§ Mr. BluntTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what(a)his and (b)his officials' involvement was in informal and oral approaches made to GEC over the purchase of Govan shipyard in 1999; [R] [174262]
(2) what meetings took place between (a)Mr. Ed Miliband and (b)Treasury officials and Mr. Martin Sixsmith in 1999; and what the dates of the meetings were; [174298]
(3) what briefings he gave in 1999 on the GEC interest in the Govan shipyard; and what the dates of the briefings were; [174299]
(4) what briefings his Department gave in 1999 on the GEC interest in the Govan shipyard; [R] [174264]
(5) on what date his Department received the minutes of the meeting between Mr. George Simpson of GEC and the Prime Minister to discus s the merger of BAE and GEC; [R] [174265]
(6) what meetings Treasury officials had with the taskforce chaired by Sir Gavin Laird set up by the Government to look for potential buyers for the Govan shipyard in 1999; and what the dates of the meetings were; [174300]
(7) what meetings his Department had with Sir Gavin Laird to discuss the future of the Govan shipyard in 1999; and on what dates; [174301]
(8) on which dates in 1999 he met Mr. George Simpson of GEC; if he will publish minutes of the meetings; and if he will list the attendees at those meetings; [174295]
(9) what communications (a)he and (b)his representatives and advisers had with GEC in 1999 over (i) the proposed merger of BAE GEC and (ii) Govan shipyard; and if he will publish the communications; [174296]
22W(10) what meetings (a)his Department and (b)its representatives and advisers had with the management of Govan/Kvaerner to discuss the future of the Govan shipyard in 1999; [174302]
(11) what communications (a)he and (b)his representatives and advisers had with Kvaerner, their representatives and advisers over the proposed closure of the Govan shipyard in 1999; and if he will publish the communications; [174297]
(12) what role (a)he and (b)his representatives, and advisers had in the negotiations over the future of Govan in 1999. [174303]
§ John HealeyI refer the hon. Member to the answer which he received from the Prime Minister on 25 May 2004,Official Report,column 1522W.
§ Mr. BluntTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his Department's involvement was in approving the GEC-BAE merger in 1999. [R] [174263]
§ John HealeyThe decision was made by the then Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in his capacity set out in the Fair Trading Act 1973.