HL Deb 02 December 1997 vol 583 cc161-2WA
Lord Marlesford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will list those authorities or bodies whose public borrowings are underwritten by Her Majesty's Treasury.

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

The current bodies are:

  • Audit Commission
  • British Coal
  • British Rail
  • British Waterways Board
  • Civil Aviation Authority
  • Commonwealth Development Corporation
  • Development Board for Rural Wales
  • Electricity Supply Industries: Magnox Electric
  • Housing Corporation
  • Land Authority for Wales
  • London Regional Transport
  • Welsh Development Agency

Details of the borrowing guaranteed under these arrangements are published annually in the supplementary statements to the Consolidated Fund and National Loans Fund accounts. Copies of these statements are available in the Library of the House.