§ Mr. LazarowiczTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will introduce measures to require the manufacturers of mobile phones to provide stronger deterrents to theft in their products. [27485]
§ Mr. AlexanderMandating anti-theft measures in the short-term would be disproportionately expensive. In the longer term, the operators and manufacturers are working with the Home Office and the DTI to investigate ways in which mobile phone handset security might be improved.