HC Deb 04 July 1994 vol 246 c12W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what action he has taken against the auditing firm and partners criticised in the inspectors' reports on WMD Underwriting Agencies; and what has been the outcome.

Mr. Neil Hamilton

A copy of the inspectors' report into the affairs of Minet Holdings plc and WMD Underwriting Agencies Limited was passed to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in August 1990. The matter was then referred to the joint disciplinary scheme. In December 1992, a joint disciplinary scheme committee of inquiry, noting that the events which were the subject of the inquiry took place prior to 1982, decided it would not now be able to reach a finding on the conduct, efficiency or competence of the members under inquiry.

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