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NHS: ICT

Commons · Question 88749 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 13 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Rosena Allin-Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS IT suppliers with dominant market positions do not engage in anti-competitive practices.

Answer

Answered by Kate Dearden, 13 Nov 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...