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Financial Services Bill

Proceeding contribution from Steve Rotheram (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 23 April 2012. It occurred during Debate on bills on Financial Services Bill.
One of my constituents wrote to me to say that he thought he had had a particularly good deal because the APR was at 5,200%. He thought that that was better than what the banks were offering, which was obviously just a two-digit figure. Does that not show that financial education is something that this Government need to take on board, because it shows how people get into debt when they do not understand the ramifications of those high interest rates?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
543 c723 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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