§ Mr. Dykesasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what progress has been made, following his statement on 26th June 1972, in the consultations 206W regarding the avoidance of the future issue of artificial non-monetary tokens, which can be used fraudulently in vending machines by members of the public.
§ Mr. ChatawayIn the autumn of last year a meeting took place in my Department attended by representatives of companies which had issued advertising tokens, manufacturers of such tokens, vending machine manufacturers, vending machine operators and the Advertising Standards Authority Ltd. at which the issue of advertising tokens resembling coins and the risk that they could be used fraudulently was fully discussed. The companies which had issued such tokens in the past stated that they had no plans for further promotions of this kind and undertook to tell the Department in advance should they propose to do so in the future.