15. To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to implement recommendations made in the Gowers Report on Intellectual Property. (142578)

In the 2006 pre-Budget report, the Government made clear that it intends to take forward all of the recommendations of the Gowers Review for which it is responsible. Significant progress has been achieved since then, and the Government is working to implement the majority of the recommendations by the end of 2008.