Clause 43 - Power of Secretary of State to
Enterprise Bill
6:00 pm
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
The Under-Secretary has helpfully answered limb No. 1 of my question. However, I was essentially putting to her a hypothetical situation: the OFT has said that there are no competition grounds for reference and, given advice under clause 42(6), public interest grounds do not merit a reference. Is she saying that she wants the Secretary of State to have the discretion to make a reference where there are no competition grounds and the OFT advises that there are no public interest grounds either?