§ 36. Mr. William Hamiltonasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the names of all banks which have made contributions to political organisations since the Companies Act, 1967, became effective; and indicate the amounts subscribed in each case.
§ Mr. Mason:The following is the information in respect of banking companies, including discount companies, and holding companies with major banking subsidiaries:
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POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY BANKING COMPANIES AS DISCLOSED IN RETURNS FILED WITH THE REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES 1968 1969 £ £ Alexanders Discount Company Ltd. 250 750 Arbuthnot Latham and Co.Ltd 1,200 N.A. Barclays Bank Ltd. 4,750 N.A. Baring Brothers & Co. Ltd. 15,288 N.A. Brown Shipley Holdings Ltd. 10,000 N.A. Cater Ryder & Co. Ltd. 100 1,121 Charterhouse Group Ltd. 1,000 N.A. Gerrard & Reid Ltd. 1,100 N.A. Gibbs (Antony) & Sons Ltd. 210 5,210 Guinness Mahon Holdings Ltd Nil 7,650 Hambros Bank Ltd. 20,250 N.A. Hill, Samuel Group Ltd. 25,000 N.A. Jessel, Toynbee & Co. Ltd. 500 N.A. Johnson, Matthey & Co. Ltd 3,000 N.A. King & Shaxson Ltd. Nil 1,000
1968 1969 £ £ Kleinwort, Benson, Lonsdale Ltd. 13,250 N.A. Lazard Brothers & Co. Ltd. 12,600 N.A. Leopold Joseph & Sons Ltd 1,000 N.A. Lombard Banking Ltd. 5,262 N.A. Montague Trust Ltd. 25,000 N.A. Morgan Grenfell & Co.Ltd 12,620 N.A. National Discount Co. Ltd. 75 N.A. Schroders Ltd 400 N.A. Singer & Friedlander Ltd. 5,515 N.A. Union Discount Co. of London Ltd Nil 2,650 158,370 18,381 N.A.=Not available as no report has yet been filed with the Registrar of Companies for 1969.
A contribution is assigned to 1968 if made in the financial year of a company which ended in the period 6th April, 1968 to 5th April, 1969.