Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 85597

Locks and Keys: Advertising

Tabled: 27 October 2025
Answered: 4 November 2025

Question

Tim Roca

LabourMacclesfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps with (a) Google UK and (b) other search engines to help tackle advertisements by fraudulent locksmiths.

Answer

Kate Dearden
Online platforms must comply with The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act which prohibits unfair trading, including misleading omissions and actions. The Act clarifies that online platforms must exercise professional diligence in relation to co...

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