Question follow-through · 2095
Billing: Payment Methods
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017 to introduce new metrics on retentions; and whether he plans to bring i
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 29 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 6 Sept 2024 · 39 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017 to introduce new metrics on retentions; and whether he plans to bring i
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
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6 Sept 2024
Answer published
Legislation is expected to be laid before Parliament in 2024 to amend the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017 to require new retention reporting requirements. Amendments were made to the Payment Practices and Performance Regula...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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