§ Mr. GardinerTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment her Department has made of the survey on raising standards commissioned by the Quality Mark Scheme in July; and if she will use the survey to inform her review of the Consumer Credit Act 1974. [138593]
§ Mr. SutcliffeThe Quality Mark Scheme, announced 26 March 2002, was initially rolled out as a pilot 26 June 2002. It is expected the scheme will be tested over a three to four year period and as such no survey was conducted in July.
The Government have no plans at present to introduce an independent Quality Mark Scheme for the consumer credit market.