HC Deb 21 January 1983 vol 35 c231W
Mr. Skinner

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will inititate a full public inquiry into the way in which a Government contract to build prefabricated homes on the Falkland Islands was awarded to the firm of James Brewster Associates Ltd. in view of that firm's having filed no accounts for periods since December 1979.

Mr. Raison

No. The contract to supply and erect prefabricated houses in the Falkland Islands was awarded to James Brewster Associates Ltd. following careful and thorough evaluation of tenders in accordance with the conditions specified in the tender documents.

Filing of accounts is a matter for my right hon. and noble Friend the Secretary of State for Trade.

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