§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish a table showing which completed inspectors' reports relating to public limited companies have not been published over the last 10 years.
§ Mr. RedwoodThe table lists all inspections into public companies under sections 432 and 442 of the Companies Act 1985 (or their predecessor sections) where the inspectors have submitted their final report since 1 November 1981 and that report remains unpublished.
The decision whether to publish the reports marked with an asterisk remains under consideration. Substantial interim reports on Bryanston Finance Limited and Dunlop Holdings Limited were published on 22 March 1983 and 17 February 1981 respectively.
Date of appointment Company Name Date of report 12 May 1975 Bryanston Finance Ltd. [now Ramor Investments Ltd.] 27 April 1987 25 July 1980 Dunlop Holdings Limited 12 November 1981 8 March 1982 Euroflame Holdings plc 27 June 1987 11 March 1983 British Anzani plc *28 November 1986 25 February 1983 Hartley Baird plc 21 December 1983 9 May 1985 Hartley Baird plc 23 May 1986 26 May 1989 Blue Arrow plc *4 June 1991 23 June 1989 The Bestwood plc *26 March 1991 6 February 1990 BOM Holdings plc *2 August 1991