HC Deb 15 November 1948 vol 458 cc9-14
15 and 16. Mr. Enroll

asked the Minister of Supply (1) if he will publish a list of all the subsidiary companies in

WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARIES OF COMPANIES LISTED IN THE THIRD SCHEDULE OF THE IRON AND STEEL BILL
(a) Registered in the United Kingdom
Third Schedule Company Wholly-owned Subsidiary
Arthur Lee & Sons Ltd. Security Steel Strappings Ltd.
Lee of Sheffield Ltd.
The Briton Ferry Steel Co. Ltd. Briton Ferry Steel & Tinplate Agency Ltd.
Brown Bay ley's Steel Works Ltd. Stainless and Rustless Steel Co. Ltd.
Burnell & Co. Ltd. Widmet Ltd.
Birmingham Corrugated Iron Co. Ltd.
The Bynea Steel Works Ltd. St. David's Tinplate Co. (1927) Ltd.
Cargo Fleet Iron Co. Ltd. South Bank Basic Slag Co. Ltd.
South Bank Chemical Co. Ltd.
Ormesby Rolling Mills Ltd.
Colvilles Ltd. Clyde Alloy Steel Co. Ltd.
Archibald Russell Ltd.
Fullwood Foundry Co. Ltd.
Carnlough Lime Co. Ltd.
Colville Constructional Co. Ltd.
Polmaise Patent Fuel Co. Ltd.
Darwen and Mostyn Iron Co. Ltd. Darwen Realisation Co. Ltd.
Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd. Tees Side Bridge & Engineering Works Ltd.
Industrial Housing Association (No. 4) Ltd.
Dorman Long Holdings Trust Ltd.
Bowesfield Steel Co. Ltd.
English Steel Corporation Ltd. Industrial Steels Ltd.
Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd. Nettlefolds Ltd.
Nettlefold-Stenman Hinges Ltd.
John Garrington & Sons Ltd.
United Wireworks (Birmingham) Ltd.
"Twisteel" Reinforcement Ltd.
Butler Spragg & Co. Ltd.
British Screw Co. Ltd.
Thos. Haddon & Stokes Ltd.
Nettlefold & Sons Ltd.
Henry Cox Screw Co. Ltd.
Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds (Midlands) Ltd.
David Powis & Sons Ltd.
Geo. Goodman Ltd.

the United Kingdom owned by each of the companies listed in the Third Schedule to the Iron and Steel Bill;

(2) if he will publish a list of the subsidiary companies in overseas countries owned by each of the companies listed in the Third Schedule to the Iron and Steel Bill.

Mr. G. R. Strauss

With the hon. Member's permission, I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT lists of the subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and overseas which, according to my present information, are wholly owned by companies named in the Third Schedule to the Iron and Steel Bill.

Mr. Erroll

Can the Minister say roughly how many of these companies there are?

Mr. Strauss

I think the number is about 150.

Following are the lists:

