§ Lord Pattenasked Her Majesty's Government:
What proposals they have to deal with the nuisance and cost of junk faxes, used to send unsolicited advertising material to domestic premises. [HL3052]
§ Lord Simon of HighburyThe DTI will shortly be carrying out a public consultation on draft Regulations to implement the Telecoms Data Protection Directive30WA (97/66/EC). The Directive requires that unsolicited direct marketing faxes to natural persons should not be allowed without the consent of the recipient.