{"id":70822,"date":"2020-01-28T10:23:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T10:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=70822"},"modified":"2020-01-28T12:37:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T12:37:38","slug":"late-payments-in-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/late-payments-in-construction\/70822\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord&#8217;s Bill brings increased attention to late payments in construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/services.parliament.uk\/Bills\/2019-20\/smallbusinesscommissionerandlatepaymentsetcbill.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">private members\u2019 Bill<\/a> introduced by Lord Mendelsohn, which contains a number of measures aimed at tackling late payments in construction, has been welcomed by trade bodies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebesa.com\/?gclid=CjwKCAiA1L_xBRA2EiwAgcLKA4mknrjcbNM2RxhCoz52BtcZbm_lEpoLOqq56QXYNSYiHpRhzOVpwxoCVxsQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BESA<\/a> and ECA<\/h2>\n<p>Engineering services trade bodies BESA and ECA welcomed the new <a href=\"http:\/\/tracking.vuelio.co.uk\/tracking\/click?d=XWjxJKBh1I2Scx5nJqzM85wxA01f8iaBT0IVHqp2tHc_rBuM6Pdc01hOxy7R4kbCFntiDJggLv1cCPRIf-3fqM-PdlYP5QbfcOMpxNLGpxjHLOd84Ne8X4C_7jYbzh7W26DhNZVoGmA98pDVhkAcf2zrI52qetjE8VpzahE4Oti0Kqp04s4Ig2D0f4CtiGFKx1UgLmICnQsqEy-iDxYz6G01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">private members\u2019 bill<\/a> that Lord Mendelsohn introduced recently in the House of Lords, which contains a number of measures aimed at tackling late payment.<\/p>\n<h3>Transparency around payment performance<\/h3>\n<p>BESA director of Legal &amp; Commercial, Debbie Petford and ECA director of Business &amp; Legal, Rob Driscoll, said: \u201cWe welcome the increased attention that Lord Mendelsohn\u2019s Bill will bring to the issue of poor payment practices.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Bill would specifically deliver on two key policies that BESA and ECA have consistently called for in the lead up to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/general-election-reaction\/69226\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2019 general election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpecifically, this includes greater transparency around payment performance and expanding the abilities of the Small Business Commissioner to include powers to investigate and fine persistent late payers, and confirmation that the construction industry is included within its remit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>The Aldous Bill<\/h3>\n<p>Both associations also reiterated that their number one policy priority remains securing the re-introduction of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/late-payment-issues-solving\/68682\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tackling late payment<\/a>, which lapsed in the previous Parliament despite widespread political and industry support.<\/p>\n<p>A previous Construction Minister committed to legislative reform and the Bill advocated safeguarding cash retentions by holding them in third party bank accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Petford and Driscoll added: \u201cIntegrating the various key payment initiatives from Government remains a priority. 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