Competition Commission Inquiry Into The Ice Cream Industry

EDM number 913 in 1998-99, proposed by Tess Kingham on 19/10/1999.

That this House notes that the Competition Commission has recently submitted its report to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry after a nine month long inquiry into the impulse ice cream industry; further notes that it is the fourth inquiry into the impulse ice cream industry in 20 years; recognises that Birds Eye Walls are a substantial constituency employer with 1,500 employees and a further 500 jobs within Walls Direct's contracted out sales and distribution network; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to make a swift and considered response to the Competition Commission report with a view to ending uncertainty in the ice cream industry.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.