UK Government Minister gives boost to ISO consumer committee
The United Kingdom (UK) Government Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs, Edward Davey MP, underlined the importance of the role played by consumers in the development of standards when he welcomed participants to the 33rd plenary meeting of the ISO Committee on consumer policy (ISO/COPOLCO), held on 25-26 May 2011 in London, hosted by the ISO member for the UK, the British Standards Institution (BSI). Some 100 delegates from 42 ISO member countries, including 13 sponsored participants from developing countries, attended.