Written Question·Treasury·UIN 20063

Direct Debits

Tabled: 13 December 2024
Answered: 18 December 2024
Named Day

Question

Lisa Smart

Liberal DemocratHazel Grove

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help tackle the potential misuse of customer bank details by merchants when setting up direct debits.

Answer

Tulip Siddiq
The government believes there should be strong protections in place to ensure that customers can make payments in a secure and informed way. There are already such protections in place for Direct Debit payments under the rules made by its operator, Pay.UK...

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