HC Deb 07 November 1991 vol 198 cc194-5W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy (1) which organisations submitted tenders for the appointment as accounting advisers on the privatisation of British Coal;

(2) which organisations submitted tenders for the appointment as financial advisers on the privatisation of British Coal;

(3) which organisations were invited to tender for the appointment as accounting advisers on the privatisation of British Coal;

(4) which organisations were invited to tender for the appointment as financial advisers on the privatisation of British Coal.

Mr. Wakeham

A number of qualified organisations were invited to tender for the positions of accounting and financial advisers in respect of the privatisation of British Coal. The appointments were made on the basis of competitive tendering.

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will place in the Library the first and second interim reports on coal privatisation prepared for him by Rothschilds.

Mr. Wakeham

No. The Government will come forward with detailed proposals on coal privatisation in due course.