PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Asda: Sainsbury's (19 July 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2018 to Question 158768, whether his letter to the Competition and Markets Authority expressed the view that the assessment of the proposed merger of ASDA and Sainsbury's must also consider the potential effect of that merger on the high street.

Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)

My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State’s letter and the Competition and Markets Authority’s reply are available on:

https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/j-sainsbury-plc-asda-group-ltd-merger-inquiry

Answered by:
Kelly Tolhurst (Conservative)
24 July 2018