HC Deb 30 June 1976 vol 914 c174W
30. Mr. Buchanan

asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if she proposes to take any action to prohibit the random circulation by credit firms of offensive questionnaires which cause alarm and distress to the recipients.

Mr. John Fraser

No. The Younger Committee on Privacy concluded that there was no sufficient case at that time for giving further protection by law against sales or promotional methods including those which might involve questionnaires, but the use of a particular questionnaire might appear to the Director General a matter relevant to the fitness of an applicant to have a licence, and there is provision for appeal to me from his determinations.