asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection when he intends to make regulations under the Consumer Protection Act 1961 in relation to perambulators and push-chairs, projectile firing toys, cosmetic products and oil lamps.

I hope to make regulations relating to cosmetic products shortly and to make regulations dealing with perambulators and pushchairs and oil lamps before the end of the year. There are no immediate plans to make regulations for projectile firing toys. However, the new European standard for toys, which is in the final stages of drafting, will lay down specific requirements for "toy projectiles". It is the intention of the European Commission that the standard should form the basis of an EEC directive on toys which will be implemented in the United Kingdom by legislation.