Cold Calling And Property Maintenance And Improvement
EDM number 219 in 2003-04, proposed by Paul Truswell on 04/12/2003.
That this House is appalled by crimes committed particularly against older people by doorstep callers offering property maintenance and improvement services; condemns high pressure sales tactics employed by some doorstep callers; resulting in vulnerable people parting with extortionate sums of money for unnecessary, shoddy or grossly overpriced work; and calls for legislation to prohibit unsolicited doorstep calls for the purpose of offering property maintenance and improvement and for a national campaign to raise awareness of the dangers.
This motion has been signed by a total of 108 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
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