Written question asked by John McAllion (Labour) on Friday, 9 June 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 20 June 2000. It was answered by Kim Howells (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 June 2000 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the (a) organisations and companies consulted in 1998-99 as part of the consultation on the EU directive on distance selling and (b) those organisations and companies that responded to this consultation. - Inc figures, fact that a list of organisations has been placed in the Library and ref to www.dti.gov.uk/CACP/ca/distance/. (Dep No 00/1023).

Answer: Mr. McAllion: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the (a) organisations and companies consulted in 1998-99 as part of the consultation on the EU directive on distance selling and (b) those organisations and companies that responded to this consultation. [125951] Dr. Howells: Consultations on the implementation of the Directive 97/7/EC on the Protection of Consumers in respect of Distance Contracts (the Distance Selling Directive) were conducted in June 1998 and November 1999. A total of 576 organisations, including consumer and business organisations, individual businesses, and local authority trading standards departments, were consulted. In addition, there have been over 350 downloadings of the second consultation document from the DTI website at www.dti.gov.uk/CACP/ca/distance/ A list of the organisations, businesses and individuals consulted in 1998-99 and those that responded to this consultation has been made available for inspection in the Libraries of the House.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 125951; 352 c137W
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Contracts Consumers Companies Business Direct selling EU law Protection Sales methods Home shopping
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk