HC Deb 30 January 1998 vol 305 c412W
Mrs. Gillan

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list the members of the Ministerial Group on the Year 2000 Problem. [24376]

Mrs. Roche

[holding answer 20 January 1998]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to my hon. Friend the member for Wentworth (Mr. Healey) on 21 January 1998, Official Report, column 570.

Mrs. Gillan

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will ensure that all computer sales are accompanied by written guarantees of millennium compliance in order to protect the consumer. [25651]

Mrs. Roche

[holding answer 27 January 1998]: Consumers buying computers enjoy the same statutory rights under the Sale of Goods Act 1979 as when buying any other type of good. Manufacturers are being encouraged by Action 2000 to do all they can to ensure that their products are Millennium compliant.