Clause 129 - Time-limits for market investigations and reports

Part of Enterprise Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 10:45 am ar 7 Mai 2002.

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Photo of Mark Field Mark Field Ceidwadwyr, Cities of London and Westminster 10:45, 7 Mai 2002

I confess that I remain uncomfortable with the limit. The Under-Secretary provides some comfort and says that, all too often, the investigation will not take two years. However, there is a danger in any bureaucracy of an instinctive mentality. Once an investigation starts, those involved will know that they have two years, notwithstanding the provisional timetable to which the Under-Secretary refers. The mentality may be that they have 24 months, and, therefore, things will drag on for a prolonged period.