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Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour) on Monday, 1 November 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 November 1999. It was answered by Kim Howells (Labour) on Thursday, 11 November 1999 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.


Dept of Trade and Industry

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost was of his Department's investigations into the alleged insider dealing by Lord Archer of Weston Super Mare in respect of Anglian TV shares.
Answer

Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the cost was of his Department's investigations into the alleged insider dealing by Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare in respect of Anglia TV shares. [97209] Dr. Howells: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to him by the then Minister for Competition and Consumer Affairs my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, South (Mr. Griffiths) on 29 June 1998, Official Report, column 50.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
97209; 337 c726-7W
Session
1998-99
Subjects
Costs Department of Trade and Industry Inquiries Insider trading Shares Archer of Weston-super-Mare, Lord Anglia Television