§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will give a special direction to the National Enterprise Board to inform companies in which it has taken a shareholding not to contribute to the following oganisations: the Conservative Party, British United Industrialists, Aims of Industry/Aims for Freedom and Enterprise, the Economic League, Common Cause, Adnor Trust, Bow Group, Centre for Policy Studies, and the European Movement (Britain in Europe).
§ Mr. KaufmanThe NEB has no power to require companies in which it has a minority shareholding to refrain from contributing financially to political parties or organisations. I would not expect NEB subsidiaries to contribute financially to any political organisations.