§ Mrs. Sally Oppenheimasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection whether the copy of the advertisement, concerning the marketing of telephone services, sent to her by the hon. Member for Gloucester meets with her Department's requirements for the clear indication of the price being inclusive or excluusive of VAT.
§ Mr. John FraserThere are no such requirements. The Director General of Fair Trading is currently considering the response to a consultative document which proposed that prices of goods and services should be shown inclusive of VAT.