Brexit: competition - Lords Committee to hear evidence from competition law and state aid experts
The House of Lords EU Internal Market Sub-Committee will hear evidence from academics and lawyers on Thursday 12 October as part of its inquiry into UK competition policy post-Brexit.
The session will start at 10:10am on Thursday 12 October in Committee Room 2 of the House of Lords. Giving evidence to the Committee will be:
At approximately 10:10am:
- Professor Richard Whish QC, Emeritus Professor of Law at King's College and Member of the Brexit Competition Law Working Group
- Professor Eyad Maher Dabbah, Professor of Competition Law and Policy, Queen Mary University of London
- Professor Pinar Akman, Professor of Law, University of Leeds
- Professor Sir John Vickers, Warden of All Souls College, Oxford, and Chair of the Brexit Competition Law Working Group
Questions will include:
- What should competition policy in the UK set out to achieve?
- How do you think present and future EU block exemptions should be treated under UK law?
- Does Brexit provide an opportunity for the UK to review national interest criteria for mergers and acquisitions?
- What provisions are necessary for a competition cooperation agreement between the EU and the UK to be effective?
At approximately 11.10am:
- Isabel Taylor, Slaughter and May
- Alan Davis, Pinsent Masons
- George Peretz QC, Monckton Chambers/UK State Aid Law Association
Questions will include:
- What are the implications of Brexit for the regulation and control of State aid in the UK?
- Will the UK require a domestic State aid authority after Brexit?
- What would a ‘good deal' with the EU on State aid look like for the UK?
- What are the implications of EU withdrawal for public procurement in the UK?
