§ Mr. AllenTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will prosecute under the Companies Acts the company whose name has been supplied to him for failure to declare political donations made by its subsidiary in the year ending April 1995. [28469]
§ Mr. OppenheimIf allegations of non-compliance with statutory disclosure requirements are drawn to my Department's attention, my Department will look into them, and if there has been a failure to comply with those requirements, it will take appropriate action.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will amend the Companies Act 1985 to require Companies House to maintain a register of companies making political donations together with the sum donated and the recipient; and if he will make that register open to public inspection. [28309]
§ Mr. OppenheimThe Companies Act 1985 already requires companies to disclose, in their annual directors' reports, political donations exceeding £200.