Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Terry Lewis (Labour), on Wednesday, 12 June 1991, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 23 members in total.

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BRITISH TELECOM - A BURDEN ON BUSINESS

That this House is aware of the continuing unsolicited provision of premium rate telephone services to business telephones; believes this is costing tens of millions of pounds each year due to calls being stolen; regrets that British Telecom has reneged on a promise to advise digital exchange customers of how to secure limited protection against abuse; asserts that the aggressive marketing of these services is not matched by a desire to discourage third party use of them; and therefore calls upon the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to intervene in order to remove this serious burden on businesses large and small.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

951 

Session

1990-91

Subjects

British Telecom Telephone services Telephones

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk