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Confident Consumers

I want to conclude. I know that the hon. Gentleman has started to like me a bit more, but I have taken a long time to put the Government’s case and I want to give the two Front-Bench spokesmen time to speak. I hope that what I have said has been helpful. I have been generous in giving way. I have set out a lot of detail. I hope that hon. Members can see how I want to prosecute the job that I now have. Our vision is to deliver a consumer and competition regime that creates confident consumers; a regime that provides help for the most vulnerable. What I have outlined today is designed to create those confident consumers, to arm them with skills to spot a bargain, to give them knowledge to exercise their rights when they are wronged and above all to protect them with the full force of the law. If we continue to fulfil those ambitions, I am sure that we will have a consumer regime that is fit for the 21st century. I apologise again for the length of my speech, but I hope that in the length there has also been quality.