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Ann Clwyd
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the licensed production agreements that Pains Wessex has established in other countries, indicating the products which the agreements cover. [77238]
Dr. Howells
Companies wishing to license overseas production of their products do not require DTI approval, nor are they required to notify DTI of agreements entered into.However, I would also refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade and Industry on 12 January 1999,
Official Report, columns 149–50.