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Consumer Rights Bill

Proceeding contribution from Baroness Deech (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 26 November 2014. It occurred during Debate on bills on Consumer Rights Bill.

My Lords, may I interject a word on this amendment, on which I have spoken before, by way of an Oral Question? To insist that everything is online and more expensive if one opts out is to penalise the poorest and oldest in society. We are always talking about the gap between the better off and the worse off. To ensure that the poorest and oldest—who are least likely to have computers and all the expense that attaches to them—should be penalised is quite wrong. In 50 years from now, I am sure that things will be very different, but we have to cope with where we are today. This amendment is eminent good sense.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
757 c929 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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