June 8th 2011- Speech to Parliament Strasbourg-Debate;- Misleading Business Directories

Delivered by Derek Clark on 8 June 2011

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Debate;- Misleading Business Directories

 

Speech to Parliament                                        8th June 2011


I know the "European City Guide" best. In spite of attempts to close it down, this menace continues.

 

In the UK, in May 2008, the Misleading Marketing Regulations came into force. This outlaws using the small print of any document to hide the true cost of a service.

 

So the Office of Fair Trading can now take action against UK companies. But there is a serious drawback.

 

The OFT does not have jurisdiction to tackle any scams from elsewhere, including those from other member States. So the problem continues, and I continue to receive my share of complaints.

 

More to the point, while they may operate elsewhere due to lax policing why can my own government not prevent what comes from mainland Europe?

 

The answer to that lies at the heart of this useless EU which has demolished national frontiers. The free movement of people, goods and services provides perfect cover for the people traffickers, the terrorist and for threatening, traumatising scams aimed at fleecing the unwary.

 

 

Derek Clark   MEP

Strasbourg  9th June 2011