Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Terry Davis (Labour), on Monday, 24 June 1991, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 29 members in total.

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COST OF PROVIDING PATENT INFORMATION

That this House notes that the Patent Office became an agency in March 1990; also notes the subsequent decision of the Patent Office to increase its charges to the British Library; further notes that the British Library has therefore required the Birmingham Patents Library to pay for some essential patent information which has previously been supplied at no charge; and recognises that the cost of providing patent information to industry in the West Midlands and elsewhere has thus been transferred from the Government to the Birmingham City Council at the expense of the poll tax payers of Birmingham.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1023 

Session

1990-91

Subjects

Costs Executive agencies Fees and charges Patents Patent Office

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk