Supervisory Bodies (Hansard, 22 June 1992)

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will introduce legislation under which shareholders will be able to seek damages from the recognised supervisory bodies in respect of the audit failures identified in the DTI inspectors' reports.

§ Mr. Neil Hamilton
No.
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§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will establish an independent statutory body to hear complaints against the bodies recognised as the recognised supervisory bodies in the Companies Act 1989.

§ Mr. Neil Hamilton
No.

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has to introduce legislation to require that completed ballot papers for elections of the officers to the recognised supervisory bodies are not returned to the secretaries of those bodies.

§ Mr. Neil Hamilton
I have no such plans.