§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of mergers within the statutory scope of the Monopolies Commission have since 1965, respectively, created or strengthened a technical monopoly in that a single firm obtained more than one-quarter of the relevant market share; and which these industries or commodities were.
§ Sir G. HoweBefore the Fair Trading Act took effect on 1st November 1973, the market share criterion for merger references under the Monopolies and Mergers Act 1965 was one-third and not one-quarter of the relevant market. I regret that for this reason the information is not available.