To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his reply of 27 February, Official Report, column 104, what stage proceedings against four directors of the Beaulieu Group of Companies have reached; and if he will make a statement.

Jan De Clerck, Dominiek De Clerck, Luc De Clerck and Francis De Clerck are next due to appear upon a remand before the Harrogate justices on 26 April 1990. The prosecution will seek to pursue committal proceedings on a date to be fixed by the court following representations by the parties at the remand hearing.