Written Question·Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade ·UIN HL2757
Business: Billing
Tabled: 23 July 2026
Answered: 31 July 2026
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Leong on 21 July (HL Deb cols 1068-1070), what assessment they have made of the economic impact of the new section 2E(2) of the Commercial Payments and Interest on Late Payment Act 1998.
Answer
The Government has assessed section 2E(2) as part of the wider impact assessment for the Commercial Payments Bill as a whole, where the measures are aimed at addressing the estimated £11 billion cost of late payments to cost the UK economy each year.Secti...
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