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Public Bodies (The Office of Fair Trading Transfer of Consumer Advice Scheme Function and Modification of Enforcement Functions) Order 2013

I have that information somewhere, but I will certainly revert to the noble Lord with a particular reply.

The final question I have here, although there may be others on which I shall write to the noble Lords, Lord Whitty and Lord Borrie, was raised by the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, about the resources to support the transition of functions. We believe that Trading Standards will be better resourced to take on this new, enhanced role. Increased central government funding for national leadership and co-ordination of enforcement activity is being provided to the National Trading Standards Board, which has responsibility for co-ordinating the delivery of significant national and geographic region cases that cut across local authority boundaries. For example, the so-called scam buster teams already work across local authority boundaries to target the worst rogue and misleading trading practices and fraudulent activities that may be beyond the capacity of individual local authorities.

The Consumer Minister and I have given due regard to the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee’s decision and comments, and the Government conclude that the order meets the requirement of the Act. I commend the order to the Committee.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
744 c72GC 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
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