Question follow-through · 77489
Consumers: Repayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to prevent businesses claiming to be based in the UK requiring customers to return purchases to China to secure refunds.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 16 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Economy and business
- Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation · 19 Jan 2026
- Disclosure of Information · 2 Feb 2026
- Consumer Goods: Safety · 9 Jul 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots · 15 Jul 2026
- Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 · 15 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to prevent businesses claiming to be based in the UK requiring customers to return purchases to China to secure refunds.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2025
Answer published
Consumer law prohibits commercial practices involving misleading actions or omissions that might lead the average consumer to make a different decision. This includes misleading consumers about where a trader is based or where items must be returned to. T...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation
19 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is able to take to encourage Ofcom to sanction Royal Mail if it fails to fulfil its Universal Service Obligation.
Disclosure of Information
2 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take legislative steps to amend the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 to protect whistleblowers from (a) illegal and (b) unethical work placed practices.
Consumer Goods: Safety
9 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans she has to ensure the safety of products sold online.