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Consumer Rights Bill

I thank the Minister for that intervention. One of the issues comes back to what I have heard the Government say—namely, that they are going to take all practicable measures to deal with this matter. Our point is that these amendments represent very practical measures that could deal with it. I mentioned the letter from the Cabinet Office setting out the impact that the Government’s steps had had, and I welcomed them. The Minister just referred to driving licences and said that the relevant figure had gone up from 41% to 69%— that being the number of consumers coming through legitimate routes as opposed

to other routes where they may face surcharges. However, that still leaves approximately a third of consumers uncovered. Given that we are discussing the Consumer Rights Bill, I simply cannot understand why we would not want to strengthen the position of the one-third of consumers and ensure that they have the whip hand rather than the parasites who are out to make money unfairly. Therefore, although I shall withdrawn the amendment, I do so with a heavy heart, albeit a hopeful one, because I am sure that the Government will agree that these are fair amendments that would help consumers save money and stop legal scams. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
756 c322GC 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
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