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Groceries Code Adjudicator

Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 5 April 2011, in the House of Commons, led by Gavin Williamson. The answering member was Ed Davey.
Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the Groceries Code Adjudicator.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
526 c230-52WH 
Session
2010-12
Department
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Ed Davey | 526 c252WH (Link to this contribution) As I said, we are close to publishing a draft Bill. The hon. Gentleman asks whether it was necessary...
Albert Owen | 526 c252WH (Link to this contribution) May I return to the timetable? Will the Minister explain why we needed a draft Bill if we are not go...

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Ed Davey | 526 c252WH (Link to this contribution) On my hon. Friend's last point, about the funding of the groceries code adjudicator, there are a num...
Andrew George | 526 c252WH (Link to this contribution) What my hon. Friend says is extremely helpful. As for naming and shaming or the application of finan...
Ed Davey | 526 c249-51WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is very impatient for the adjudicator. He has campaigned with many others for it. I c...
Gavin Williamson | 526 c251WH (Link to this contribution) If a trade organisation or association has made a study of a certain part of the market, would that ...
Ed Davey | 526 c251-2WH (Link to this contribution) That is exactly the sort of information that I would expect the adjudicator to consider. If such a r...
Speaker | 526 c245WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I would like to call the Front-Bench speakers at 3.40 pm.
Philip Davies | 526 c245WH (Link to this contribution) I cannot give way, because we have not got time. The idea that everyone agrees on this matter is not...
Nia Griffith | 526 c247-9WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for South Staffordshire (Gavin Williamson) on securing the debate and...
Andrew George | 526 c245-7WH (Link to this contribution) I will be brief, Mr Gale. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Shipley (Philip Davies). We...
Roger Williams | 526 c249WH (Link to this contribution) I hope that the Minister realises that Easter is very late this year.
Ed Davey | 526 c249WH (Link to this contribution) It is great to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Gale. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for ...
Philip Davies | 526 c231WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend envisage that an ombudsman or adjudicator would apply only to suppliers such as ...
Glyn Davies | 526 c231WH (Link to this contribution) I, too, have received letters very much along those lines—as I am sure a lot of other hon. Members w...
Gavin Williamson | 526 c231WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very good point. That is certainly an issue I will move on to as I go through...
Gavin Williamson | 526 c230-1WH (Link to this contribution) Marks and Spencer, indeed. Thank you, Minister, for that contribution. They all make a valued contri...
Gavin Williamson | 526 c230WH (Link to this contribution) May I say what a pleasure it is to serve under such esteemed chairmanship, Mr Gale? You will bring a...
Philip Davies | 526 c244WH (Link to this contribution) The ombudsman, as envisaged, would apply to all suppliers, so even those that are more powerful than...
Philip Davies | 526 c244WH (Link to this contribution) I must press on because the hon. Member for St Ives also wishes to speak. The point is that we alrea...
Neil Parish | 526 c240-1WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. I welcome the hon. Gentleman's comment. Again, to take a wonderful, if perhaps slightly ...
Andrew George | 526 c239WH (Link to this contribution) Is it not telling that, in the teeth of the most recent recession, the largest supermarkets were pos...
Philip Davies | 526 c243WH (Link to this contribution) I will speak as briefly as possible, because I know that the hon. Member for St Ives (Andrew George)...
Roger Williams | 526 c241-2WH (Link to this contribution) I will try to keep my comments relatively brief so that the Minister can address many of the questio...
Philip Davies | 526 c243-4WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. I was going to come on to that point later, but I will mention it now since...
Neil Parish | 526 c239WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome this debate, introduced by my hon. Friend the Member for South Staffordshire (Gavin Willia...
Philip Davies | 526 c239WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will know that the supermarket industry is worth about £130 billion a year. If the ou...
Gavin Williamson | 526 c235-6WH (Link to this contribution) It comes down to a matter of pride and respect. I have always been of the belief that we should legi...
Albert Owen | 526 c236-9WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gale, and to follow the hon. Member for South ...
Neil Parish | 526 c239WH (Link to this contribution) Quite the opposite. I do not want to add another £1.3 billion to consumers' bills, but to make sure ...
Philip Davies | 526 c234WH (Link to this contribution) My only concern with my hon. Friend's comments is that this appears to be a solution looking for a p...
Tim Farron | 526 c235WH (Link to this contribution) The great difficulty is that an adjudicator or a supermarket ombudsman who is too weak and a code th...
Gavin Williamson | 526 c235WH (Link to this contribution) The clear feeling among the whole industry, with the possible exception of the British Retail Consor...
Andrew George | 526 c235WH (Link to this contribution) May I refer my hon. Friend to the Competition Commission report in 2008, which identified the unexpe...
Gavin Williamson | 526 c234-5WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his comments. If one were to speak to many people, one would find that th...
Simon Hart | 526 c233-4WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend mentioned the coalition of interests, but did not mention where the public might come...
Gavin Williamson | 526 c234WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. One of the greatest attributes of the British people is their fa...
Tim Farron | 526 c232WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a powerful case and I congratulate him on securing the debate. Just to inform h...
Gavin Williamson | 526 c232WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend the Member for St Ives (Andrew George) is also keen to make a contribution.
Andrew George | 526 c233WH (Link to this contribution) In relation to the history of how we got to where we are—I do not have time in an intervention to gi...
Gavin Williamson | 526 c232WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a valid point. I agree with him and I will try to touch on those points later i...
Roger Williams | 526 c231-2WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. In response to the comments of the hon. Me...
Gavin Williamson | 526 c232WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman, who is probably one of the most knowledgeable people on the matter in this Chamb...
Albert Owen | 526 c232WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right to talk about fairness. I know that the hon. Member for Shipley (Philip ...
Gavin Williamson | 526 c231WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very valid point. However, the adjudicator has to look across the whole marke...
Neil Parish | 526 c244WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has referred to household names, which, of course, have a great deal of marketing pow...
Gavin Williamson | 526 c243WH (Link to this contribution) As always, my hon. Friend speaks incredibly eloquently. Yes, a successful business is absolutely abo...
Gavin Williamson | 526 c233WH (Link to this contribution) I think that, in a single debate, I have created a grand coalition of bonhomie right across the poli...
Subjects
Competition
Dairy farming
Farmers
Prices
Supermarkets
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