UK: MPs push for fast-track on ombudsman bill
By: Michelle Russell | 6 April 2010
MPs are pushing for a Private Members Bill calling for the appointment of a supermarket ombudsman in the UK to become law before the General Election in May.
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MPs are pushing for a Private Members Bill calling for the appointment of a supermarket ombudsman in the UK to become law before the General Election in May.
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