Business: Billing
2026-07-22 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · HL2703 · Official question
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish guidance for triggering investigations into poor payment practices.
Answer
The Commercial Payments Bill provides the Small Business Commissioner with the power to investigate a larger business where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that it has persistently engaged in poor payment practices. The Commissioner must consider ...