Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 87202

Newspaper Press

Tabled: 31 October 2025
Answered: 10 November 2025

Question

John Cooper

ConservativeDumfries and Galloway

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the cooling-off period proposals in section 267 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 on printed news products.

Answer

Kate Dearden
The Government has consulted on how refunds should work when consumers exercise their statutory cooling-off rights (Consultation on the implementation of the new subscription contracts regime). We are analysing all the responses, including in relation to ...

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