§ Mr. WatersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on how many occasions since May 1997(a) she and (b) her predecessors have overruled the advice of the Director-General of the Office of Fair Trading. [10135]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has overruled the advice of the Director General of Fair Trading regarding mergers of enterprises on eight occasions and on monopoly reports on three occasions since May 1997.