Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Peter Fry (Conservative), on Tuesday, 21 November 1995, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 267 members in total.

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LATE PAYMENT

That this House condemns the continued late payment of commercial debts; notes that the Government 1994 White Paper commitment to pursue exclusively non-statutory measures for a two year period expires in June 1996; notes the negative impact which late payment continues to have on the growth and job creation potential of smaller businesses in particular; recognises the importance of the small firms sector to the United Kingdom economy; and, believing that non statutory measures cannot be effective on their own, calls for the implementation at the earliest possible opportunity of a statutory right to interest on overdue commercial debts.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received 2 amendments.

76A2

after `opportunity' insert `of an enquiry into the desirability.'.

76A1

leave out `implementation at the earliest possible opportunity' and insert `immediate implementation'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

76 

76A2 

76A1 

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Billing Small businesses

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk