HC Deb 06 July 1977 vol 934 cc541-2W
Mr. MacFarquhar

asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if, in view of the fact that British lamp manufacturers have adopted undesirably low standards of durability and reliability for their products, as illustrated in an article entitled "Throwing light on planned obsolescence" in the New Scientist on 2nd June 1977, he will refer to the Director-General of Fair Trading the matter of the quality and reliability of British-made lamps.

Mr. John Fraser

I am unable to accept that British manufacturers of discharge lamps have adopted undesirably low standards of durability and reliability for their products.

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