HC Deb 20 November 1991 vol 199 cc209-10W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry who carries out the investigations authorised under section 447 of the Companies Act 1985.

Mr. Redwood

Investigations under section 447 of the Companies Act 1985 as amended are carried out by those persons described in section 447(3), that is, an officer of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry or any other competent person.