Clause 29 - Issue of standard licences
Consumer Credit Bill
10:30 am
Gerry Sutcliffe (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs), Department of Trade and Industry; Bradford South, Labour)
Again, the powers of the OFT are in line with the Cabinet Office concordat. It has to act in a reasonable and proportionate way. That is already in the 1974 Act and will not change. There is nothing to concern the hon. Gentleman in the parameters that he mentions. The 1974 Act and all the discrimination issues, plus the updated position, are covered, as well as the powers relating to proportionality and the need to operate within the concordat.