Third Schedule Company Wholly-owned Subsidiary
Guest, Keen Baldwins Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. Briton Ferry Works Ltd.
Dowlais Collieries Ltd.
Cribbwr Fawr Collieries Ltd.
Hadfields Ltd. Hadfields Foundry & Engineering Co. Ltd.
Hadfields Forgings Ltd.
Millspaugh Ltd.
Hargreaves and Jennings Ltd.
The Manganese Steel Co. Ltd.
Rayboulds Ltd.
J. J. Habershon & Sons Ltd. W. T. Beesley & Co. Ltd.
Edmonton Steel Strip Co. Ltd.
John Baker & Bessemer Ltd. Harrison and Camm Ltd.
John Lysaght Ltd. John Lysaght's Bristol Works Ltd.
Uskside Engineering Co. Ltd.
*Lysaght's (Exports) Ltd.
John Summers & Sons Ltd. Buckley Brick & Tile Co. Ltd.
Buckley Colliery Co. Ltd.
Castle Fire Brick Co. Ltd.
*Export Agency Co. Ltd.
The Lancashire Steel Corporation Ltd. Rylands Brothers Ltd.
Whitecross Co. Ltd.
Pearson & Knowles Engineering Co. Ltd.
Penfold Fencing & Engineering Ltd.
The Millom & Askam Hematite Iron Co. Ltd. *Alquife Mines & Railway Co. Ltd.
The New Cransley Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. Denford Quarries Ltd.
Excelsior Limestone Co. Ltd.
Partridge Jones & John Paton Ltd. Crumlin Valley Collieries Ltd.
Tir Pentwys "Black Vein" Steam Coal & Coke Co. Ltd.
Richard Johnson & Nephew Ltd. Johnson & Nephew Box Strapping Co. Ltd.
Johnson & Nephew Fence Co. Ltd.
Strappings Ltd.
Strappings (Overseas) Ltd.
Richard Thomas & Baldwins Ltd. Clayton Tinplate Co. Ltd.
Margam Co-op. Homes Ltd.
H. F. Spencer and Co. Ltd.
S. J. Burrell Prior Ltd.
Swansea Navigation Collieries Ltd.
South Wales Tinplate Corporation Ltd.
The Santon Mining Co. Ltd. Nostell Colliery Co. Ltd.
The Sheepbridge Co. Ltd. Sheepbridge Stokes Centrifugal Castings Co. Ltd.
The Dunston Iron Co. Ltd.
Sheepbridge Engineering Co. Ltd.
Sheepbridge Stokes Engine Liners Ltd.
Sintered Products Ltd.
Automotive Engineering Co. Ltd.
Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Co. Ltd. Holditch Mines Ltd.
Coking Co. Ltd.
New Acid Co. Ltd.
Staffordshire Chemical Co. (1917) Ltd.
Smith & McLean Ltd. The Galvanized Steel Co. Ltd.
The Stanton Ironworks Co. Ltd. Holwell Iron Co. Ltd.
Stanton Housing Co. Ltd.
Cochranes (Middlesboro') Foundry Ltd.
The Staveley Coal & Iron Co. Ltd. Burton Ironstone Co. Ltd.
Arkwright Coal Co. Ltd.
Bradley & Foster Ltd.
British Soda Co. Ltd.
Arblaster & Co. Ltd.
Bradleys (Concrete) Ltd.
Ernest Graham & Co. Ltd.
Beswicks Limeworks Ltd.
Staveley Estates Ltd.
Birmingham Chemical Co. Ltd.
Stewarts & Lloyds Ltd. Lloyds Ironstone Co. Ltd.
Islip Iron Co. Ltd.
Lloyd & Lloyd Ltd.
Bromford Tube Co. Ltd.
Clydeside Tube Co. Ltd.
John Russell & Co. Ltd.
John Spencer Ltd.
Prothero Steel Tube Co. Ltd.
*These Companies are understood to be operating overseas.
Third Schedule Company Wholly-owned Subsidiary
Stewarts & Lloyds Ltd. James Russell & Sons Ltd.
The Scottish Tube Co. Ltd.
"Unit" Superheater & Pipe Co. Ltd.
Corby (Northants) & District Water Co. Ltd.
Tubewrights Ltd.
Bowne & Shaw Ltd.
Stewarts & Lloyds & Stanton Wagons Ltd.
Thos. Firth & John Brown Ltd. F. B. Engineers Ltd.
The United Steel Companies Ltd. North Lincolnshire Iron Co. Ltd.
Yorkshire Engine Co. Ltd.
Rother Vale Collieries Ltd.
United Coke & Chemicals Ltd.
Moresby Coal Co. Ltd.
Risehow Colliery, Coking and By-Products Co. Ltd.
Distington Engineering Co. Ltd.
Cumberland Storing Co. Ltd.
Kiveton Park Coal Co. Ltd.
J. & G. Wells Ltd.
Sheffield Coal Co. Ltd.
Shireoaks Colliery Co. Ltd.
Steel, Peech & Tozer Ltd.
Workington Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.
The Whitehead Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. W. A. Baker Ltd.
Whitehead, Hill & Co. Ltd.
Godins (The Rollers of Steel Sections) Ltd.
William Beardmore & Co. Ltd. Beardmore Overseas Corporation Ltd.
Glasgow Railway Engineering Co. Ltd.
Colvilles Ltd. Metal-Gas Co. Ltd.
Smith & McLean Ltd.
English Steel Corporation Ltd. Firth Vickers Stainless Steels Ltd.
Thos. Firth & John Brown Ltd.
The Lancashire Steel Corporation Ltd. William Robertson Ltd.
Monks, Hall & Co. Ltd.
Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd. Joseph Sankey & Sons Ltd.
John Lysaght Ltd.
Stewarts & Lloyds Ltd. Lancashire and Corby Steel Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
The Lancashire Steel Corporation Ltd. Lancashire and Corby Steel Selling Co. Ltd.
Guest, Keen Baldwins Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. Ledloy Ltd.
Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd.
Wensley Lime Co. Ltd.
South Durham Steel and Iron Co. Ltd. New Brancepeth Colliery Co. Ltd.
Cargo Fleet Iron Co. Ltd. Trimdon Coal Co. Ltd.
Wingate Coal Co. Ltd.
Coalvilles Ltd. British Basic Slag Ltd.
Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd.
John Summers & Sons Ltd.
The Lancashire Steel Corporation Ltd.
The Lilleshall Co. Ltd.
The Park Gate Iron and Steel Co. Ltd.
The Patent Shaft & Axletree Co. Ltd.
Round Oak Steel Works Ltd.
The United Steel Companies Ltd.
Brymbo Steel Works Ltd.
Cargo Fleet Iron Co. Ltd.
Shelton Iron, Steel and Coal Co. Ltd.
The Sheepbridge Co. Ltd. Newstead Colliery Co. Ltd.
The Staveley Coal & Iron Co. Ltd.
(b) Registered in Overseas Countries
Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd. Guest, Keen Williams Ltd.
Hadfields Ltd. Hadfields (S.A.) Proprietary Ltd.
Richard Thomas & Baldwins Ltd. Baldwins (South Africa) Ltd.
R.T.B. (Australia) (Proprietary) Ltd.
Canadian Tinplate Co. Ltd.
Stewarts & Lloyds Ltd. Stewarts & Lloyds of India Ltd.
Stewarts & Lloyds of New Zealand Ltd.