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Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the auditors to each company in which the Government maintain (a) a golden share and (b) an equity investment.
Mr. Lilley
The auditors to each company in which the Government maintain (a) a special share or (b) a residual shareholding following privatisation (where different) are as follows:
| Auditors | |
| (a) | |
| Britoil | Peat Marwick McLintock |
| Cable and Wireless | Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte |
| Jaguar | Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte |
| Sealink | Touche Ross |
| British Telecom | Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte |
| British Aerospace | Peat Marwick McLintock |
| VSEL Consortium | Peat Marwick McLintock |
| British Gas | Price Waterhouse |
| Rolls-Royce | Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte |
| BAA | Touche Ross |
Auditors
| |
| British Steel | Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte |
| Mersey Docks and Harbour Company | Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte |
| Anglian Water | Price Waterhouse |
| Northumbrian Water | Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte |
| North West Water | Price Waterhouse |
| Severn Trent | Price Waterhouse |
| Southern Water | Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte |
| South West Water | Price Waterhouse |
| Thames Water | Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte |
| Welsh Water | Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte |
| Wessex Water | Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte |
| Yorkshire Water | Price Waterhouse |
(b)
| |
| BP | Ernst and Young |
| British Airways | Ernst and Young |