Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Share Of Supply Test) (Amendment) Order 2018 Debate

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Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Adam Afriyie Portrait Adam Afriyie (Windsor) (Con)
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I thank the Minister for his very articulate presentation of the statutory instruments. They are to be welcomed because they plug a loophole in the short term, until primary legislation can deal with the wider issues. On those wider issues, intellectual property is the danger, as much as the research and commercially viable businesses that may be bought or sold. When we look at the primary legislation, perhaps those are two areas that we can focus on, as well as merely the mergers and acquisitions.