Laurence Eastham

Wiltshire

Publishing consultant

e-bay's denial of all responsibility is its standard response. It will be interesting to see if they are convicted of aiding and abetting the sale of contact lenses in March. Such a conviction will prise open the lid on the responsibility can of worms in many fields. In my view their denial of responsibility falls into the "protest too much" category but the enforcement authorities and government need to act to make sure they do take proper responsibility for things they can control.