Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 82963

Supermarkets: Prices

Tabled: 17 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025

Question

Suella Braverman

Reform UKFareham and Waterlooville

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of supermarket pricing strategies on the long-term viability of UK farming businesses.

Answer

Kate Dearden
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is responsible for investigating UK competition issues. The CMA updated its analysis of competition and profitability in the groceries sector in July 2024, which found no evidence of groceries inflation being dr...

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