Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 33628
Dental Services and Veterinary Services: Access and Prices
Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 5 March 2025
Question
James Naish
Labour — Rushcliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of consolidating dental and veterinary practices into corporate chains on (a) pricing and (b) consumer access; and whether he plans to instruct
Answer
Justin MaddersUnder competition law, responsibility for investigating individual and market-wide competition issues, including consolidation, falls to the Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA"), the UK's competition authority. The Government has ensured th...
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