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Deposited paper deposited in the House of Lords by the Department for Business and Trade on Thursday, 25 June 2026. The commitment to deposit was made on Wednesday, 24 June 2026.


Deposited Paper DEP2026-0430

Letter dated 24/06/2026 from Lord Leong to Peers who spoke in the second reading of the Commercial Payments Bill regarding questions raised during the debate: maximum payment terms, payment disputes, small business commissioner resourcing, AI and data analytics, environment, social and governance (ESG), definition of business size, information provided to the commissioner, interaction with the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA), regulations allowing further disputes to be excluded, analysis of late payments' impact through an equalities perspective, and retentions under construction contracts, 7p.

Associated files
https://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/files/DEP2026-0430/Letter_following_the_Second_Reading_of_the_Commercial_Payments_Bill.pdf

Secondary information

Type
Deposited paper
Reference
DEP2026-0430 
Originated on
Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Author
Department for Business and Trade
Related items
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Lords
Subjects
Contracts Business Construction Billing Equality Ethics Small businesses Supply chains Groceries Code Adjudicator Artificial intelligence Small Business Commissioner Dispute resolution
Legislation
Commercial Payments Bill (HL) 2026-27
Contains statistics
Yes