To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will introduce legislation to enable him to disqualify, as a director or a shareholder, any director or owner of a private company found guilty of criminal malpractice.

No. The Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 already provides wide powers allowing the courts to disqualify, where appropriate, a person as director of a company and from being concerned, whether directly or indirectly, in management of a company, whether private of public.