§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans she has to investigate advertisements for devices designed to circumvent(a) odometers and (b) speed cameras. [51288]
§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsThe investigation of complaints about advertisements is a function of the Advertising Standards Authority, which administers the British Codes of Advertising and Sales Promotion. I have brought examples of advertisements relating to the alteration of odometers to the attention of the Authority, which has undertaken to investigate them. I have also asked the Advertising Standards Authority to consider whether action could be taken against anyone advertising devices designed to circumvent speed cameras.