UNSOLICITED INTERNET CHARGES

Early day motion 1402, tabled 24 June 2004 by Gregory Campbell (DUP). Signed by 57 members.

That this House condemns the significant increase in cases of internet fraud whereby some offshore companies are making expensive telephone connections, known as pop-ups, between unsuspecting users in the UK and their companies, resulting in more than 2,000 calls per day being made by UK customers to the premium rate regulator, the Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services (ICSTIS) to complain of additional and unsolicited and unwanted telephone bills; and calls upon HM Government to offer assistance to ICSTIS in stamping out this unacceptable practice.

Signatures by party: Labour 24, Liberal Democrat 13, Conservative 5, Labour/Co-operative 4, Scottish National Party 4, DUP 3, Plaid Cymru 3, UUP 1.