HC Deb 11 November 1997 vol 300 cc469-72W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list those organisations which have responded to the draft Bill on competition policy. [12986]

Mr. Nigel Griffiths

The organisations and individuals who have responded to the consultation document "A prohibition approach to anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominant position: draft Bill" to date are as follows:

  • Allen & Overy
  • Anderson & Company
  • Anti Copying in Design
  • Ashurst Morris Crisp
  • Association Gas Supplies Ltd.
  • Association for Payment Clearing Services
  • Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry
  • Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
  • Association of Consulting Engineers
  • A.T. & T. (UK) Ltd.
  • Baker & McKenzie
  • B.A.T. Industries
  • BATMark
  • Berwin Leighton
  • B.G. plc.
  • Bishop & Robertson Chalmers
  • B.L.W.A.-Association of The Laboratory Supply Industry
  • Lord Borrie Q.C.
  • Brewers & Licensed Retailers Association
  • British Alcan Aluminium plc.
  • Bristows Cooke & Carpmael
  • British Brands Group
  • British Broadcasting Corporation
  • British Energy
  • British Insurers' International Committee
  • British Music Rights
  • British Petroleum
  • The British Phonographic Industry
  • British Printing Industries Federation
  • British Property Federation
  • British Retail Consortium
  • British Standards Institution
  • British Steel
  • British Telecom
  • Burger King
  • Burness
  • Michael Burnside Esq.
  • Mr. Justice Buxton
  • Cable & Wireless
  • Campaign For Real Ale
  • Centrica
  • Channel Four Television
  • Chartered Institute of Patent Agents/Mills & Reeve
  • Chemical Industries Association
  • The Cinema Exhibitors' Association
  • City of London Law Society
  • Professor Roger Clarke
  • Clifford Chance
  • B. Colgate Esq.
  • Combined Merchants (UK) Ltd.
  • Commercial Radio Companies Association
  • The Community Pharmacy Action Group
  • Competition Law Association
  • Confederation of British Industry
  • Confederation of Passenger Transport UK
  • Conoco Europe Gas Ltd.
  • Construction Confederation
  • Construction Industry Council
  • Consumers' Association
  • The Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine
  • Cooper & Lybrand
  • Coudert Brothers
  • Dairy Industry Federation
  • Professor Steve Davies
  • Dawson, Mason & Carr
  • Dibb Lupton Alsop
  • Dixons Group plc/S. J. Berwin & Co.
  • The Document Company: Xerox
  • Jonathan Downing Esq.
  • Electricity Industry/Eversheds
  • Energy Intensive Users Group
  • English Welsh & Scottish Railway
  • Enron Europe Ltd.
  • Esso
  • Eversheds
  • F. J. Cleveland & Company
  • Federation of Agricultural Co-operatives (UK) Ltd.
  • The Federation of Environmental Trade Associations
  • Federation of Small Businesses
  • Finance & Leasing Association
  • Food & Drink Federation
  • The Forum of Private Business
  • Mark Furse Esq.
  • Garretts
  • Gas Consumers Council
  • General Cable
  • General Dental Council
  • GKN Plc.
  • Herbert Smith
  • Holman, Fenwick & Willan
  • Simon Hossack Esq.
  • Clive Howard-Luck Esq.
  • Martin Howe Esq.
  • Independent Television Association
  • The Insolvency Council
  • The Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators
  • Johnsons News Group
  • Kingfisher
  • The Law Society
  • The Law Society of Scotland
  • Licensing Executives Society
  • Linklaters & Paines
  • Lloyd's
  • London International Insurance & Reinsurance Market Association
  • London Transport
  • Lovell White Durrant
  • McCullochs
  • Marks & Spencer
  • Mars/Lovell White Durrant
  • Music Industries Association
  • National Association of Master Bakers
  • The National Association of Estate Agents
  • National Consumer Council
  • National Federation of Retail Newsagents
  • National Food Alliance
  • National Power
  • The Newspaper Publishers Association Ltd.
  • Newspaper Publishing plc.
  • The Newspaper Society
  • Northern Ireland Electricity
  • Norton Rose
  • NTL (UK)
  • Office of the Rail Regulator
  • Office of Telecommunications
  • One 2 One
  • Passenger Transport Executive Group
  • Peachey & Co.
  • Pinsent Curtis
  • The Post Office
  • Leolin Price C.B.E Q.C.
  • Producers Industrial Relations Service Ltd.
  • Proprietary Association of Great Britain
  • Rt. Hon. John Redwood M.P.
  • Regulatory Policy Institute
  • Retail Motor Industry Federation
  • Reuters
  • Jonathan Rickford Esq.
  • The Royal Institution Of Chartered Surveyors
  • Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
  • Scottish Association of Master Bakers
  • Scottish Power
  • Thomas Sharpe Q.C.
  • Shell International Ltd.
  • Simmons & Simmons
  • Singletons
  • Slaughter and May
  • The Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders Ltd.
  • Somerset County Council
  • The Takeover Panel
  • The Telecommunications Managers Association
  • Tesco
  • Trade Marks Patents And Designs Federation
  • Travers Smith Braithwaite
  • UK Offshore Operators Association Ltd.
  • UK Petroleum Industry Association Ltd.
  • UK Steel Association
  • The Union of Independent Companies
  • Unisys Ltd.
  • Professor John Vickers
  • The Water Companies Association
  • Water Services Association
  • Derek Webb Esq.
  • Wedlake Bell
  • Tony Weir Esq.
  • Whitbread Plc.
  • Nicholas Williams Esq.
  • Wragge & Co.

The Department of Trade and Industry has also been engaged in detailed exchanges about the Bill with other public bodies, including the Monopolies and Mergers Commission, the Office of Fair Trading, 0FTEL, ORR, OFGAS, OFFER, OFWAT and OFREG (NI).