Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 112438

Estate Agents: Consumers

Tabled: 10 February 2026
Answered: 16 February 2026

Question

Shivani Raja

ConservativeLeicester East

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that estate agents comply with existing consumer protection law; to help support effective enforcement action against rogue operators who mislead cons

Answer

Kate Dearden
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA), protects consumers from unfair trading practices and prohibits traders, including estate agents, from omitting (or providing unclear, untimely or obscure) material information to consumers i...

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