HC Deb 21 May 1979 vol 967 c27W
26. Mr. Richard Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Trade how many investigations by the Monopolies Commission in the past 12 months were the subject of final reports and how many were abandoned.

Mrs. Sally Oppenheim

The commission submitted final reports during last year on six investigations. One merger reference was laid aside when the merger concerned was abandoned by the parties; the reference of the supply and export of certain metal fasteners was allowed to lapse without a report, in particular because of definitional difficulties that made it impossible for the commission to collect the necessary information.