Clause 32 - Winding-up of standard licensee’s business
Consumer Credit Bill
11:30 am
Charles Hendry (Shadow Minister, Trade & Industry; Wealden, Conservative)
I would be grateful to the Minister for a small clarification. Would access to premises be gained directly by officers of the OFT or by the local trading standards services acting on behalf of the OFT? If it is the trading standards department, that will impose an additional burden on its work load, which brings us back to who pays for that and whether the trading standards department will be reimbursed for such activities, or will it have to make the money up by cutting back in other areas.