My hon. Friend makes his point. As it happens, I am a Conservative. I know it is an old-fashioned view these days in the Conservative party, but I believe in the free market. Companies such as Asda, Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s are big enough to look after themselves. They do not need a referee to look after a contract on their behalf against any supplier; big companies are more than capable of doing that themselves. My hon. Friend may take the point that it is the role of Parliament to intervene in every contract negotiation between two companies.
Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Philip Davies
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 26 February 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [Lords].
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