§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if she will list in the Official Report the names of the multinational drugs manufacturers who have been fined for the breach of the EEC anti-trust laws under Article 86 of the Treaty of Rome and the sterling equivalents of the sums paid.
§ Mr. John FraserI am informed that there have been two such cases concerning respectively the Commercial Solvents Corporation and the Hoffmann La Roche Group. In the former case I understand that a fine of 100,000 units of accounts was paid, equivalent to £41,666 at the budget unit of account rate; in the latter case a fine of 300,000 units of account (£125,000) has recently been imposed.