Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Sharon Hodgson (Labour), on Tuesday, 24 July 2007, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 52 members in total.

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COST OF CALLING DOCTORS' SURGERIES

That this House strongly deplores the practice of doctors' surgeries setting up more expensive telephone numbers with an 0844 prefix, which are up to four pence a minute more expensive to call from a standard BT landline, through which patients have to book appointments, although the telephone watchdog Ofcom is rightly critical of the idea; believes that this unfairly penalises the less well off; and urges the greater use of geographical telephone numbers for such purposes.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1989 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Bob Spink

Andrew Dismore

Andrew George

Stephen Williams

Bob Russell

Subjects

General practitioners Telephone services

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk