Question follow-through · 35517
Credit: Interest Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to regulate the level of interest rates offered by loan companies on daytime television; and what steps she is taking to protect vulnerable consumers from high-cost credit.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to regulate the level of interest rates offered by loan companies on daytime television; and what steps she is taking to protect vulnerable consumers from high-cost credit.
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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11 Mar 2025
Answer published
Lenders offering high-cost credit are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This oversight ensures that lending practices are fair and that consumers are protected. In 2013 the Government placed a duty on the FCA to implement a price cap for...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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