§ Mr. Tom Coxasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the sites considered by Her Majesty's Government for selection as the United Kingdom's candidate for the site of the proposed European Trade Marks Office; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. PattieThe Government issued a brochure in April giving a short list of four sites—at Harrow, Croydon, St. Katharine-by-the-Tower and Cockspur street by Trafalgar square — from which it is expected that the London candidate for the Community Trade Marks Office will be chosen in the very near future. The short list resulted from a detailed search of the property market during which a substantial number of sites were considered.