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Supermarket Regulator

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

440 c960-72 

Session

2005-06

Department

Department of Trade and Industry

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Keith Vaz | 440 c961 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. He highlights an important area that also affected the establishment of the...

Colin Breed | 440 c961-2 (Link to this contribution) I welcome this debate and the hon. Gentleman’s suggestion of a regulator. In 1998, I published a rep...

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Keith Vaz | 440 c960 (Link to this contribution) I was indeed surprised at those conclusions and, as I will discuss later, I am glad that the Office ...

Lindsay Hoyle | 440 c960 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate and I agree that it is very importan...

Keith Vaz | 440 c960-1 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. I find it extraordinary that the supermarkets have not signed up to the buy...

Michael John Foster | 440 c961 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that one of the problems with the growth of the Tesco Express and Metro co...

David Leslie Taylor | 440 c960 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend recall that about two years into our first period in government, the Competition...

Keith Vaz | 440 c960 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to discuss the need to intro...

Keith Vaz | 440 c962 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right: things have got considerably worse. Evidence has been produc...

Philip Hollobone | 440 c962 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this important debate. I am a modest and humble member...

Keith Vaz | 440 c962 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. I do not often visit his constituency, but sometimes I pass ...

Alan Reid | 440 c962 (Link to this contribution) I, too, congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing such an important debate. He is presenting the c...

Keith Vaz | 440 c962-4 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right of course. A little later I shall discuss the position of suppliers and ...

David Leslie Taylor | 440 c964 (Link to this contribution) : My hon. Friend rightly pays tribute to the quality, range and price successes that Tesco has enjoy...

Keith Vaz | 440 c964 (Link to this contribution) That is an easy question: the answer is no, not as far as I am aware. It is a unique form of dominat...

Colin Breed | 440 c964 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman confirm that dominance is unfortunately not illegal? Abuse of dominance is i...

Lindsay Hoyle | 440 c964 (Link to this contribution) The dominance of supermarkets keeps the farming industry on edge all the time, so its survival is to...

Michael John Foster | 440 c965 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Minister fully appreciates that my hon. Friend is being generous with his time. D...

Keith Vaz | 440 c965 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right that the knock-on effect on the farming and dairy industries is profound, wh...

Keith Vaz | 440 c964-5 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. This is not just a question of the nervousness of the industry a...

Malcolm Wicks | 440 c967 (Link to this contribution) May I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Leicester, East (Keith Vaz) on securing parliamenta...

David Leslie Taylor | 440 c967 (Link to this contribution) The Minister referred to the range of powers given to the Competition Commission. What social and en...

David Leslie Taylor | 440 c965-6 (Link to this contribution) Until this evening, I thought that my hon. Friend had nothing in common with his predecessor. Howeve...

Keith Vaz | 440 c966-7 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. That would be most helpful and welcome, and perhaps one of the things that ...

Malcolm Wicks | 440 c967-8 (Link to this contribution) I hope to say a more about the Competition Commission a little later. If my hon. Friend does not thi...

Colin Breed | 440 c968 (Link to this contribution) : I recognise that better regulation is the way forward. Does the Minister accept that the OFT regul...

Keith Vaz | 440 c969 (Link to this contribution) That is an example showing how debates such as this can get the Government to make a statement on th...

Malcolm Wicks | 440 c969-70 (Link to this contribution) That has been a powerful theme of my hon. Friend’s remarks. Notwithstanding what I have said about t...

Michael John Foster | 440 c970 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister have a word with his colleagues in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister to see ...

Malcolm Wicks | 440 c971 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is not hypocritical, but for some reason he wants to intervene on the theme of hypocr...

Keith Vaz | 440 c970 (Link to this contribution) Petrol is a subject that is closer to the Minister’s heart—he is the Minister for Energy. Has he see...

Malcolm Wicks | 440 c970 (Link to this contribution) I have seen that, and I pass through my constituency every night.

Lindsay Hoyle | 440 c970 (Link to this contribution) The Minister is lucky.

Malcolm Wicks | 440 c970-1 (Link to this contribution) I am lucky. I was reflecting on my luck when I was given the opportunity, in addition to my energy r...

Malcolm Wicks | 440 c972 (Link to this contribution) I understand that. Obviously colleagues will monitor carefully how the competition authorities consi...

Malcolm Wicks | 440 c972 (Link to this contribution) Of course, I understand that. We all want that balance in our lives. However, I remember the debate ...

David Leslie Taylor | 440 c972 (Link to this contribution) The Minister invited me to intervene on him should he not address a concern that I raised. It is all...

Keith Vaz | 440 c971-2 (Link to this contribution) I just want to set the record straight. I think that it is a wonderful experience being able to walk...

Keith Vaz | 440 c964 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Suppliers are terrified about making a complaint. Ministers ...

Malcolm Wicks | 440 c968-9 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that OFT officials will read the record of the debate very carefully. The major concern w...

Malcolm Wicks | 440 c970 (Link to this contribution) I will bring that point to the attention of colleagues in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. I...

Subjects

Contracts Companies Competition Finance Food Farmers Food supply Manufacturing industries Planning Small businesses Regulation Shops Retail trade Supermarkets Tesco Distributive trade

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