Ferranti/ISC (Hansard, 5 July 1994)

§ Mr. Meacher
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library those reports he has commissioned or received into the effect on the defence interests of the United Kingdom of the collapse of Ferranti/ISC.

§ Mr. Aitken
No. It is not my Department's practice to disclose internal papers which contain classified or commercially sensitive information.

§ Mr. Meacher
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list and place in the Library a copy of those memoranda and authorisations from Government Departments which preceded and accompanied the merger of Ferranti and ISC; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Aitken
No. Any advice which my Department offers in connection with proposed mergers is confidential.

§ Mr. Meacher
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all those charged with offences relating to the Ferranti/ISC fraud; and if he will list in each case the pleas entered and the sentences imposed.

§ Mr. Aitken
This is a matter for my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General.