HC Deb 20 June 1989 vol 155 cc87-8W
Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what estimates he has of the proportion of the United Kingdom-based book publishing industry which is American owned.

Mr. Atkins

There are a number of measures of publishers' output, none of which is readily available by the nationality of the publisher. The information necessary to make an estimate could be assembled only at disproportionate cost and would be subject to qualifications.

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