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Rejected petition Stop unsolicited telephone sales calls

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To make it illegal for unsolicited telephone calls to be made and for BT to be banned for selling lines to Companies who use them for this purpose, particularly when they originate from outside the UK. Penalties to include fines which would meaningfully deter such activity and closing down of any telephone facilities used by these Companies. That any calls should display a UK land line number.

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