§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will implement the findings of the Competition Commission to ensure that consumers obtain the benefits of effective competition in the impulse ice-cream market for the coming season. [115955]
§ Dr. HowellsMy right hon. Friend announced on 28 January his proposals for remedying the adverse findings of the Competition Commission report.
§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on what date the undertakings by Birds Eye Walls will come into effect in relation to the impulse ice-cream market. [115956]
§ Dr. HowellsUndertakings on interim remedies given on the 16 February came into effect immediately. The Director General of Fair Trading is negotiating further undertakings concerning outlet and freezer exclusivity and retrospective discounts. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State asked the Director General of Fair Trading to seek to obtain undertakings by 31 March. The date at which they would come into effect, together with the terms themselves, are subject to negotiation.