HL Deb 28 January 1999 vol 596 cc169-70WA
Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether any government department or any publicly funded bodies or the Inland Revenue or Customs and Excise are creditors to A. Simmers, A. Simmers (Farms) and A. Simmers (Cairnbogie), all now in receivership; and, if any, what amounts. [HL585]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office (Lord Sewel)

Amounts due to be paid to government departments are:

  1. (a) Inland Revenue—£295,000;
  2. (b) Department of Employment—£42,000.

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What grants and loans have been given by them or by any publicly funded bodies over the last 10 years to the agriculture companies of A. Simmers, A. Simmers (Farms) and A. Simmers (Cairnbogie). [HL584]

Lord Sewel

Grampian Enterprise Limited paid out the following grants:

  1. (a) 1993—£6,500 for a business development review;
  2. (b) 1996—£5,900 for a feasibility survey, business plan and market survey for the possible purchase of Glen Garioch Distillery.

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