Select committee: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee
Recommendation 48
15th Report – Small business strategy
Published 11 Feb 2026
Addressed to Department for Business and Trade
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
Chargeback scams represent a major and growing threat to SME viability. The Government must improve protections against friendly fraud as a central part of its approach to supporting and protecting small businesses. (Conclusion, Paragraph 171)
From: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee, 15th Report – Small business strategy (HC 1057), 11 February 2026
Government response
No government response linked yet: deadline 11 April 2026, 204 days ago.