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Written question asked by Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 27 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 29 January 2010. It was answered by Lord Davies of Stamford (Labour) on Thursday, 4 February 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


AWE Management: Government Shareholding

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the Government's golden share in AWE Management Ltd. with (a) UK and (b) EC competition law.
Answer

The Government do not own a share in AWE Management Limited. The share owned by the Government is a special share in the share capital of AWE plc. An assessment of this share has been made and I am satisfied that it is compatible with UK and European Union laws.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
505 c465W; 314625
Session
2009-10
Subjects
AWE Government shareholding
Link
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