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Business: Billing

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN HL16735, tabled on 27 June 2019

To ask Her Majesty's Government what mechanisms are, or will be, in place to enforce their proposed new powers for the Small Business Commissioner to tackle late payments through fines, announced on 19 June.

Answered on

3 July 2019

We will be consulting on the provision of new powers, given the Commissioner’s powers are underpinned by Primary Legislation. Following the consultation, we will consider representations made to Government carefully – any new powers will require further work post-consultation on the best way to implement.

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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy