Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Cotter (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 8 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 67 members in total.

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SCAM AWARENESS MONTH

That this House welcomes the launch of Scam Awareness month, a campaign to alert the public to deceptive and fraudulent mass marketed scams; notes with deep concern the growing number of scams operated by rogue traders and criminals; particularly notes the increase in scams targeted at small businesses; expresses concern that due to a clause in the Enterprise Act 2002 the Office of Fair Trading lacks the power to intervene and stop business-to-business scams in the same way that it is able to address consumer disputes; urges the Government to offer the same protection to businesses under the law as to consumers and therefore to accept the Federation of Small Businesses' proposal that stop now orders should be extended so that the actions available to enforcement agencies in business-to-business disputes mirror those currently available in consumer disputes.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

695 

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Small businesses Unfair practices

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk