Petitions/Ban overseas companies posing as UK companies & offering misleading products.
StatusClosed
Opened19 Feb 2025
Closes19 Aug 2025
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

I think there are increasing numbers of companies posing as UK based companies which are in fact based overseas. I think this should not be allowed and there needs to be an investigation into this malpractice and it needs to be banned. I think people are being scammed out of their hard earned money.

I have fallen victim on several times this year to believing I was buying high quality products from UK companies when in fact they were overseas. In many cases products have not arrived or have been poor quality. I believe it is fine to order from overseas if you know who the overseas company is and shipping process described accurately but when these companies deliberately shown on their website that they are UK based, I think this is fraudulent and action needs to be taken.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Sean Woodcock
1Sean Woodcock MP
Banbury
4
John Whitby
2John Whitby MP
Derbyshire Dales
2
Lisa Smart
3Lisa Smart MP
Hazel Grove
2
Richard Fuller
4Richard Fuller MP
North Bedfordshire
2
Nesil Caliskan
5Nesil Caliskan MP
Barking
1
Mohammad Yasin
6Mohammad Yasin MP
Bedford
1
Preet Kaur Gill
7Preet Kaur Gill MP
Birmingham Edgbaston
1
Ruth Cadbury
8Ruth Cadbury MP
Brentford and Isleworth
1
Alex Burghart
9Alex Burghart MP
Brentwood and Ongar
1
Karin Smyth
10Karin Smyth MP
Bristol South
1
Ban overseas companies posing as UK companies & offering misleading products. — Petitions