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Store Cards

EDM number 626 in 2002-03, proposed by Norman Lamb on 30/01/2003.

That this House notes with concern that, almost without exception, store cards charge exorbitant rates of interest, often as much as six times the base rate, and twice that charged by many credit cards and that store cards are promoted heavily in stores and make high levels of credit easily available; believes that consumers are often unaware of the precise details of what they are signing up to and what an expensive means of borrowing store cards represent; and calls on the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to enter discussions with retailers about ways of reducing exploitation of loyal customers and of increasing awareness of the cost of this sort of credit.

This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Norman Lamb30/01/2003North NorfolkLiberal DemocratProposed
Bob Russell30/01/2003ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Wyatt30/01/2003Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Steve Webb30/01/2003NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Tyler30/01/2003North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Jenny Tonge30/01/2003Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker30/01/2003LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Allan30/01/2003Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Gidley30/01/2003RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George30/01/2003St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Foster30/01/2003BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Sue Doughty30/01/2003GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Davey30/01/2003Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Cotter30/01/2003Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable30/01/2003TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Bruce30/01/2003GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed30/01/2003South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake30/01/2003Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Laws30/01/2003YeovilLiberal DemocratSigned
Archy Kirkwood30/01/2003Roxburgh & BerwickshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch30/01/2003HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes30/01/2003North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes30/01/2003ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
David Heath30/01/2003Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Lazarowicz31/01/2003Edinburgh North & LeithLabour Co-operativeSigned
Martin Caton31/01/2003GowerLabourSigned
Paul Burstow03/02/2003Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
David Borrow03/02/2003South RibbleLabourSigned
Harry Barnes03/02/2003North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Ann Cryer03/02/2003KeighleyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock03/02/2003Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Iddon04/02/2003Bolton South EastLabourSigned
John Cummings04/02/2003EasingtonLabourSigned
Wayne David04/02/2003CaerphillyLabourSigned
Simon Thomas04/02/2003CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Lady Hermon05/02/2003North DownUUPSigned
Paul Marsden05/02/2003Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Kevin McNamara05/02/2003Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell05/02/2003East LondonderryDUPSigned
David Chidgey05/02/2003EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew05/02/2003StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Greg Pope06/02/2003HyndburnLabourSigned
Eric Illsley06/02/2003Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Janet Dean07/02/2003BurtonLabourSigned
Rudi Vis10/02/2003Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Nigel Jones12/02/2003CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Rob Marris12/02/2003Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
John Barrett12/02/2003Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham13/02/2003Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell24/02/2003Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey04/03/2003North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Moore07/03/2003Tweeddale, Ettrick & LauderdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington12/03/2003Sunderland NorthLabourSigned

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