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Payday Loan Companies

Debate between Mike Crockart and Baroness Primarolo
Monday 20th January 2014

(10 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mike Crockart Portrait Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West) (LD)
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Does my hon. Friend agree that, although real-time information is essential, it would be good if the companies checked any information at all? When I conducted some research, I made an application for a loan under the name Boris Peep, using my constituency address as the address for the individual. The loan was approved by WageDayAdvance. I then received—

Baroness Primarolo Portrait Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo)
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Order. This is not a 40-minute speech.

Mike Crockart Portrait Mike Crockart
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I then received numerous texts saying, “Hi Boris, your loan application has been approved.” That surely shows that no real-time information was used at all.

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