HC Deb 13 July 1981 vol 8 cc284-7W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he will give, at the latest and most convenient stated date, the numbers of peers of the realm who hold any appointment sponsored by his Department; what situation or appointment each one holds; how many hours per week are given to the work connected with it; what are the salaries or expenses paid; and how the latter figures compare with May 1979.

Mr. Hurd

The information is as follows:

nationalised industries and the names of all companies in which his department, or bodies answerable to his Department, has a majority or minority interest.

Mr. Hurd

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is not responsible for any nationalised industries, but has a majority holding in Toplis and Harding (Middle East) Limited. The Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, the Crown Agents Holding and Realisation Board and the Commonwealth Development Corporation, which is sponsored by the ODA, have interests in a number of companies which are as follows:

CROWN AGENTS FOR OVERSEA GOVERNMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIONS

Subsidiary companies

CROWN AGENTS HOLDING AND REALISATION BOARD

Subsidiary companies in voluntary liquidation

Australian subsidiary companies

Minority Interests

COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Subsidiary companies

CARIBBEAN

Antigua

Jamaica

St Lucia

Trinidad and Tobago

EAST AFRICA

Tanzania

CENTRAL AFRICA

Zimbabwe

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Swaziland

WEST AFRICA

Sierra Leone

OTHER AREAS

COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Other Investments

CARIBBEAN

Belize

Dominica

Grenada

Guyana

Montserrat

St Lucia

St Vincent

ASIA

Malaysia

Hong Kong

Indonesia

Singapore

Thailand

PACIFIC ISLANDS

Fiji

Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea

EAST AFRICA

Ethiopia

Kenya

Seychelles

Sudan

Tanzania

Uganda

CENTRAL AFRICA

Malawi

Zambia

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Swaziland

WEST AFRICA

The Gambia

Liberia

OTHER AREAS

Cyprus

United Kingdom