HC Deb 09 November 1973 vol 863 c284W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when the Departmental Committee on Trade Marks under the chairmanship of Mr. H. R. Mathys will be presenting its report; whether he intends it should be published; and whether it will be available before the forthcoming negotiations on a European trade mark law are begun.

Sir G. Howe

The committee expects to present its report by the end of 1973 and I intend that it shall be published. It should be available in good time for the negotiations on the European Trademark, which are unlikely to begin until autumn of next year.