costing us even now 27/6d. per week.
Carried unanimously that the matter be put in hand at the earliest possible moment, and that the children be moved as soon as convenient.