HC Deb 11 March 1977 vol 927 c701W
Mr. Craigen

asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection how many mergers of companies his Department could have referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission since 1974 under the Fair Trading Act 1973; and how many were so referred.

Mr. John Fraser

452 and 14 respectively, in the three years to end—1976.