HC Deb 31 October 1990 vol 178 c613W
120. Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will implement the Trade and Industry Select Committee's recommendation in respect of the single market on early publication of the European Commission's study on barriers to takeovers in the Community.

Mr. Redwood

The Commission has decided not to publish the report. HMSO has, however, published the report on barriers to takeovers that the Department of Trade and Industry commissioned in 1989. This covers the same issues and arrives at broadly similar conclusions concerning the prevalence and significance of specific barriers.