HC Deb 04 November 1988 vol 139 cc783-4W
Mr. Boyes

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will provide details of the Office of Fair Trading investigation involving Lee Valley and North Surrey Statutory Water Company shares owned by the French company Saur being sold to the French company Generale Des Eaux.

Mr. Maude

The Office of Fair Trading is at an early stage of its consideration of possible merger situations involving Lee Valley water company and the North Surrey water company and of whether such situations may qualify for investigation under the Fair Trading Act.

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