§ 42. Mr. Sydney Irvingasked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development what progress has been made in the expansion of Citizens' Advice Bureaux to deal with consumer protection.
§ Mr. D. PriceThe Board of Trade and the National Citizens' Advice Bureaux Committee wrote to local authorities in August drawing their attention to the role of Citizens' Advice Bureaux in the Government's plan for consumer advice. I understand from the National Committee that some 450 local authorities have, as a result, so far got into touch with them, and that some 50 local meetings about the formation of new bureaux have been arranged.