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Consumers: Complaints

Asked by Lisa SmartLiberal DemocratDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 23 June 2025UIN 59899

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has plans to extend consumer rights to cash refunds following a customer complaint.

Answered by Justin Madders

The Consumer Rights Act 2015 has provisions for consumers to be able to obtain refunds where a product is not as described or fit for the declared purpose. In addition, consumers can seek redress where a trader has breached obligations under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024. The government has no plans to add cash refunds for general complaints to these rights at present.

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