§ Mr. MorganTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what consultations he has had and what representations he has received concerning the actions of500W the registrar of Companies house in terminating his consultation arrangements with the Companies House Users Group; and if he will make a statement on the future quality of public access to commercial data statutorily provided to and via Companies house.
§ Mr. Neil HamiltonTo the best of my knowledge the President has had no consultations and received no representations about Companies House User Group. As an executive agency, the day-to-day management of Companies House is the responsibility of the chief executive and any arrangements made with users are a matter for him. He has been asked to write to the hon. Member. As to the future quality of public access to commercial data the chief executive has recently introduced a total quality programme with the aim of achieving a higher standard of quality in all aspects of its work.