Competition In The Personal Computer Market (EDM630)

Competition In The Personal Computer Market

EDM number 630 in 1999-00, proposed by Nick Palmer on 11/04/2000.

That this House is concerned that a dominant market position is currently held by Dixons-owned stores in relation to the sale of home PCs, and believes that the 1999 Office of Fair Trading review of the home PC market was seriously flawed; furthermore believes that the existence of a single retailer with over 25 per cent. of the retail PC market (the Dixons group of stores) using exclusive supply arrangements with the major branded PC manufacturers such as Compaq may constitute a potential abuse of its dominant market position which could be said to be anti-competitive, restricts adequate consumer choice and inhibits the development of an inclusive society; and urges the Office of Fair Trading to re-open its inquiry and to publish the methodology and research it used to determine its 1999 decision.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Nick Palmer	11/04/2000	Broxtowe	Labour	Proposed
Stephen Pound	12/04/2000	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	12/04/2000	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	12/04/2000	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	13/04/2000	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	13/04/2000	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	13/04/2000	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	14/04/2000	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	14/04/2000	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	14/04/2000	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	17/04/2000	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	17/04/2000	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	18/04/2000	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	18/04/2000	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	18/04/2000	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	18/04/2000	Putney	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	18/04/2000	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	19/04/2000	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	19/04/2000	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	19/04/2000	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	19/04/2000	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	19/04/2000	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Tyler	20/04/2000	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	02/05/2000	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	03/05/2000	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Diane Abbott	10/05/2000	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	15/05/2000	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	16/05/2000	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Brian White	16/05/2000	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	18/05/2000	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Louise Ellman	05/06/2000	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed

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