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Consumer Rights Bill

Proceeding contribution from Baroness King of Bow (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 29 October 2014. It occurred during Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Consumer Rights Bill.

The Minister points out as a concern with Amendment 56FC that it might cause the trader problems in relation to knowing the background of the consumer. I trust that she understands that the point behind the amendment is, as I set out, not to increase any undue burden on the trader; rather, it is to increase flexibility in the courts when determining what constitutes the average. As I hope I have pointed out, this seems to have been done in a way which will not lead to the problems that the Minister raised.

On Amendment 56G, I am delighted that the Government estimate that the Bill will reduce consumer detriment by £2 billion. However, the point remains that the agency that would appear to be best suited to being able to measure this is not the one tasked with that, as far as I am aware. The concerns still remain, but naturally at this point I will withdraw the amendment.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
756 c467GC 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
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