Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Martyn Jones (Labour), on Wednesday, 26 July 2000, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 23 members in total.

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PROPOSED MERGER OF INTERBREW AND BASS

That this House notes that the proposed merger between Interbrew and Bass will have a detrimental impact on the UK brewing industry in terms of job losses and reduction of choice to the consumer; further notes that the UK competition authorities with extensive experience in the UK beer sector will have no material role in the decision making process; and strongly calls for the DTI to request the European Commission to repatriate the matter to the UK and in particular the Office of Fair Trading under Article 9 of the EC Merger Regulation.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1047 

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Alcoholic drinks Beer Industry Mergers Interbrew Bass

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk