HC Deb 11 March 1983 vol 38 cc514-5W
Mr. Canavan

asked the Minister for Trade whether, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for West Stirlingshire on 21 February, Official Report, c. 649, he will name the three cases in which the Government overruled the recommendation of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.

Dr. Vaughan

Yes. The commission's report on the Supply of Credit Card Franchise Services, published 1980, the report on the Supply of Trading Check Franchise and Financial Services, 1981, and the report on the Proposed Merger between Charter Consolidated plc and Anderson Strathclyde plc, 1982.