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Mastercard: Fees and Charges |
| Question ID: |
1810078 |
| UIN: |
HL8163 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4282 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that Mastercard publicises the right of Mastercard holders between June 1997 and June 2008 to claim up to £70 each in relation to fees wrongly levied against those cardholders. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-18 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4559 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Livermore
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Livermore
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| Answer text: |
The Government believes it is important for card fees to be set at an appropriate level for all parties. In May, the Competition Appeal Tribunal approved a settlement which would allow consumers to claim compensation in relation to historical card fees. I... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |