HC Deb 31 July 1981 vol 9 cc643-4W
Mr. Stanbrook

asked the Secretary of State for Trade why (a) the Solicitors Law Stationery Ltd. and Oyez Services, (b) Dawglen Managements Ltd. and its associated companies and (c) Waterlows Ltd. have been omitted from the list of companies allocated quotas for searches at the Companies Registry, Cardiff.

Mr. Eyre

[pursuant to his reply, 30 July 1981]: Allocations have been made to agents already using the Cardiff search room service: regrettably there is no capacity to meet further demands until the problems resulting from industrial action have been resolved.

Mr. Stanbrook

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will list the companies which have been granted quotas for searches at the Companies Registry, Cardiff, with the reason for their inclusion in each case.

Mr. Eyre

[pursuant to his reply, 30 July 1981]: The information is as follows:

Status
CBS (Tyron Clark) Judge/Priestley
Celtic Searches (N. Evans) Lansdowne (MCL)
Childs/Payne Laroque Ren
Cox (Stephen & Co.) Lloyds
Company Searches London Law
Cohen Maurice MCM
Company Profiles M & D Searches
D & D Madigan & Co.
Davies Stanley NCB (Mr. Coy)
Express Peat Marwick & Mitchell
HRS Pipe (M)
Hughes Geoff Pondfield
Hughes Wolsley Provincial Searches
ICC Severnside

United Kingdom Exports
£ million f.o.b.
Food and Live Animals Petroleum and Petroleum Products Manufactured Goods
Destination
1965
European Community 76 49 1,029
North America 18 3 585
Rest of World 80 56 2,481
1970
European Community 101 83 1,966
North America 34 6 1,002
Rest of World 114 87 3,838
1971
European Community 104 110 2,107
North America 40 5 1,197
Rest of World 137 97 4,377

Status
Inforstat Souter
Jay Kay Temples
Jordan & Sons UAPT
Jordan Services Welsh Traders
Joy Wildman & Battel
Wholesale Traders

These are the firms conducting business in the Cardiff search room during the currency of the industrial action.

Mr. Stanbrook

asked the Secretary of State for Trade why a system of rationing permits for searches at the Companies Registry, Cardiff, has been instituted; and on what criteria allocations for searches have been made as between company registration agents.

Mr. Eyre

[pursuant to his reply, 30 July 1981]: Because since March industrial action has very severely restricted facilities for search at the companies registration office. Demand was at first met by the Registrar on a first come, first served basis. Where it was found that this caused unacceptable queues and other problems, a small allocation was made to some agents, on the basis of their level of activity in Cardiff during the currency of the industrial action.

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