STANDARDS FOR CONSUMERS
SIR,—May I answer the questions about this Associa- tion raised by Miss Elaine Burton in your issue of November 22? It is quite true to say that Which? is not available on the bookstalls. But we can see no legal reason why it should not be. No doubt we are more sanguine about the state of the law on slander of goods than the bookstall proprietors, and their pessimism may prevent them from selling Which?, even if they decide it is commercially worth while to do so.
People cannot have Which? sent to them unless they take out an annual subscription for 10s. But the reasons for this insistence are more commercial than legal. The cost and trouble of selling individual copies through the post would be too high.—Yours faith- fully, MICHAEL YOUNG Association for Consumer Research Ltd., 16 Victoria Park. Square, E2
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