| Heading: |
Small Businesses: Billing |
| Question ID: |
1814223 |
| UIN: |
HL8612 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1796 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Taylor of Warwick
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| Asking Member handle: |
Lord_ofWarwick
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Lord_ofWarwick
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support small businesses with receiving payments owed to them and to encourage the prompt repayment of invoices. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-01 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3792 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
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| Answering Member handle: |
WhitchurchGirl
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@WhitchurchGirl
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| Answer text: |
Late payments are one of the biggest problems facing small businesses and the self-employed.In September 2024 we announced a package of new measures aimed at tackling late payments and supporting small businesses, these included:A new Fair Payment Code, w... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |