| Heading: |
Retail Trade: Voucher Schemes |
| Question ID: |
1795192 |
| UIN: |
46471 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5240 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Melanie Ward
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Melanie Ward
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory minimum expiry dates on gift vouchers. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-29 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4418 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Justin Madders
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| Answering Member handle: |
justinmadders
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@justinmadders
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| Answer text: |
The Department asked the Law Commission to examine the protection given to consumer prepayments, including gift cards and vouchers, and consider whether such protections should be strengthened. The Law Commission concluded that that there was no need to i... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |