Written question asked by Harry Cohen (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 April 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 April 2000. It was answered by Ross Cranston (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 April 2000 on behalf of the Solicitor General.

Solicitor-General

Question: To ask the Solicitor General, for what reason Mr John Howes of the Treasury Solicitor's staff visited the Law Society building on 2nd December 1999; and with whom he had contact.

Answer: Mr. Cohen: To ask the Solicitor-General for what reason Mr. John Howes of the Treasury Solicitor's staff visited the Law Society building on 2 December 1999; and with whom he had contact. [118288] The Solicitor-General: On 2 December 1999, Mr. John Howes, a member of the Treasury Solicitor's staff, visited the Law Society's headquarters in Chancery Lane for the purpose of having lunch with an administrator in a client department, the Office of Fair Trading, on whose behalf he had conduct of a case. He had attended the High Court for an interlocutory hearing in that case with the administrator in the morning. In the afternoon he was to attend a meeting in the offices of the Office of Fair Trading in Chancery House, Chancery Lane. Mr. Howes had no other purpose in visiting the Law Society on that date.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 348 c81W; 118288
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Company investigations Civil servants Law Society Office of Fair Trading Astra Holdings Treasury Solicitor's Department Howes, John
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