Unsolicited Fax Messages And Costs Of Prevention

EDM number 281 in 1999-00, proposed by David Chidgey on 17/01/2000.

That this House is concerned by the rise in unsolicited facsimile messages to small businesses, disrupting their activity and increasing their costs; notes that suppliers of such unwanted services are extorting payment for removal of business facsimile numbers from their subscription lists through premium rate telephone or administrative charges and not revealing the availability of the Fax Preference Service; and therefore calls on the Government to work together with the Office of Fair Trading to bring forward measures to eradicate these predatory practices.

This motion has been signed by a total of 70 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.