§ Mr. Freemanasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects the review of trading discounts allowed retailers by manufacturers to be completed; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. FletcherThe Director General of Fair Trading is undertaking a fact finding exercise aimed at updating some of the statistical information in the Monopolies and Mergers Commission report on discounts to retailers. He is unlikely to be in a position to publish the full results of this exercise until well into next year.