§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans she has to issue guidance to training and enterprise councils that they should not sign contracts with Firlands Training Ltd. of Aylesbury pending the completion of the investigations by the Department of Trade and Industry companies investigation branch under section 447 of the Companies Act 1985 into the involvement of the company's principals in the collapse of the AST group of companies. [23037]
§ Mr. PaiceAs private companies, the contract between training and enterprise councils and their providers is a matter for the parties concerned.