§ Mr. John Fraserasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will refer to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission the supply of liquefied gas.
§ Mrs. Sally Oppenheim,pursuant to her reply [Official Report, 28 June 1979; Vol. 969 c. 301] gave the following answer:
My right hon. Friend has today referred to the commission the question of the supply in the United Kingdom of liquefield petroleum gas in containers of not more that 50 kg capacity and not less that 150g capacity. In reaching his decision, my right hon. Friend took into account the advice given by the Director General of Fair Trading in accordance with his statutory duty under section 2 of the Fair Trading Act 1973. The Director General is precluded from making the reference himself by virtue of section 50(2) of, and paragraph 2 of part I of schedule 5 to, the Fair Trading Act.