Petitions/Create an ombudsman for online trading
StatusClosed
Opened4 Feb 2025
Closes4 Aug 2025
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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We think the Government should set up an ombudsman to oversee consumers' reports about their experience on goods purchased online.

The ombudsman should have enforcement authority and able to take the necessary action for non-compliance based on consumers' statutory rights, and powers to ban the traders' portal from trading in the UK. There is a pattern I observed with traders based overseas, who fail to accept returns of goods or fail to deliver, whilst they consistently fail to refund customers' money, thus we end up with no item and no money. Currently, there is No enforcement body to tackle this, and if necessary ban a merchant's portal from trading in the UK if they notoriously fail to abide to statutory consumers' rights.

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Constituency engagement ranking

John Whitby
1John Whitby MP
Derbyshire Dales
2
Linsey Farnsworth
2Linsey Farnsworth MP
Amber Valley
1
Damien Egan
3Damien Egan MP
Bristol North East
1
Mr Toby Perkins
4Mr Toby Perkins MP
Chesterfield
1
Lee Barron
5Lee Barron MP
Corby and East Northamptonshire
1
Danny Kruger
6Danny Kruger MP
East Wiltshire
1
Justin Madders
7Justin Madders MP
Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
1
David Davis
8David Davis MP
Goole and Pocklington
1
Dame Meg Hillier
9Dame Meg Hillier MP
Hackney South and Shoreditch
1
Jesse Norman
10Jesse Norman MP
Hereford and South Herefordshire
1
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