BT'S PAYMENT PROCESSING CHARGES

Early day motion 1911, tabled 26 June 2008 by Eric Illsley (Labour). Signed by 58 members.

That this House condemns the introduction of payment processing charges for those customers who are unable or unwilling to pay their bills by direct debit; realises that this will impact more severely on those customers who are less well off, meaning a return to the bad old days of standing charges, where low volume users, such as pensioners and the low paid, lost out considerably by paying this type of charge; regards BT's response to representations on this issue that `everybody else does it' as being less than intellectually robust; and calls on BT to remove these charges and return to a fair system of charging for its services.

Signatures by party: Labour 36, Liberal Democrat 12, Conservative 3, DUP 2, Plaid Cymru 2, Independent 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1, UKIP 1.