Newspaper Pricing

HC Deb 30 March 1998 vol 309 c386W

Mr. Baker

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what controls exist to prevent predatory pricing of newspapers. [37016]

Mrs. Beckett

Under current UK competition law, controls may be imposed on conduct which may amount to predatory pricing if there has been an investigation under the Fair Trading Act 1973 or the Competition Act 1980, and the conduct has been found to be against the public interest. Both Acts apply to the newspaper industry.