Written questions

Beet Sugar: Competition

Commons · Question 51526 · Tabled 12 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 20 May 2025

Question

Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to prevent anti-competitive practices in the domestic beet sugar industry.

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 20 May 2025

The Competition and Markets Authority, the “CMA”, is responsible for investigating anti-competitive practices. As an independent authority, the CMA has discretion to investigate competition cases which, according to its prioritisation principles, it consi...