HC Deb 25 March 1975 vol 889 cc136-7W
Mr. Heseltine

asked the Secretary of State for Trade when he expects to receive the report into the affairs of the Canning Town Glass Works Ltd.; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Clinton Davis:

My right hon. Friend received the report in this matter on 16th December 1974 and passed it on to the Director of Prosecutions. The inquiry was carried out under the provisions of Section 109 of the Companies Act, 1967, and by Section 111 of that Act he is debarred from disclosing the information obtained.