§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has received seeking increased powers to deal with holiday firms which have collapsed without bonding and assistance to those people who have lost money or their holiday.
§ Mr. LeighI have had a number of such representations. I shall shortly be laying before Parliament regulations which will require all organisers of packages, including package holidays, to have security for prepayments in the event of insolvency.
§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many people were affected by the collapse of Land Travel.
§ Mr. LeighThe exact number of people affected by the collapse of Land Travel is not known since claims are still being received by the liquidator. In the region of 40,000 claims have been submitted so far but many of these are for multiple bookings.