United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 147043
Consumers: Protection
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1 February 2021
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9 February 2021 · Answer
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9 February 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of strengthening protections for consumers from unfair contracts and cancellation clauses.
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1 February 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of strengthening protections for consumers from unfair contracts and cancellation clauses.
Source: Commons
9 February 2021
Answer
Under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, all terms of written contracts must be fair and transparent. If terms in a consumer contract are assessed by a court as unfair, they will not be binding on the consumer, even if the consumer has “accepted” them.The Gove...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-02-01/147043
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1282445
- uk · wq-1282445 · source updated 9 February 2021