HC Deb 28 January 1970 vol 794 c341W
47. Mr. Marks

asked 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 Dunwoody

When 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.