HC Deb 15 November 1979 vol 973 cc693-4W
Mr. Grylls

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will place in the Library of the House a copy of the contract between the National Enterprise Board and Inmos, excluding those parts that are commercially confidential.

Mr. Michael Marshall

The actual contract between the NEB and Inmos is a document confidential to the two parties. It would therefore be inappropriate to make public such a document by placing a copy in the Library of the House.

Mr. Grylls

asked the Secretary of State for Industry how many and which companies in which the National Enterprise Board, during its existence, has acquired a holding have since gone into liquidation; and what sums are still flowing to the National Enterprise Board from these companies.

Mr. Michael Marshall

Three companies in which the Board has had a holding have gone into liquidation: Hivent Ltd., Power Dynamics Ltd. and Anglo Venezuelan Railway Corporation Ltd. Any further receipts which may accrue to the Board are a matter for it.