Rover Group

50.

Mr. Radice
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he expects to meet the European Commission to discuss the sale of the Rover Group.

75.

Mr. Michael J. Martin
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he expects to meet the European Commission to discuss the sale of the Rover Group.

Mr. Douglas Hogg
I have no plans to do so.

74.

Mr. Beaumont-Dark
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he next intends to visit the Rover Group.

Mr. Douglas Hogg
I have no immediate plans to do so.

88.

Mr. Mullin
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will examine the records of previous privatisations to determine whether any arrangements similar to those recently vetoed by the European Economic Community in the case of the sale of Rover to British Aerospace have been made in relation to any other company.

Mr. Douglas Hogg
The National Audit Office investigates all significant privatisations and decides whether it is necessary to report to the Public Accounts Committee as it did in the case of the Rover Group.

141.

Mr. McAvoy
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects to respond to the European Community's recent communication on the sale of the Rover Group.

Mr. Douglas Hogg
I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply that I gave the Member for Clwyd, South-West (Mr. Jones).