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Financial Services (Unfair Terms In Consumer Contracts) Bill

EDM number 913 in 2010-12, proposed by Lorely Burt on 27/10/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Consumers and Financial services.

That this House welcomes the provisions of the Financial Services (Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts) Bill; notes that the provisions of the Bill amend existing legislation so that theOffice of Fair Trading (OFT) will be able to consider whether financial services consumer contracts are fair; further notes that it is almost a year since the Supreme Court found against consumers on this issue; regrets that the financial services industry has not yet agreed with the OFT a way forward; considers that these provisions are a necessary first step, regardless of the outcome of the discussions between the OFT and the Lending Standards Board due to be concluded by December 2010; and calls on the Government to support the provisions of the Bill.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Lorely Burt27/10/2010SolihullLiberal DemocratProposed
Richard Burden27/10/2010Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSeconded
Robert Smith27/10/2010West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSeconded
Alan Reid27/10/2010Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSeconded
Yasmin Qureshi27/10/2010Bolton South EastLabourSeconded
Jeremy Lefroy27/10/2010StaffordConservativeSeconded
Mark Durkan27/10/2010FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Andrew George27/10/2010St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley28/10/2010Barnsley CentralLabourWithdrawn
Adrian Sanders28/10/2010TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams28/10/2010Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke28/10/2010Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Meale28/10/2010MansfieldLabourSigned
John McDonnell28/10/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
John Pugh28/10/2010SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Virendra Sharma01/11/2010Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Paul Flynn02/11/2010Newport WestLabourSigned
John Leech02/11/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock02/11/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn03/11/2010Islington NorthLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson04/11/2010North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming08/11/2010Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Tim Farron08/11/2010Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas Dakin09/11/2010ScunthorpeLabourSigned
Lady Hermon10/11/2010North DownIndependentSigned
Naomi Long10/11/2010Belfast EastAllianceSigned
Tessa Munt11/11/2010WellsLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams17/11/2010CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Crockart17/11/2010Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby02/12/2010Bolton North EastLabourSigned
George Mudie15/12/2010Leeds EastLabourSigned
Don Foster28/03/2011BathLiberal DemocratSigned

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