Question follow-through · 104211

Credit Agreements: Consumers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that consumers understand the contractual obligations they enter when signing digital or electronic agreements with claims management or legal services firms.

answeredTreasury

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
8 Jan 2026
Target answer date
12 Jan 2026
Answer
16 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that consumers understand the contractual obligations they enter when signing digital or electronic agreements with claims management or legal services firms.

  2. 12 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The legal and claims management sectors are regulated independently of government. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is responsible for regulating the professional conduct of solicitors and most law firms in England and Wales, including claims man...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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