§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will initiate a further investigation by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission into petrol, with particular reference to the position of licensees and tenants and their insecurity of tenure on petrol company-owned filling stations.
§ Mrs. Sally OppenheimI shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for Trade how many independent petrol retailers have closed since 1971; and what percentage that figure is of the total.
§ Mr. GrayIt is estimated that, from 1971 until the end of 1980, 9,000 independently owned petrol retail sites were closed. This represents about a third of the total number of such sites in 1971.