35713
2007-08
1451
Channel 4 Dispatches Programme: The Mobile Phone Rip-Off
Roger Godsiff
2008-04-29
That this House welcomes the recent Channel 4 Dispatches investigation into mis-selling in the mobile telephone industry broadcast on 28th April; believes that the breadth of the programme's thorough investigation amply demonstrates the depth of mis-selling and lack of effective industry regulation and transparency which has poorly served the customer and left many thousands in debt, being pursued by debt collection agencies and owed an estimated £50 million in now worthless cashback deals; believes the network providers, Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone, 3 and O2 to have been complicit in creating this situation and to be behaving increasingly like a cartel; notes that information relating to both the individual contribution that the network providers each make to Ofcom and data relating to the numbers of people affected by cashback is officially not available; welcomes the publication of Ofcom consultation on the industry but regrets that no action or compensation is contemplated for customers already affected by cashback and doubts whether the statutory powers contemplated by Ofcom will be effectively resourced and policed; and calls on Ofcom to refer the matter to the Competition Commission without further delay to ascertain if collusion has taken place and assuage the public's well-founded concern about whether the market is working effectively.
Competition
Consumers
Industry
Service industries
Telecommunications
Roger Godsiff
2008-04-29
Proposed
Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath
Labour
Andrew George
2008-04-29
Seconded
St Ives
Liberal Democrat
Peter Bottomley
2008-04-29
Seconded
Worthing West
Conservative
Bob Russell
2008-04-29
Seconded
Colchester
Liberal Democrat
Gregory Campbell
2008-04-30
Seconded
East Londonderry
DUP
Jeremy Corbyn
2008-04-30
Seconded
Islington North
Labour
Paul Holmes
2008-04-30
Signed
Chesterfield
Liberal Democrat
Lindsay Hoyle
2008-04-30
Signed
Chorley
Labour
Lynne Jones
2008-04-30
Signed
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Labour
Alan Meale
2008-04-30
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
Ronnie Campbell
2008-04-30
Signed
Blyth Valley
Labour
Ann Cryer
2008-04-30
Signed
Keighley
Labour
Jim Dobbin
2008-04-30
Signed
Heywood and Middleton
Labour
Paul Flynn
2008-04-30
Signed
Newport West
Labour
Rudi Vis
2008-04-30
Signed
Finchley and Golders Green
Labour
Angus MacNeil
2008-04-30
Signed
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish National Party
Bill Etherington
2008-05-01
Signed
Sunderland North
Labour
David Drew
2008-05-01
Signed
Stroud
Labour
Colin Breed
2008-05-01
Signed
South East Cornwall
Liberal Democrat
Sandra Osborne
2008-05-06
Signed
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Labour
Mike Hancock
2008-05-06
Signed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
Alan Simpson
2008-05-07
Signed
Nottingham South
Labour
Andrew Dismore
2008-05-07
Signed
Hendon
Labour
Dai Davies
2008-05-08
Signed
Blaenau Gwent
Independent
Kelvin Hopkins
2008-05-09
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Eric Illsley
2008-05-09
Signed
Barnsley Central
Labour
Katy Clark
2008-05-12
Signed
North Ayrshire and Arran
Labour
Brian Jenkins
2008-05-13
Signed
Tamworth
Labour
David Heyes
2008-05-15
Signed
Ashton-under-Lyne
Labour
Michael Jabez Foster
2008-05-16
Signed
Hastings and Rye
Labour
Clive Efford
2008-05-20
Signed
Eltham
Labour
John Leech
2008-05-20
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Liberal Democrat
Edward Davey
2008-06-02
Signed
Kingston and Surbiton
Liberal Democrat
William McCrea
2008-06-17
Signed
South Antrim
DUP
John McDonnell
2008-06-23
Signed
Hayes and Harlington
Labour