Energy Company Practices On Overcharging And Credit Balances

EDM number 158 in 2008-09, proposed by John Mann on 08/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Consumers and Energy.

That this House notes that for many the cheapest way to pay their energy bills is by direct debit; further notes that direct debit allows companies to vary the amount they withdraw from a customer's account and that energy companies can withdraw more than they are owed and hold this amount in credit; believes that customers have the right to assume that the direct debit sum should not fluctuate without reason; further notes that some energy companies have taken additional sums and held them in credit without cause; observes that this makes it difficult for customers to manage their finances and can leave them without money; and condemns this practice.

This motion has been signed by a total of 70 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Mann	08/12/2008	Bassetlaw	Labour	Proposed
Evan Harris	08/12/2008	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mark Durkan	09/12/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Bob Spink	09/12/2008	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Mike Hancock	09/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	09/12/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Jim Devine	09/12/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
John Leech	09/12/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	09/12/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	09/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	09/12/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	09/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	09/12/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	09/12/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	09/12/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	09/12/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	10/12/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	10/12/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	10/12/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Jo Swinson	10/12/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	10/12/2008	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Paul Rowen	10/12/2008	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	10/12/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	10/12/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	10/12/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	10/12/2008	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	10/12/2008	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	10/12/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	10/12/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	11/12/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Burgon	11/12/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	11/12/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	11/12/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mason	15/12/2008	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Anderson	15/12/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	15/12/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	15/12/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	15/12/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
John Horam	15/12/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Katy Clark	16/12/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	16/12/2008	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	16/12/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/12/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	17/12/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Angela Smith	17/12/2008	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	18/12/2008	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	18/12/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Roger Williams	18/12/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sammy Wilson	12/01/2009	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Andrew Stunell	12/01/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	12/01/2009	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	12/01/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	12/01/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	14/01/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	15/01/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	19/01/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	26/01/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	27/01/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	27/02/2009	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	05/03/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	16/03/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Kim Howells	19/03/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	20/03/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/04/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Simon Hughes	02/06/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Kidney	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Bercow	Unknown			Withdrawn

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