§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list recommendations received from the Meat and Livestock Commission and other bodies designed to improve competition in the supermarket sector, stating for each(a)from whom received and when and (b)what action is (i) planned and (ii) in place to implement such recommendations. [48270]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe Department of Trade and Industry has not received any such recommendations. However, evidence from the Meat and Livestock Commission and a number of other bodies was considered by the Competition Commission in their investigation into the supply of groceries from supermarkets. Views of interested parties are listed primarily in Chapters 14 and 15 of the Commission's report "Supermarkets: A report on the supply of groceries from multiple stores in the United Kingdom", Cm 4842, published October 2000).