§ Mrs. RoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his answer of 24 March 1999,Official Report, column 270, on product liability, what plans he has to collate and publish details of cases concerning product safety; and if he will make a statement. [81681]
§ Dr. HowellsRecords of cases kept by the courts do not provide sufficient information to enable a search to be made by reference to the particular legislation under which the actions have been brought. However, when product liability cases brought under Part I of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 raise significant points of law, judgments given in them would be reported in published law reports, and these are monitored by the Department. The Secretary of State made a report to Parliament under section 42 of the 1987 Act on action taken under Part II of the Act (product safety) on 25 November 1998 (ISBN 0 10 252299 5).