§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the grounds on which the identity of the individual acting as the Government's shareholder in the New Millennium Experience Company was decided. [54070]
§ Dr. Howells[holding answer 2 May 2002]: The decision to appoint a Cabinet Office Minister as the first shareholder was made under the previous Government. The subsequent appointment of the right hon. Member for Hartlepool (Peter Mandelson) as shareholder was consistent with this, as was the appointment of Lord Falconer who was also a Cabinet Office Minister. The former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, the right hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury (Chris Smith) held the position in a temporary capacity on two occasions.
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her answer of 25 March 2002,Official Report, column 578W, what was the method by which the shares in the New Millennium Experience Company were transferred from one shareholder to another. [54109]
§ Dr. Howells[holding answer 2 May 2002]: With reference to the shareholders listed in my Written Answer of 25 March, the shares in the New Millennium Experience Company were transferred from one shareholder to another using, in each case, a stock transfer form.