§ Commander Keransasked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development if he will introduce legislation to prevent foreign marked goods being sold as genuine Scottish souvenirs.
§ Mr. HeathNo. The Merchandise Marks Acts 1887–1953 make it an offence to apply to goods a false or misleading description as to their origin, or to sell or expose for sale goods to which such a description is applied. My Department is always prepared, on receipt of particulars, to look into cases of possible infringements of these Acts.