Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Gordon McMaster (Labour), on Monday, 31 January 1994, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 44 members in total.

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INTERNATIONAL TELEFAX DIRECTORY & SHARP PRACTICES

That this House condemns the sharp practices of United Telecom Trust, a company based in Zurich which publishes a so-called International Telefax Directory, which sends unsolicited invoices to fax users in the United Kingdom seeking payment for an entry in the World Telefax Edition, notes that these invoices are issued to businesses and individuals who have not in any way sought to be included in this publication; notes that the honourable Member for Paisley South received an unsolicited invoice for ??332.00 on 29th January, a bill which will remain unpaid; further notes that the smallprint on the invoice sets down conditions such as 'in the event of an error being made in any entry there will be no refund' and 'if no notice of cancellation is given until end of the calendar year, a repeat entry will automatically be carried out at subscriber's expense'; believes that the confidence tricksters behind this scam must have successfully duped a sizeable number of businesses and individuals into paying for this so-called service as this is not the first year they have issued these false bills; and calls upon the President of the Board of Trade to ban the operation of this company in the United Kingdom pending a full and thorough investigation into its practices.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

482 

Session

1993-94

Subjects

Billing Facsimile transmission Directories United Telecom Trust

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk