HC Deb 06 July 1998 vol 315 c374W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list the public registers which her Department has responsibility for. [47346]

Mrs. Beckett

[holding answer 29 June 1998]: The following are the public registers for which my Department is responsible, including its Executive Agencies and other bodies:

  • Register of Companies (Companies House)
  • Register of Designs, Patents, Trade Marks, Patent Agents, and Trade Mark Agents (Patent Office)
  • Register of applications, appeals, and decisions (Office of Employment Tribunals)
  • Register of Agreements (Registrar of Restrictive Trading Agreements)
  • Register of Coal Licences (Coal Authority)
  • Registers kept by the Director General OFTEL
  • The Consumer Credit Public Register (Director General of Fair Trading)
  • The Estate Agents Public Register (Director General of Fair Trading).