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Mr. Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will place the minutes of the Insolvency Review Working Party in the Library. [82008]

Dr. Howells

No. The Insolvency Regulation Working Party was established by the seven insolvency Recognised Professional Bodies and my Department's Insolvency Service. Its members were the representatives of these bodies. The Working Party was charged with reporting to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and to the Presidents of the professional bodies. The Working Party has completed its task and copies of its report are in the Library of the House.

Mr. Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will require those licensed under the Insolvency Act 1986 to publish information about their affairs and the impact of their actions on stakeholders. [82011]

Dr. Howells

I have no plans to do so.

Mr. Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the insolvency practitioners licensed by his Department. [82141]

Dr. Howells

The following practitioners are authorised by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State:

  • Christopher Robert Ashurst
  • Duncan Robert Beat
  • John Samuel Francis Bennett
  • Ashok Kumar Bhardwaj
  • Peter Andrew Blair
  • Douglas Norman Bowden Brian Bower
  • Matthew Colin Bowker
  • Peter John Bridger
  • Stephen Briscoe
  • Colin Thomas Burke
  • Phillip John Burrows
  • Philip Gerard Byrne
  • Peter Geoffrey Cann
  • Dawn Lesley Chadwick
  • Trevor Irving Clark
  • Lawrence Cooper
  • John Wynn Davies
  • Sara Elizabeth Dayman
  • Andrew David Dick
  • Brendan Eric Doyle
  • Colin Duckworth
  • John Francis Dumble
  • Peter William Engel
  • Stephen John Evans
  • Clive Everitt
  • Evelyn Gabrielle Exley
  • Peter Adrian Finn
  • Andrew Charles Fozzard
  • Nola Garside
  • Neil Hammond Geddes
  • James Campbell Gibson
  • Roger William Gillett
  • Stephen Gilmore
  • Stephen Simon Goderski
  • Simon Matthew Gwinnutt
  • Patricia Ann Haddon
  • Colin Michael Trevethyn Haig
  • Ronald Stanley Harding
  • Paul William Harding
  • Stephen Lawrence Harfitt
  • Guy Charles David Harrison
  • Frank Anthony Hatch
  • Trixie Jean Haviland
  • Trevor Rex Hemmings
  • Neil Francis Hickling
  • John Roger Hill
  • Peter James Hughes-Holland
  • Christakis Michael Icaovides
  • Gethyn Islwyn Morris James
  • Ruth Muir James
  • Diane Johnston
  • Rowan Fergus Jones
  • Robert William Keating
  • David Crew Knight
  • Janice Vivienne Leigh
  • Philip Alan Lightfoot
  • Walter Lismore
  • Hilary Lesley Felicity Ann Lofthouse
  • Stephen Lord
  • Philip Michael Lyon
  • James MacLachlan
  • John Harvey Madden
  • Sandra Marshall
  • Paul David Meakiin
  • Malcolm John Mears
  • Stephen Charles Mileman
  • Daniel Britten Miller
  • Nicholas John Miller
  • Manubhai Govindbhai Mistry
  • Rupert Graham Mullins
  • John Michael Munn
  • Eric Nisbet
  • David Nisbet
  • Christopher John Nutting
  • Michael O'Connor
  • Rodney Gavin Owen
  • Christine Lesley Peak
  • Nigel Paul Pincott
  • Philip Daniel Pink
  • David Graham Platt
  • John William Powell
  • John Prenderville
  • Alan Redvers Price
  • Norma Rosetta Prosser
  • Michael Leslie Reeves
  • Kenneth Brian Ribgy
  • David John Roberts
  • Pamela Mary Roe
  • Stanley Rose
  • Eileen Teresa Frances Sale
  • John Christopher Sallabank
  • Rashpal Singh Sandhu
  • Michael Stanley Sargeant
  • Peter Sargent
  • Richard Albert Brock Saville
  • Richard Andrew Segal
  • Wendy Mary Sharpe
  • Christopher James Shaw
  • Gordon Allan Mart Simmonds
  • Alan Simon
  • Robert Soanes
  • David Solomons
  • Diana Spencer
  • Caroline Rose Stark
  • Keith Aleric Stevens
  • Susan Jane Stockley
  • John Paul Sugden
  • Michael Sutcliffe
  • William Clive Swindell
  • David William Tann
  • Steven George Taylor
  • David Thomas
  • Alan Keith Thornton
  • Neil Tombs
  • Brian Tomlinson
  • John David Travers
  • Stephen James Wainwright
  • Roderick John Watson
  • Peter George Weil
  • Francis F. A. Wessely
  • Andrew Richard Williams
  • Steven John Williams
  • David Frederick Wilson
  • Vernon Charles Wright
  • Michael William Young.

Mr. Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proposals he has to replace the present regulators of the insolvency business with a single independent regulator.[82144]

Dr. Howells

I have no such proposals.

Mr. Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many of the meetings held by the Insolvency Review Working Party have been open to the public. [82009]

Dr. Howells

None. The Insolvency Regulation Working Party met in private but also carried out a wide ranging consultation exercise so that all those with an interest in this field had an opportunity to make their views known.

Mr. Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many complaints relating to insolvency practitioners have been referred to his Department since May 1997. [82010]

Dr. Howells

Sixty-eight complaints about insolvency practitioners authorised by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State have been referred to my Department since May 1997.