HC Deb 20 July 2001 vol 372 c602W
Mr. Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects to receive his Department's report on the alleged share dealings by the editor of theDaily Mirror; and if he will make a statement. [5900]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The Department's long-established practice is to neither confirm nor deny the existence of such investigations, nor discuss the affairs of individual companies or persons involved.