COMPETITION COMMISSION, SUPERMARKETS AND PRODUCERS

Early day motion 714, tabled 23 January 2007 by Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative). Signed by 36 members.

That this House tentatively welcomes the Competition Commission's emerging thinking on its review of the dominance of the supermarkets in the market place; calls on the Competition Commission to keep in mind the poor and unfair prices often paid to farmers, especially dairy farmers, for their commodities in the United Kingdom; and further calls for other supermarkets to follow the lead of Waitrose and Marks and Spencer, who pay a fair price for milk whereby the farmer is paid the production price for the milk produced.

Signatures by party: Labour 12, Conservative 11, Liberal Democrat 5, DUP 4, Plaid Cymru 2, Scottish National Party 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.