§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will regulate the practice of offering bogus prizes, via tickets and scratch cards, which have to be claimed using expensive premium telephone lines; and if she will make a statement. [187749]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe practice of offering bogus prizes to be claimed using premium rate telephone lines is already regulated by the Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services (ICSTIS) through a Code of Practice approved by the Communications regulator, the Office of Communications (Ofcom).