HC Deb 29 June 1998 vol 315 cc46-7W
Mr. Chidgey

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what legal advice she has taken concerning the relevance of the special circumstances found to have held in the European Court Case C-333/94 P Tetra Pak v. Commission to pricing strategies in the UK's daily broadsheet market. [42612]

Mrs. Beckett

[holding answer 19 May 1998]: The Competition Bill sets the framework which prohibits anti-competitive behaviour and the abuse of dominance. Decisions in specific cases are matters for the independent regulator. It is not, therefore, for me to comment on how the principles of EC jurisprudence would apply in individual circumstances.