Drink Prices

HC Deb 18 April 1990 vol 170 cc952-3W

10. Mrs. Mahon

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will refer the decision of the brewers to increase the price of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks to the Office of Fair Trading.

78. Mr. McWilliam

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will refer the decision of the brewers to increase the price of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks to the Office of Fair Trading.

100. Mr. Allen McKay

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will refer the decision of the brewers to increase the price of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks to the Office of Fair Trading.

Mr. Redwood

No. We have introduced a number of measures to increase competition in this area, and the Office of Fair Trading is already taking steps to keep the situation under review.