Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 18918

Electronic Arts

Tabled: 14 July 2026
Answered: 16 July 2026

Question

Zöe Franklin

Liberal DemocratGuildford

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has had discussions with Electronic Arts on the potential impact of its proposed acquisition by PIF, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners on the level of jobs and investment in the

Answer

Blair McDougall
Under competition law, responsibility for investigating the impact of mergers and acquisitions on competition falls to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the UK’s independent competition authority. The government has ensured that the CMA has sig...

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