Written question asked by Cheryl Gillan (Conservative) on Thursday, 22 January 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 30 January 1998. It was answered by Barbara Roche (Labour) on Friday, 30 January 1998 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will ensure that all computer sales are accompanied by written guarantees of millennium compliance in order to protect the consumer. - Inc ref to Sale of Goods Act 1979. (Holding answer 27 January 1998).

Answer: Mrs. Gillan: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will ensure that all computer sales are accompanied by written guarantees of millennium compliance in order to protect the consumer. [25651] Mrs. Roche: [holding answer 27 January 1998]: Consumers buying computers enjoy the same statutory rights under the Sale of Goods Act 1979 as when buying any other type of good. Manufacturers are being encouraged by Action 2000 to do all they can to ensure that their products are Millennium compliant.

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