Written question asked by John M Taylor (Conservative) on Monday, 8 December 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 December 2003. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Thursday, 11 December 2003 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 she will extend to shop window displays the taste and decency controls that apply to advertising hoardings and advertisements on buses. - Including ref to Indecent Displays Control Act 1981.

Answer: Mr. John Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will extend to shop window displays the taste and decency controls that apply to advertising hoardings and advertisements on buses. [143492] Jacqui Smith: No. Extension of the British Code of Advertising Practice would be for the Advertising Standards Authority, an independent body, to consider. However, it is already a criminal offence, under the Indecent Displays Control Act 1981, publicly to display indecent matter, which includes displays in shop windows.

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