51213
2017-19
744
Gift Cards
Patricia Gibson
2018-01-08
That this House notes the unfair practice and lack of transparency around expiry dates on gift cards from retailers; urges the Government to take action to introduce greater protections for consumers purchasing and using gift cards, such as banning use-by-dates altogether, or at the very least introducing a minimum five-year expiry period; understands that there is an often a lack of transparency around expiry dates which leaves the consumer at a great disadvantage; considers that funds not used by the expiry date should more properly be donated to charitable causes rather than used as profit for the companies involved; acknowledges that the gift card industry in the UK is significant, being worth around £6 billion per year, but that around £300 million goes unspent in gift cards every year; recognises that unsuspecting consumers are losing out when gift cards pass their often wholly arbitrary expiry dates; notes that this practice means that shops are profiting without providing consumers with a product or service; and further understands, that with families experiencing rising prices, stagnant wages and squeezed living standards, it is important that the Government steps in to ensure consumers are properly protected.
Consumers
Service industries
Patricia Gibson
2018-01-08
Proposed
North Ayrshire and Arran
Scottish National Party
Gavin Newlands
2018-01-08
Seconded
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Scottish National Party
Peter Bottomley
2018-01-08
Seconded
Worthing West
Conservative
Martin Docherty
2018-01-09
Seconded
West Dunbartonshire
Scottish National Party
Jim Shannon
2018-01-09
Seconded
Strangford
DUP
Lady Hermon
2018-01-09
Seconded
North Down
Independent
Martyn Day
2018-01-09
Signed
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Scottish National Party
David Linden
2018-01-09
Signed
Glasgow East
Scottish National Party
Jim Cunningham
2018-01-09
Signed
Coventry South
Labour
Chris Law
2018-01-09
Signed
Dundee West
Scottish National Party
Carol Monaghan
2018-01-09
Signed
Glasgow North West
Scottish National Party
John McNally
2018-01-10
Signed
Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Mary Glindon
2018-01-10
Signed
North Tyneside
Labour
Alison Thewliss
2018-01-10
Signed
Glasgow Central
Scottish National Party
Stephen Gethins
2018-01-10
Signed
North East Fife
Scottish National Party
Chris Stephens
2018-01-11
Signed
Glasgow South West
Scottish National Party
Marie Rimmer
2018-01-15
Signed
St Helens South and Whiston
Labour
David Simpson
2018-01-16
Signed
Upper Bann
DUP
Hannah Bardell
2018-01-17
Signed
Livingston
Scottish National Party
Ian Blackford
2018-01-17
Signed
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish National Party
Edward Davey
2018-01-18
Signed
Kingston and Surbiton
Liberal Democrat
Sandy Martin
2018-01-19
Signed
Ipswich
Labour
Ruth George
2018-01-19
Signed
High Peak
Labour
Patrick Grady
2018-01-22
Signed
Glasgow North
Scottish National Party
Drew Hendry
2018-01-22
Signed
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Scottish National Party
Alan Brown
2018-01-22
Signed
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Scottish National Party
Mike Gapes
2018-01-24
Signed
Ilford South
Labour
David Crausby
2018-02-07
Signed
Bolton North East
Labour
Lisa Cameron
2018-02-20
Signed
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Scottish National Party