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To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will recommend to the Office of Fair Trading that it judges the Tesco Adminstore merger on the basis of Tesco's share of the overall grocery market; if she will direct the Office of Fair Trading to refer Tesco's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will recommend to the Office of Fair Trading that it judges the Tesco Adminstore merger on the basis of Tesco's share of the overall grocery market; if she will direct the Office of Fair Trading to refer Tesco's...
Asked by
Paul Stinchcombe
(Labour)
Answered by
Gerry Sutcliffe
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
8 March 2004
For answer on
11 March 2004
Answered on
11 March 2004
Mr. Stinchcombe: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if she will recommend to the Office of Fair Trading that
it judges the Tesco Adminstore merger on the basis of Tesco's share of the overall grocery market; [160460]
(2) if she will direct the Office of Fair Trading to refer Tesco's proposed acquisition of Adminstore to the Competition Commission
on the grounds of public interest considerations of the socio-economic consequences of further consolidation of the grocery market;
[160461]
(3) if she will recommend that the Office of Fair Trading refer Tesco's proposed acquisition of Adminstore to the Competition
Commission. [160462]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The independent competition authorities (the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission) are responsible
under the Enterprise Act 2002 for decision-making in merger cases against a specific competition-focussed test. The Office of Fair
Trading announced on 5 March that it was not referring to the Competition Commission the anticipated acquisition by Tesco Plc
of 45 grocery stores from Adminstore Ltd. It would not have been appropriate for Ministers to try to influence the Office of Fair
Trading in carrying out its independent function by seeking to direct it in any aspect of its consideration of this case.
The Enterprise Act does not allow my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to intervene on existing or new public interest
grounds in cases where the OFT has already announced its decision on reference to the Competition Commission.
Subjects
Mergers; Office of Fair Trading; Tesco; Adminstore
Date
11 March 2004
Reference
418 c1686-7W;418 c1688-9W; 160460;160461;160462
House
House of Commons