§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if any of the Treasury Solicitors acting or advising in the case against former directors of Astra under the Company Directors Disqualification Act had, in any capacity within legal services of Government, acted or advised in the case of Rv. Henderson, Allen and Abraham. [30786]
§ The Attorney-GeneralI have been asked to reply. Mr. Leithead and Mr. Howes of the Treasury Solicitor's Department, who are acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in the case referred to, advised in the case of Rv. Henderson, Allen and Abraham.
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the previous posts and duties within the Government service of Sir Gerald Hooper, Mr. Leitzead and Mr. Howes of the Treasury Solicitor's Department. [30782]
§ The Attorney-GeneralI have been asked to reply. The question is understood to refer to Sir Gerald Hosker,
22WMr. Leithead and Mr. Howes. The information is as follows:
Sir Gerald Hosker KCB QC
- 1960–66: Legal assistant: conveyancing duties
- 1966–72: Senior legal assistant: legal advice to the Air Ministry and the Ministry of Defence
- 1973–87: Successively as assistant Treasury Solicitor, principal assistant Treasury Solicitor and deputy Treasury Solicitor: legal advice to Her Majesty's Treasury and associated Departments.
- 1984–87: Duties as deputy Treasury Solicitor
- 1987–92: Duties as solicitor to the Department of Trade and Industry
- 1992 to date: Duties as HM Procurator General, Treasury Solicitor and Queen's Proctor.
Mr. Leithead
- 1977 to date: Senior legal assistant and from 1982 assistant Treasury Solicitor: legal advice to and civil litigation for the Department of Trade and Industry, the Office of Fair Trading, the Export Credits Guarantee Department, the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and related bodies, and some specialist advice on litigation both civil and criminal.
Mr. Howes
- 1971–77: Legal assistant and from 1976 senior legal assistant: conduct of prosecutions and civil litigation on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Security
- 1977–79: Senior legal assistant: advice to the DHSS on employment law and industrial tribunal work
- 1979–81: Senior legal assistant: advice on employment law and industrial tribunal work for various Government Departments as a member of the Treasury Solicitor's Department
- 1981–83 Senior legal assistant: European Community litigation
- 1983–86: Senior legal assistant: Chancery and charity litigation, public inquiries and Lands Tribunal work
- 986 to date: Senior legal assistant and from 1989 grade 6: conduct of litigation for the Office of Fair Trading and the Department of Trade and Industry