HC Deb 23 May 2000 vol 350 c476W
Ms Jenny Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to take action on shareholder remedies(a) within the wider review of company law and (b) as a separate issue. [122822]

Dr. Howells

The independent Company Law Review is carrying out a fundamental review of all aspects of core company law, including shareholder remedies. The Company Law Review Steering Group is due to present its final report to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in the spring of next year. The Government will then set out their response and the proposed way forward in the light of the Steering Group's recommendations.