Consumer Protection

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 27 October 1980.

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Photo of Mrs Sally Oppenheim Mrs Sally Oppenheim , Gloucester 12:00, 27 October 1980

In considering any consumer protection legislation, one must balance very carefully the benefits to consumers and the cost to industry and make sure that any new regulations that one introduces do not result in the costs outweighing the benefits to the consumer.