§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what is his Department's policy regarding the publication of inspectors' reports relating to(a) public and (b) private companies. [33922]
§ Mr. Jonathan EvansWhere inspectors are appointed under the Companies Act 1985 on terms that their report may be published, the normal practice is for my Department to publish such reports in respect of public companies as being matters of public interest, but not to 507W publish reports in respect of private companies unless there is a particular public interest.