Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 94364

Digital Service Providers: Competition

Tabled: 25 November 2025
Answered: 2 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Julia Lopez

ConservativeHornchurch and Upminster

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help ease restrictive licensing practices in relation to software by large cloud providers to ensure that there is fair and open competition in the sector.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan
The Government is committed to supporting a competitive and innovative digital economy. This is why we prioritised the commencement and implementation of the Competition and Markets Authority’s (the CMA) new powers in digital markets. The CMA is independe...

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