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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  1. 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.

  2. 6 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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...

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