Vartec Telecom And Fair Billing

EDM number 1129 in 2003-04, proposed by Gordon Marsden on 05/05/2004.

That this House notes an increasing trend among utility companies to introduce unjustified charges into their billing arrangements that fall disproportionately heavily on the elderly, those who rely on carers to handle their financial affairs, those who do not have easy access to bank accounts and other vulnerable groups; considers that billing an additional charge for non-direct debit payment is an example of such unwelcome practice; accepts that it is reasonable to offer a discount for preferred payment methods but does not believe that there is any justification for charging customers extra for paying their bills in full and on time in cash or by cheque; and urges VarTec, who have this discriminatory regime and surcharge non-direct debit customers, to recognise their responsibility to their most vulnerable customers and introduce fair billing structures.

This motion has been signed by a total of 42 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Gordon Marsden	05/05/2004	Blackpool South	Labour	Proposed
Mark Hendrick	05/05/2004	Preston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Helen Jones	05/05/2004	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	05/05/2004	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Roger Berry	05/05/2004	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	06/05/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Anderson	06/05/2004	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	06/05/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	06/05/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	06/05/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	06/05/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	06/05/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	06/05/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	06/05/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	06/05/2004	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	10/05/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	10/05/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Drew	10/05/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Dobbin	10/05/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Lynne Jones	10/05/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	11/05/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Patsy Calton	11/05/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	12/05/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	12/05/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	12/05/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	12/05/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	12/05/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
John Pugh	13/05/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	13/05/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	13/05/2004	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	13/05/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	17/05/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	17/05/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	18/05/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harold Best	19/05/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	20/05/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	21/05/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	21/05/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	08/06/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	16/09/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	25/10/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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