The secretary of state for trade and industry, Stephen Byers, has ruled that no further action will be taken against Robert Wiseman Dairies following a nine month investigation by the Competition Commission into anti-competitive practice connected with the supply of fresh milk in Scotland.
Although the Competition Commission concluded that a monopoly did exist, members of the investigating group were evenly divided over the appropriate geographic market definition and whether certain practices consti- tuted exploitation and operated against the public interest.
As less than two-thirds of the members supported the conclusion