Michael McCarthy (Labour)

I thank the Minister for his reply. The system by which people terminate such messages is not too effective, and there are particularly vulnerable categories of people. For example, a person who is not up to speed with mobile phone technology may inadvertently subscribe to some type of service. There are cases, of which I am sure the Minister is aware, in which one finds all of a sudden that one's phone credit has been used up. In using a strategy such as this one still ends up connected to the service and in receipt of text messages, which is expensive. This is grossly unfair and, in some cases, sneaky. I appreciate the Minister's reply and will withdraw the amendment on the basis that I will resubmit it on Report Stage.