CREDIT CARD FRAUD AND PRE-PAY MOBILE TELEPHONES

Early day motion 856, tabled 21 July 1999 by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 22 members.

That this House is concerned that BT Cellnet introduced a pre-pay mobile phone system in July 1998 without adequate safeguards to protect consumers against credit card fraud; believes that plans to introduce a registration scheme are long overdue and fail to address the phones already in use; calls on BT Cellnet to expedite the implementation of its security measures and ensure that safeguards, such as name and address checks, are put in place to prevent users from topping up their phone with other people's credit cards; and further calls on the Department of Trade and Industry to keep this matter under review.

Signatures by party: Labour 11, Liberal Democrat 9, Labour/Co-operative 2.