§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will report on British companies' compliance with the European Community's code of conduct for companies with interests in South Africa during the 12-month period to 30 June 1983.
§ Mr. ChannonBy 2 April 1984, 181 companies had submitted reports to the Department under the code of conduct. Copies of the reports, and of the Department's analysis and summary, have been placed in the Library of each House. These documents may also be inspected at the Department's library, the British embassy in Pretoria, the British consulate-general in Johannesburg, and at the British consulates in Cape Town and Durban.
The Government are grateful to companies for reporting on their efforts to comply with the provisions of the voluntary code. As in earlier years, most British companies have submitted reports, and these show continued progress in meeting the code's requirements in most sectors.