TELEPHONE COLD CALLING

Early day motion 1373, tabled 13 April 2016 by Gregory Campbell (DUP). Signed by 29 members.

That this House notes the massive increase in recent years of the volume of telephone cold calling carried out by sales persons on behalf of a range of commercial companies, to the extent that numerous people, particularly elderly citizens, can receive unwanted telephone calls on a daily basis, sometimes leaving them feeling vulnerable and under pressure; and calls for a review of the Telephone Preference Service to ensure that those signing up to a service that is supposed to prevent repeated unwanted calls get the protection they want.

Signatures by party: Labour 8, DUP 6, Scottish National Party 6, Conservative 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Independent 1, Labour/Co-operative 1, UUP 1.