HC Deb 27 June 1991 vol 193 c521W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to ban the sale of swear belts to minors.

Mr. John Patten

Legislation on the supply, display, importation or use of obscene or indecent material may apply to tape devices which replay foul language. The law should operate on the language used rather than the instruments for reproducing it. As well as the criminal law, we need the exercise of responsibility by parents and families in influencing minors.