Early-day Motion 1390

HC Deb 26 June 2003 vol 407 c924W

Bob Spink

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on early-day motion 1390. [120934]

Mr. Timms

Subscribers should not have to pay to be removed from fax marketing mailing lists and existing regulations already give subscribers the right to opt out of this form of marketing free of charge. Under the Telecommunications (Data Protection and Privacy) Regulations 1999, no one may send an unsolicited direct marketing fax to any subscriber who has been registered with the Fax Preference Service (the FPS) for at least 28 days, or who has previously instructed the sender not to fax them. There is no fee for registering with the FPS and this can be done by phone, fax, post or e-mail. Further information about the Regulations and plans to update them is available on: http://www.dti.gov.uk/indiistries/ecomniiinications/telecom_data_protection_ directive_9766ec.html