Clause 129 - Time-limits for market investigations and reports

Part of Enterprise Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 10:45 am on 7 May 2002.

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Photo of Ken Purchase Ken Purchase Labour/Co-operative, Wolverhampton North East 10:45, 7 May 2002

Does my hon. Friend accept that companies could be of great help to themselves if they approached the Office of Fair Trading inquiry in an open and transparent way, rather than introducing the complicated obfuscation that frequently accompanies OFT inquiries and prolongs the work unnecessarily? As the hon. Member for Cities of London and Westminster suggested, that sometimes prevents product development. Does my hon. Friend accept that companies may help themselves in those matters?