HL Deb 29 July 1997 vol 582 cc23-4WA
Lord Dean of Beswick

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the NAAFI, the armed forces trading organisation, has invested in Select Catalogues, and

Casualties/Accidents involving parked or broken down vehicles on A Roads: GB 1989–1996
Casualties/Accidents
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Fatal Casualties 128 136 115 102 97 95 86 73
All injury accidents 5,651 5,311 4,728 4,652 4,208 4,396 4,285 4,192

whether there are any connections between Select Catalogues and Lanica Trust which Her Majesty's Government regard as undesirable.

The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Gilbert)

The Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) entered into a joint venture with a company, which later became Lanica Trust, to provide a mail order facility for British Service personnel and the vehicle for the venture was a newly created company, Select Catalogues Ltd. NAAFI purchased 30 per cent. of the equity and the remainder was purchased by Lanica Trust and the Managing Director of Select. Her Majesty's Government are not aware of any connections between the two companies which they regard as undesirable. No public money or facilities other than some small display stands at some facilities have been provided to Select by NAAFI.