HC Deb 10 March 1994 vol 239 c332W
Mr. Hain

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list in table form(a) the number of commercial advisers, brokers and underwriters his Department has employed in preparation for coal privatisation, (b) the names of such commercial advisers, brokers, underwriters, etc. and (c) the fees and commission (i) already paid and (ii) projected to such companies; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Eggar

N M Rothschild and Son Ltd. is employed as the Department's financial advisers on coal privatisation. Payments to the company are commercially confidential. My Department currently employs no brokers or underwriters in connection with coal privatisation.