PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Pyramid Selling: Regulation (30 November 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the regulatory framework for multi-level marketing schemes.
Asked by:
Helen Hayes (Labour)
Asked by:
Helen Hayes (Labour)
Answer
There have been a number of recent prosecutions of pyramid selling schemes under the Fraud Act 2006 and the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.
The Government keeps the law on consumer protection under constant review.
Answered by:
Margot James (Conservative)
6 December 2016
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