§ 47. Mr. Marksasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will introduce legislation to require companies to supply a copy of their balance sheets to his Department and the Companies Office within one month of their acceptance by an annual or extraordinary meeting.
§ Mrs. Gwyneth DunwoodyWhen accounts are laid at an annual general meeting a copy must be sent to the Registrar of Companies within 42 days of the date of the meeting. When the time comes to prepare further companies legislation, I will consider the possibility of requiring either that accounts should always be laid at an annual general meeting, or that they should be filed within a stated period after the balance sheet date, irrespective of when they are laid.