Companies Act, 1967

HC Deb 19 November 1969 vol 791 cc310-1W

52. Miss Devlin

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will seek legislative extension of the obligations imposed on company management under Section 18 of the Companies Act, 1967, so as to require separate disclosure, in directors' reports, of the average number of persons employed in Northern Ireland registered subsidiary companies, and the aggregate remuneration paid to such employees; and whether he will make a statement.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody

No. I think that it is sufficient to require a holding company to state the average number of persons employed by the group as a whole and the aggregate of their remuneration.

53. Miss Devlin

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will seek legislative extension of the obligation imposed on company management by Section 19 of the Companies Act, 1967, so as to require disclosure in directors' reports of political donations made by Northern Ireland registered companies which are subsidiaries of companies registered in Great Britain.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody

Section 19, which requires a holding company to disclose the political contributions made by itself and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, already requires account to be taken of contributions made by a subsidiary which is registered in Northern Ireland.