HC Deb 12 January 1998 vol 304 cc33-4W
Mr. Fallon

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list the businesses visited since 1 May by the Minister of State, the hon. Member for Makerfield (Mr. McCartney), and the dates. [21138]

Mr. Ian McCartney

[holding answer 16 December 1997]: Since 1 May 1997 I have visited the following companies.

Company name
28 August Midas, Swinton and Trafford Park Shimadzu/Kratos, Trafford Park PPG Industries, Wigan
1 September Yuasa Automotive Batteries, Birmingham
13 October Shell, London
22 October Barclays Bank plc, Lombard Street, London
24 October Photronics, Trafford Park, Manchester
30 October Motorola, Easter Inch (near Edinburgh)
7 November Broker Direct, Bolton
11 November Centre for Productivity and Efficiency, Burton upon Trent
21 November Nissho Iwai Europe plc, London

In addition, I have met with numerous companies and employer organisations both in my office and at other venues.