Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent representations he has made to the Competition and Markets Authority on the proposed merger between Sainsbury's and Asda.

My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State wrote to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) about the case on 16^th May. The letter and the CMA’s response are available on the CMA’s website.