HC Deb 16 March 1981 vol 1 cc6-7W
39. Mr. Palmer

asked the Secretary of State for Trade whether, in the light of the statement by the board of the Bristol Evening Post Ltd. on 17 February, he has anything to add to the answer given by the Minister for Consumer Affairs on 16 February, Official Report, column 10.

Mrs. Sally Oppenheim

Associated Newspapers Group Ltd. is already the proprietor of newspapers run by Bristol United Press Ltd. by virtue of its 25.1 per cent. shareholding in that company. The 60 per cent. shareholding which I referred to on 16 February should have been to The Bristol Evening Post Ltd's holding in Bristol United Press Ltd, and not to Associated Newspapers Group Ltd's holding in The Bristol Evening Post Ltd itself as was implied.

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