§ 27. Mr. Hugh Jenkinsasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will seek to amend the Companies Act to compel firms to disclose their financial support to organisations engaged in industrial espionage.
§ Sir J. EdenI think that this is a matter which would be best considered after the Committee on Privacy, set up by the Home Office in 1970 under the chairmanship of Mr. Kenneth Younger, has reported.
§ Mr. JenkinsIs the hon. Gentleman aware, for example, that Common Cause is an organisation which combines support for the Conservative Party with industrial espionage? Will he include in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of organisations which combine political contributions to the Conservative Party with industrial spying?
§ Sir J. EdenI am sorry, but I have very little information indeed about industrial espionage and have made no detailed study of the subject.