HC Deb 23 October 2000 vol 355 c11W
Mr. Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if the Competition Commission's Inquiry into supermarkets will look at the impact on small(a) newsagents and (b) publishers of the proposed distribution arrangements for magazines between Tesco and W H Smith News. [133817]

Dr. Howells

The Competition Commission did not investigate the supply of newspapers or magazines as part of its inquiry into the supply of groceries from supermarkets.