Payment of Accounts (Hansard, 27 April 1994)

HC Deb 27 April 1994 vol 242 c162W 162W

§ Mr. Redmond
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he intends taking action to make it a criminal offence for companies deliberately to delay payment of accounts.

§ Mr. Portillo
The Government's consultation exercise on late payment ended on 31 March 1994. We are currently considering the responses and the Government will announce their decision in due course.