§ Mrs. Fennerasked the Secretary of State for Trade, pursuant to the answer of the Minister for Consumer Affairs on 16 March, Official Report, c. 14–15, what assessment has now been made of the effects on competition of the General Optical Council's revised rules on price display of spectacles.
§ Mrs. Sally OppenheimThe General Optical Council's revised rules allowing price display of spectacles came into effect on 1 May. I have been encouraged to see that many opticians have been displaying prices but it is as yet much too soon to be able to assess the effects of this change on competition.