§ Lord Williams of Elvelasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will now publish the report of Coopers & Lybrand on the privatisation of the British Technology Group omitting all confidential and commercially sensitive information.
Viscount AstorThe report contains an analysis of the operations of the British Technology Group, of the possible methods of sale and the proceeds potentially obtainable. Its contents are thus very largely commercially sensitive or confidential, and publication of the remainder would be pointless.