“This is a sad day for the UK and a sad day not just for Travel Consumer Rights, but for all Consumer Rights,” said HolidayTravelWatch director Frank Brehany today after Britain voted to leave the EU.
“Forty years of work now hangs in the balance and the loss of any or all of these rights will ultimately cost the consumer through lost opportunities of enforcement to a lost opportunity to enjoy a better regulated holiday product,” he said.
“Throughout the referendum campaign we tried to give consumers clear guidance on the options before them, but we were unable to do so because neither campaign provided any information on what would happen to Consumer Rights in the event of either a Norway or Independent Brexit; we will begin to see how this will play out for Consumers in the coming months.
“Some have said that the UK government, free of Brussels could replicate lost laws. Our experience of Westminster reveals a Parliament less keen on what happens with consumers and more interested in the ‘rights’ of industry. For our part, we shall do all we can to make sure the consumer voice is heard.”
