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Exhibit 1027

Pergamon Press Limited, written answer on action after the inspectors' report

Exhibit 1027 ยท Parliamentary record

Pergamon Press Limited, written answer on action after the inspectors' report

The Department's intention is to defend the proceedings instituted against it by Mr. Maxwell and the British Printing Corporation Limited.

The Secretary of State states that further action depends on further inspectors' reports and that the Department's intention is to defend the proceedings brought against it by Mr Maxwell and the British Printing Corporation Limited.

Source
UK House of Commons (Hansard), HC Deb 26 July 1971 vol 822 cc17-18W
Date
26 July 1971
Quoted from
HC Deb 26 July 1971 vol 822 cc17-18W
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written_answers/1971/jul/26/pergamon-press-limited
Accessed
2026-11-10
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Finding INF-3.4
Primary record On 13 July 1971 the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry told the House of Commons that the public interest required publication of the inspector's report on Pergamon Press and associated companies. On 26 July 1971 a written answer stated that the Department's intention was to defend the proceedings brought against it by Mr Maxwell and the British Printing Corporation Limited. On 25 October 1973 the Secretary of State stated that the inspectors' final report had been received on 16 August 1973 and that Mr Maxwell's representations about it were being considered.