§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he intends to take to ensure that the coverage of the Association of British Insurance code of practice guidelines for general insurance selling are(a) complete and (b) enforced and whether he has any plans to refer this matter to the Director General of Fair Trading.
§ Mr. RedwoodAll Association of British Insurance members agree to adhere to the provisions of the code. Its operation is overseen by an independent monitoring committee on which my Department is represented. I believe that the code is working satisfactorily, but the monitoring committee will be undertaking a full review next year. Any evidence to the contrary should be sent to the monitoring committee. I have no plans to refer the code to the Director General of Fair Trading.