Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Competition and Markets Authority plans to reach a decision on whether to launch a phase two investigation of CHC’s takeover of Babcock International’s offshore oil and gas crew transportation services.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which is responsible for assessing the risks and benefits of mergers and acquisitions in relation to competition in the UK, is a non-ministerial department which works independently from BEIS.