§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will set out in the Official Report the list of publicly announced mergers notified to the Office of Fair Trading or its predecessor which were at the relevant time referrable and which were not subsequently referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission for each year since 1965.
§ M. Alexander FletcherThis information is not available except at disproportionate cost. The number of qualifying mergers not referrred to the commission for each year since 1965 is as follows:
Year Number 1965 (from August) 47 1966 59 1967 95 1968 131 1969 123 1970 78 1971 109 1972 112 1973 142 1974 119 1975 153 1976 167 1977 179 1978 226 1979 254 1980 177 1981 156 1982 180 1983 (to 31 October) 136