HC Deb 05 March 1973 vol 852 cc13-4W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give the list of companies which may be eligible for reference to the Monopolies Commission by virtue of the substitution of the one-quarter formula in Clause 7 of the Bill in place of one-third in current legislation.

Mr. Emery

The following are the industries in which a single firm is believed to be responsible for between one-quarter and one-third of production:

  1. 1. Aluminium Foil.
  2. 2. Anti Car Theft Devices.
  3. 3. Antifreeze.
  4. 4. Asthma Remedies.
  5. 5. Bathroom Curtaining.
  6. 6. Beachwear.
  7. 7. Bedding.
  8. 8. Bituminous Building Products.
  9. 9. Blankets.
  10. 10. Body Fillers.
  11. 11. Brassieres.
  12. 12. Bread.
  13. 13. Cakes Packaged.
  14. 14. Canned Vegetables.
  15. 15. Car Polish.
  16. 16. Car Radios.
  17. 17. Champagne Perrys.
  18. 18. Chewing Gum.
  19. 19. Chocolate Assortments.
  20. 20. Chocolate Biscuits.
  21. 21. Chocolate Count Lines
  22. 22. Chopped Ham and Pork.
  23. 23. Cleansing Cream.
  24. 24. Coil Springs.
  25. 25. Compound Animal Foodstuffs.
  26. 26. Concentrated Soft Drinks.
  27. 27. Concentrated Handling Plant.
  28. 28. Conveyor Belting.
  29. 29. Corned Beef.
  30. 30. Cotton Twine.
  31. 31. Cotton Yarn Spinning.
  32. 32. Decongestants.
  33. 33. Deodorants.
  34. 34. Disinfectants.
  35. 35. Domestic Brass Hot Pressed Valves Heating.
  36. 36. Domestic Freezers.
  37. 37. Drainage Pipes.
  38. 38. Dressing Gowns
  39. 39. Drive Belting.
  40. 40. Dyestuffs.
  41. 41. Electric Blankets.
  42. 42. Electric Lamps.
  43. 43. Electricity Meters.
  44. 44. Electric Typewriters.
  45. 45. Eye Make-up.
  46. 46. Face Powder.
  47. 47. Facial Tissues.
  48. 48. Floor Polish.
  49. 49. Food Wrapping Paper.
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  50. 50. Footwear Retailing.
  51. 51. Foundation Creams and Lotions.
  52. 52. Foundation Garments.
  53. 53. Gas Cookers.
  54. 54.Girdles.
  55. 55.Girls Slacks and Shirt.
  56. 56. Hair Conditioners.
  57. 57.Home Perms.
  58. 58.Household Polishes.
  59. 59.Industrial and Special Purpose Paper.
  60. 60. Instant Coffee.
  61. 61. Kitchen Towels.
  62. 62. Knitting Yarn.
  63. 63. Knitwear Garments.
  64. 64. Lavatory Cleaners.
  65. 65. Laxatives.
  66. 66. Lifts.
  67. 67. Lipsticks.
  68. 68. Mail Order.
  69. 69. Main Cables.
  70. 70. Male Underwear.
  71. 73. Marine Plants.
  72. 74. Mobile Cranes and Excavators.
  73. 75. Motor Oil.
  74. 76. Nightwear.
  75. 77. Oil Seals.
  76. 78. Oven Cleaners.
  77. 79. Packet Soups.
  78. 80. Paint.
  79. 81. Petrol.
  80. 82. Paperback Books.
  81. 83. Pie Filling.
  82. 84. Polythene.
  83. 85. Port.
  84. 86. Power Transformers.
  85. 87. Pre-shave Lotion.
  86. 88. Rayon Twine.
  87. 89. Ready Mixed Concrete.
  88. 90. Records.
  89. 91. Replacement Tyres.
  90. 92. Rotating Electrical Machines.
  91. 93. Rusks.
  92. 94. Rum.
  93. 95. Salad Cream.
  94. 96. Sanitary Earthenware.
  95. 97. Sausages.
  96. 98 Shaving Cream. 99. Shirts.
  97. 100. Socks.
  98. 101. Spin and Tumbler Dryer.
  99. 102. Sprays.
  100. 103. Strained Baby Food.
  101. 104. Synthetic Organic Dyestuffs.
  102. 105. Talcum Powder.
  103. 106. Tape Recorders.
  104. 107. Televisions.
  105. 108. Tinplate Aerosol Cans.
  106. 109. Toothpaste.
  107. 110. Towelling.
  108. 111. Truck Rental.
  109. 112. Tufted Carpets.
  110. 113. Vinyl Floor Coverings.
  111. 114. Washing Machines.
  112. 115. Wiring and General Cables.

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