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Supermarkets: Competition

Question for Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

UIN HL1759, tabled on 1 September 2014

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to lay before Parliament the statutory instrument recommended by the Groceries Code Adjudicator to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the maximum level of fine that can be applied for a breach of the Code; and if so, when.

Answered on

8 September 2014

The Government intends to bring legislation before Parliament this autumn to set the maximum level of fine that the Groceries Code Adjudicator may impose in respect of breaches of the Groceries Supply Code of Practice.

Answered by

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills