Written question asked by David Amess (Conservative) on Monday, 3 July 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 5 July 2006. It was answered by Ian McCartney (Labour) on Monday, 10 July 2006 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Trade Descriptions Act

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the operation of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968; if he will list the statutory instruments that have been made under this Act; and what recent representations he has received on the operation of the Act.

Answer: The following statutory instruments have been made under the Trade Descriptions Act:"SI 1981/1223 Trade Descriptions (Country of Origin) (Cutlery) Order 1981""SI 1980/1150 Trade Descriptions (Sealskin Goods) (Information) Order 1980""SI 1996/2757 Trade Descriptions (Place of Production) (Marking) Order 1988""SI 1996/2757 Trade Descriptions (Place of Production) (Marking) (Revocation) Order 1996"The Department has received no recent representations about the operation of the Act as such. However, the Department’s recent consultation on the implementation of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive canvassed a number of options for the Act, including amendment and repeal. The responses to this consultation are at present under consideration.

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