To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether HM Treasury has investigated the role played by the Financial Services Authority in the regulation of the sale of endowment mortgages.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether HM Treasury has investigated the role played by the Financial Services Authority in the regulation of the sale of endowment mortgages.

Wesminster Hall adjournment debate on scams.

Wesminster Hall adjournment debate on scams.

Thank you, Mr. Gale, it is a pleasure to be here under your chairmanship. I am pleased to have secured a short debate on an issue that has a devastating effect on the lives of people throughout the United Kingdom. I am sure that, like me, all Members of Parliament...

Thank you, Mr. Gale, it is a pleasure to be here under your chairmanship. I am pleased to have secured a short debate on an issue that has a devastating effect on the lives of people throughout the United Kingdom. I am sure that, like me, all Members of Parliament...

I congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this debate. Does she agree that it is not only the Office of Fair Trading, but local communities, local Members of Parliament and local elected representatives who must raise awareness of the issue? The only way of stamping it out is to ensure...

I congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this debate. Does she agree that it is not only the Office of Fair Trading, but local communities, local Members of Parliament and local elected representatives who must raise awareness of the issue? The only way of stamping it out is to ensure...

I could not agree more, and I was going to suggest that the OFT should communicate directly with Members of Parliament to say that it has a locus in the issue and is interested in receiving complaints. I was not aware that that avenue was open to me. I was...

I could not agree more, and I was going to suggest that the OFT should communicate directly with Members of Parliament to say that it has a locus in the issue and is interested in receiving complaints. I was not aware that that avenue was open to me. I was...

I am sure that the Office of Fair Trading will read this debate with interest. The hon. Gentleman has made his point. As part of my preparation for this debate, I spoke to Del Henderson, a trading standards officer in the Aberdeen office. She confirmed that the OFT had involved...

I am sure that the Office of Fair Trading will read this debate with interest. The hon. Gentleman has made his point. As part of my preparation for this debate, I spoke to Del Henderson, a trading standards officer in the Aberdeen office. She confirmed that the OFT had involved...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising the matter, and for informing us that February is stamp out scams month. Before Christmas, I pointed out to the Office of Fair Trading what I would call a scam on our high streets with games and consoles being bundled together....

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising the matter, and for informing us that February is stamp out scams month. Before Christmas, I pointed out to the Office of Fair Trading what I would call a scam on our high streets with games and consoles being bundled together....

It is a pleasure to be serving as a speaking Whip under your tutelage, Mr. Gale. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen, South (Miss Begg) on securing this debate on an issue that is serious and distressing for both the victims and their families, and I share...

It is a pleasure to be serving as a speaking Whip under your tutelage, Mr. Gale. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen, South (Miss Begg) on securing this debate on an issue that is serious and distressing for both the victims and their families, and I share...

(2) what assessment he has made of the trading standards departments' capacity to enforce the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive regulations without the inclusion of provision for private prosecution against misleading copycat packaging.

(2) what assessment he has made of the trading standards departments' capacity to enforce the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive regulations without the inclusion of provision for private prosecution against misleading copycat packaging.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) whether he plans through the implementation of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive to increase consumer protection from misleading copycat packaging;

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) whether he plans through the implementation of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive to increase consumer protection from misleading copycat packaging;

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to his answer of 12 November 2007, Official Report, column 64W, on packaging, when he plans to publish his Department's decision on private prosecutions in relation to copycat packaging as part of his Department's implementation of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to his answer of 12 November 2007, Official Report, column 64W, on packaging, when he plans to publish his Department's decision on private prosecutions in relation to copycat packaging as part of his Department's implementation of the...

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they propose that the Trading Representations (Disabled Persons) Act 1958 will continue in force; and if so why.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they propose that the Trading Representations (Disabled Persons) Act 1958 will continue in force; and if so why.