Question follow-through · 61649
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to inform the public of their rights under the Consumer Contracts Regulations when buying from an online trader.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 20 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 27 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
20 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to inform the public of their rights under the Consumer Contracts Regulations when buying from an online trader.
24 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Jun 2025
Answer published
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 17th September 2024 to question 4955.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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