I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention and for his support for the Bill. The code is already legally enforceable by suppliers should they take legal action, but yes, it will also be legally enforceable by the adjudicator, who will make recommendations to supermarkets, which will recognise that they have a legal duty to comply with the code as it is. If the adjudicator thinks that they are not complying with the code, I suspect that that will be taken as a clear sign that they need to change their behaviour.
Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Jo Swinson
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 19 November 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [Lords].
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