§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Attorney-General (1) if he will make a statement on the factors which led to no charges being brought by the United Kingdom authorities against any individual following the fraud at Ferranti International Signal and Control. in 1989;
(2) what action he took following the disclosure to his Department of the relationship between International Signal and Control and (a) South Africa, (b) Chile and (c) Iraq;
(3) what action he took following the disclosure by the Ferranti chairman that his company had been defrauded in 1989; what action he took to secure the records of ISC in west London after the disclosure of fraud in 1989; and what action he has taken following the conclusion by the United States courts that the original flotation of ISC in London in 1982 was fraudulent.
The Solicitor-GeneralI refer the hon. Member to the written answer given to him yesterday by my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General. It is my policy not to divulge operational details relating to criminal investigations carried out by the Serious Fraud Office.