HC Deb 20 June 2000 vol 352 cc141-2W
Mr. Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list(a) the date when the inspectors were appointed to investigate the affairs of the business dealings of the late Robert Maxwell, (b) the cost of the investigation to date, (c) the likely date of publication, (d) representations received from any party which objects to the publication of the inspectors' report and (e) the reasons for the delay in publishing the report.[126488]

Dr. Howells

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to him on 5 May 1999,Official Report, column 416W. The cost to date of the inspection into the affairs and membership of Mirror Group Newspapers is £7,676,952. The inspectors have not yet reported to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State. I am not aware that any representations have been received which object to the publication of the inspectors' report.