asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection whether he will amend the Petrol Prices (Display) Order 1978 to make it a compulsory requirement on all garages to advertise prices or price reductions that are visible from the road.

Our objective in introducing the Petrol Prices (Display) Order 1977 was to ensure that, when garages chose to display prices at the roadside, the consumer would not be misled. This we have achieved. When a garage does not so display its prices the consumer is well able to draw his own conclusions about the likely level of prices at that garage.