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Commons · Question 26221 · Tabled 23 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 28 Jan 2025

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Asked by Peter Fortune

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the accessibility of the Competition and Markets Authority's SMS investigation into Google's general search and search advertising services, published o

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 28 Jan 2025

The CMA has been given bespoke tools to increase competition in digital markets through the Digital Markets, Competition, Consumers Act 2024. Strategic Market Status investigations are the gateway into the regime and interested stakeholders can engage wit...