HC Deb 27 October 1970 vol 805 cc84-5W
Mr. Clinton Davis

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will now provide an estimate of the number of companies operating as publishers of fraudulent directories; and whether he will name them.

Mr. Noble

Eighteen firms have been named in complaints to the Department of Trade and Industry about methods used to seek orders or payment for directory entries, but it is not evident from these complaints that the directories themselves might be called "fraudulent".

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