Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
A bill to make provision about payment terms in commercial contracts; to make provision about interest on late payment of commercial debts; to ban retention clauses in the construction sector; to expand the powers of the Small Business Commissioner in relation to payment disputes and poor payment practices; to amend the Enterprise Act 2016 in connection with other functions of the Small Business Commissioner; and for connected purposes.
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Official record- Place
- UK Parliament
- Chamber
- Lords
- Reference
- Bill 4128
- Stage
- 3rd reading
- Status
- Before Parliament
- Scheduled
- 2026-10-20
- Sponsor
- Lord Leong
- Feed
- uk-parliament
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