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Written question asked by Lord Birt (Crossbench) on Thursday, 29 November 2018, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 13 December 2018. It was answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde (Conservative) on Thursday, 13 December 2018 on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.


Signal Blocking Devices

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 27 November (HL11428), what steps they are taking to ensure the relevant enforcement agencies are taking action to prevent the open sale of low-cost GPS jammers on services such as eBay.

Answer

Ofcom has an arrangement with services such as eBay to have listings for jammers of all types to be removed and is in regular contact with vendors to remove listings that are placed.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL11924
Session
2017-19
Related items
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Tuesday, 27 November 2018
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Subjects
Electronic commerce Sales Signal blocking devices
Link
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