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Ian Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will carry out an assessment of the effects on competition in the railways industry of the acquisition of Arriva Trains by Deutsche Bahn. [45254]
Mrs Villiers: Assessment of the effects of corporate acquisitions and mergers in the rail industry is a matter for the Office of Rail Regulation, which has concurrent competition authority powers with the Office of Fair Trading.
