Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 94441

Consumers: Protection

Tabled: 25 November 2025
Answered: 3 December 2025

Question

Amanda Martin

LabourPortsmouth North

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to encourage enforcement action by the Competition and Markets Authority on consumer protection.

Answer

Kate Dearden
The Competition and Markets Authority's decision-making is independent of government. Each parliament the government issues a Strategic Steer to the CMA setting out its priorities. Earlier this year the government encouraged the CMA to use its range of to...

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