A Bill to require distance sellers to provide purchasers with a lowest available delivery cost option; to introduce a scheme for a fair delivery quality mark for responsible retailers; to establish penalties where vendors advertise free delivery but subsequently impose charges or conditions; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
12 May 2016
This Bill would require distance sellers to provide purchasers with the lowest available delivery cost option. It would also create a 'fair delivery quality mark' for responsible retailers, and introduce penalties for advertising free delivery but later imposing charges or conditions.
The Bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons; if it progresses, it would move to committee stage for detailed scrutiny.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2015-16 session of Parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress.
This Bill was introduced to Parliament on 24 February 2016 under the Ten Minute Rule. This allows an MP to make his or her case for a new bill in a speech lasting up to ten minutes. An opposing speech may also be made before the House decides whether or not the bill should be introduced. If the MP is successful the bill is taken to have had its first reading.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
