Written question asked by Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 11 June 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 2 July 2002. It was answered by Nigel Griffiths (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 July 2002 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 7th May, Official Report, column 33W, on the Community Development Venture Capital Fund, if he will list (a) public and (b) private investors in Bridges Community Ventures.

Answer: Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 7 May 2002, Official Report, column 33W, on the Community Development Venture Capital Fund, if he will list (a) public and (b) private investors in Bridges Community Ventures. [61672] Nigel Griffiths: I have been asked to reply. The public investor is the Government through the Phoenix Fund of the Small Business Service. The institutional and major individual private sector investors are listed on the Fund Manager's website at: www.bridgesventures.com and are: Doughty Hanson & Co; HSBC; Lehman Brothers; Lloyds TSB (Scotland); Merrill Lynch; Reuters; Royal Bank of Scotland; Schroder Salomon Smith Barney (partners in Citigroup); West Midlands Pension Fund; Sir Ronald Cohen and Tom Singh.

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