There have been two intensive investigations involving examinations and consultations by the Competition Commission, and the Front-Bench teams of all three parties concluded that there was evidence to suggest that something was wrong and that we needed a code of practice. We introduced a code of practice, but it did not work very well, so we tried to strengthen it. We have now all concluded that there needs to be a means of enforcing it. Does the hon. Gentleman acknowledge that he might perhaps not be right on this, and that there is another side to the argument?
Food Industry Competitiveness
Proceeding contribution from
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 21 January 2010.
It occurred during Topical debate on Food Industry Competitiveness.
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