Petition · past parliament

Bring into law payment terms for business are 30 days from receipt of invoice.

Rejected 9 signatures

What the petition asks

This would bring confidence to all businesses.
Helping them to plan their way forward.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about terms and conditions for particular businesses, including the period in which goods and services need to be paid for, are a matter for individual businesses, not the UK Government or Parliament.

Timeline

7 Oct 2022 Petition opened for signatures
21 Nov 2022 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 9
Status Rejected
Rejected 21 Nov 2022

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.