§ 42. Mr. Tom Boardmanasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many staff in his Department have been wholly or partly employed in drafting answers to parliamentary Questions on Company Law in the last three months.
§ Mr. RidleySome 43 staff in addition to a number of clerical, typing, record keeping and messengerial staff, have been partly employed in the preparation of advice in answering about 200 parliamentary Questions referring to the Companies Acts and related legislation.