Clause 4 - Investigations

Part of Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 11:15 am on 11 December 2012.

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Photo of George Eustice George Eustice Conservative, Camborne and Redruth 11:15, 11 December 2012

My hon. Friend the Member for St Ives makes a good point. If one supermarket becomes a repeat offender and effectively ignores the code, how would that be handled? There is a need for some kind of escalating level of sanction to correct that. I understand the problem that the Minister highlighted about putting such a measure in this clause, but is it something that she could envisage being included in the guidance published by the adjudicator?