HC Deb 26 January 1990 vol 165 cc903-4W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether any of the individuals prosecuted in 1988 and 1989 in connection with insider dealings are accountants; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Redwood

Three of the individuals who were tried for insider dealing offences in 1988 and 1989 are known to have a professional accountancy qualification. In one other case where a prosecution was begun in 1989 the defendant has an accountancy qualification.