Trading Standards Officers (Under-age Sales)

HC Deb 07 July 2003 vol 408 cc574-5W

Mr. Kidney

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the work Trading Standards officers do to enforce regulations relating to the under-age sales of (a) alcohol, (b) fireworks, (c) spray paint, (d) air guns, (e) solvents, (f) cigarettes and (g) unclassified videos. [123615]

Mr. Sutcliffe

Within the terms of relevant legislation, Trading Standards Officers enforce the regulations in ways suited to local circumstances and priorities, working with other enforcement authorities, such as the police, where appropriate.