§ Mr. Banksasked the Secretary of State for Trade how many cases were investigated this year by his Department of imported goods bearing fraudulent labels; and what actions were taken as a result.
§ Mrs. Sally OppenheimFalse and misleading trade descriptions are prohibited under the Trade Descriptions74W Act, 1968, which is enforced by local authority trading standard departments. Cases of the kind my hon. Friend has in mind are not separately identifiable in the statistics available centrally on the application of the Act.