§ Mr. Denzil DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will consider whether there are prima facie grounds for investigating whether there are scale and complex monopolies within the grocery retail sector.
§ Mr. RedwoodThe Director General of Fair Trading continues to keep markets under review, but I understand that at present he has no evidence of abuse of market power that would justify a monopoly investigation of the retail grocery sector. Any evidence of abuse should be referred to the director general.