Clause 181
Enterprise Bill
12:45 pm
Miss Melanie Johnson (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry; Welwyn Hatfield, Labour)
The hon. Gentleman is right that I cannot answer that at the moment, but we can return to it.
The arrangements for prosecution will be properly resourced. The SFO already has experience of criminal
prosecutions, having prosecuted other white-collar crimes such as insider dealing for many years. It may, however, be appropriate at some future time for the OFT, whose initial role will be investigatory, to take on a prosecutorial role. That might arise if the number of cartel prosecutions created a conflict with other SFO priorities.