Food Retailing (Monopolies) (Hansard, 17 January 2002)

HC Deb 17 January 2002 vol 378 c423W 423W

§ Mr. Luff
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what powers(a) she and (b) the Competition Commission have to investigate local monopolies of food retailing; and if she will make a statement. [25557]

§ Miss Melanie Johnson
The Fair Trading Act 1973 allows the Director General of Fair Trading or the Secretary of State to make a reference to the Competition Commission in respect of a product or service supplied to the UK market as a whole or to a part of it.