HC Deb 20 December 1989 vol 164 c243W
Mr. David Shaw

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which accounting firms are or have been involved in privatisation work; and which of those accounting firms maintain affiliated offices in(a) Jersey, (b) the Isle of Man, (c) Guernsey, (d) the Netherlands Antilles, (e) the Cayman Islands and (f) Liechtenstein.

Mr. Lilley

[holding answer 19 December 1989]: The following accountants have been, or are currently engaged by the Government in connection with the privatisation programme:

  • Arthur Andersen
  • Binder Hamlyn
  • Coopers and Lybrand1
  • Deloittes, Haskins and Sells1
  • Ernst and Whinney2
  • Peat Marwick Mitchell3
  • Price Waterhouse
  • Thomson McLintock3
  • Touche Ross
  • 1 Now merged.
  • 2 Now merged with Arthur Young to become Ernst and Young.
  • 3 Now the merged firm of Peat Marwick McLintock

Details of their affiliated offices may be obtained from the firms in question.

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