§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if Lord Donoughue will be interviewed about his role in Mirror Group newspapers as part of the departmental investigation into its flotation. [74762]
§ Dr. HowellsThe inspectors appointed under Companies Act powers to investigate and report on the flotation of Mirror Group Newspapers are independent of my Department. Their inquiries are conducted in private and it is not our policy to comment on who the inspectors decide to interview or not to interview during the course of their investigation.