ABSTRACT
The only way to get a Bill passed is to ask for it to be passed. The indirect route to abolition had run its course. The struggle now had to move to Parliament. The credit for doing this goes to three key members of the ASN: Allen Labor; Hans Hartwig; and Tom Barker. They decided to try to get an amendment moved to the Competition Bill which would abolish the Scrivener monopoly. The method was simple, but effective: (a) contact MPs who:
• might be sympathetic; or • were from London constituencies; • were directly involved in the scrutiny of the Competition Bill; and
(b) inform them of the existence of the Scrivener monopoly; and (c) convince them it should be abolished; and (d) ask them to move an amendment to the Competition Bill to abolish it.
