COMPETITION COMMISSION INQUIRY INTO THE ICE CREAM INDUSTRY

Early day motion 106, tabled 29 November 1999 by Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 27 members.

That this House notes that the Competition Commission has submitted its report to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry after a nine month long inquiry into the impulse ice cream industry; further notes that it is the fourth inquiry into the impulse ice cream industry in 20 years; recognises that Birds Eye Walls has a dominant role in the industry through production and distribution; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to make a swift and considered response to the Competition Commission report with a view to ending uncertainty in the ice cream industry and ending the restrictive trading policies of Walls, which are anti-competitive with the result that consumer and retailer choice is restricted.

Signatures by party: Labour 14, Liberal Democrat 11, Labour/Co-operative 1, Plaid Cymru 1.