§ Mr. Rostasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the proposed sale by the British Steel Corporation of its Stanton and Staveley works.
§ Mr. ButcherMy right hon. Friend announced on 5 December 1984 that he had decided, on the information before him and in accordance with the recommendation of the Director-General of Fair Trading, not to refer the proposed acquisition of Stanton and Staveley Ltd. by la Compagnie de Saint Gobain to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission under the provisions of the Fair Trading Act 1973.