Question follow-through · 63794
Direct Selling: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to (a) restrict and (b) regulate unsolicited doorstep cold calling in residential areas.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to (a) restrict and (b) regulate unsolicited doorstep cold calling in residential areas.
2 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2025
Answer published
Conducted properly, trading from door to door or conducting business in a consumer’s home can be a legitimate form of business, provided traders observe the legislation regulating the practice. The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 updat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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