| Heading: |
Small Businesses: Billing |
| Question ID: |
1808338 |
| UIN: |
56607 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5167 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Gregor Poynton
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| Asking Member handle: |
gregorpoynton
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@gregorpoynton
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of e-invoicing for small businesses on reducing payment times. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-10 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
177 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Gareth Thomas
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| Answering Member handle: |
GarethThomasMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@GarethThomasMP
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| Answer text: |
The Government is committed to tackling late payments, which can be a major obstacle for small businesses. In September 2024 we announced new measures including a new Fair Payment Code (launched in December 2024), legislation requiring large companies to ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |