No U turn on essential goods ban

[lisvaneblue]

And there was me wondering why you thought the Senedd was a dominant entity when these are undertakings that achieve a dominant market position.

Undertakings are defined as " any natural or legal person engaged in economic activity, regardless of its legal
status and the way in which it is financed. It includes companies, partnerships, firms, businesses, individuals operating as sole traders, agricultural cooperatives, associations of undertakings (e.g. trade associations), non-profit making organisations and (in some circumstances) public entities that offer goods or services on a given market.

With your extensive knowledge of commercial law perhaps you could explain how the Senedd meets the definition of an undertaking that has become a dominant entity?

The definition is ' an entity that has economic activity' and includes the categories you mentioned. And dominance is defined at a very low% of a market.

The Wales government participates in quite a lot of commercials contracts and of course has to abide by Competition Law

[cyril evans awaydays]

The definition is ' an entity that has economic activity' and includes the categories you mentioned. And dominance is defined at a very low% of a market.

So not the Senedd then that has zero % of the non-essential goods market?

[lisvaneblue]

So not the Senedd then that has zero % of the non-essential goods market?

Not sure what you are on about with zero %, but the Senedd certainly influenced 5% of the UK supermarket market by banning a range of what they say are non essential goods throughout supermarkets in Wales. And it turns out they have no authority to do this for economic reasons ie they say to be fair to/ to ensure a level field/ to level things out for those non essential shops they instructed to close.
So now they say it is for public health reasons but offer no rational why they want to do this now when it wasn’t necessary in their first lockdown.
They met with supermarket representatives today who probably told them they were acting outside their remit and tonight I was pleased to hear the spokesperson for the Wales retail consortia say that the likely outcome will be to open all aisles to customers whilst discouraging them from seeking non essential goods.
Some face saving common sense at last