Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to expand the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 which apply to consumers to (a) sole traders and (b) small and medium-sized enterprises.

Currently there are no plans to bring forward legislative proposals to expand the provision of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 to sole traders or small and medium-sized enterprises.