George Galloway
Respect, Bradford West
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will contact Google management to ask them to remove from Google all unofficial websites asking for money for services provided by the Land Registry.
Michael Fallon
The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills , Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change, Minister of State for Portsmouth
The unofficial websites referred to are not illegal while they are not infringing Land Registry trademarks and displaying that they are independent of Land Registry.
Land Registry closely monitors all websites which use their data to charge for services and that can result in the customer paying additional and unnecessary fees. Two websites have been closed down as a result of Land Registry's actions and many others forced to make changes. The only official website is:
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