§ Mr. Whitfieldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he is prepared to reconsider the question of the bringing of prosecutions following a report made to his Department by the Insider Dealing Group of the Stock Exchange on certain dealings in the shares of Yorkshire Fine plc which took place in August and September 1982 immediately prior to that company going into receivership in September 1982.
§ Mr. HowardThe investigations carried out following the report did not yield sufficient evidence to support a prosecution, and the prospect of obtaining such evidence
14WMember to the answer which I gave the hon. Member for South Ribble (Mr. Atkins) on 17 February at column 526–27.
§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has as to what new investment has taken place, how many jobs have been created and in which places in the specific enlarged intermediate status area in Yorkshire which includes the Barnsley travel-to-work area, since the assisted area map was last changed.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe following table gives information about investment projects supported with Government regional selective assistance in the intermediate areas of Yorkshire and Humberside since the assisted areas map was last changed in November 1984.
over four and a half years after the relevant transactions is too remote to justify instituting further investigations. However, I would be prepared to consider doing so if new information came to light which suggested that further inquiries might be fruitful.