§ Mr. Alan Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will introduce legislation to tighten up the controls applicable to hire-purchase agreements, or similar contracts, in relation to door-to-door sales.
§ Mr. RidleyThe Government are considering very sympathetically the recommendation of the Crowther Committee on Consumer Credit that the present protections for the customer entering into hire-purchase agreements with door-to-door salesmen should be extended to all types of consumer credit agreements. However, it would not be appropriate to legislate on this single point in advance of more radical reform in the consumer credit field generally.