§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Trade why his investigations into the affairs of the Canning Town Glass Works were conducted under Section 109 of the Companies Act 1967; why he refused to publish the report; and why he did not deal with this company on the same basis as the affairs of the Lonrho 316W Company so far as investigations and reports were concerned.
§ Mr. Clinton DavisEnquiries were made into the affairs of Canning Town Glass Works Ltd. under Section 109 of the Companies Act 1967 because, on the information available at the time, that was the appropriate section to invoke. By the provisions of Section 111 of that Act I am debarred from disclosing the information obtained.
Inspectors were appointed to investigate the affairs of the Lonrho Ltd. under the provisions of Section 165(b) of the Companies Act 1948 because the information available justified the implementation of that section, and the report was published in accordance with the provisions of the Act.